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ISBN: 978-0-932863-57-7 // Published 2008 // 304 pp // $21.95 International law and justice will lose all credibility if powerful states continue to benefit from total impunity. The case of the United States is emblematic: political and military aggression, bombardment of civilian populations, torture, and illegal detention are all “international crimes” for which the guilty must be pursued, according to the United Nations Charter and the Geneva Conventions. Contributors include Ramsey Clark, Samir Amin, William Blum, Jan Myrdal, Michael Parenti, Jean Bricmont, Les Roberts, Genevieve Sevrin (Amnesty International, France), Antoine Bernard (International Federation of Human Rights), Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima and others ... |
“The American way of war offers a nonstop supply of illusions –– while imposing horrific realities far away and, ultimately, at home too. This book is intent on dispelling key illusions and coming to terms with human realities." Norman Solomon, author of War Made Easy Contributors include longtime antiwar activists Kathy Kelly, Cindy Sheehan, Howard Zinn |
BREAKING ALL THE RULES: Where is the Bush Administration leading America, with its lies, its pre-emptive wars, its domestic signing statements overriding the will of Congress, and its abrogation of both international law and constitutional obligations? Here is the 18th Annual Bertrand Russell Peace Lectures delivered at the Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University, updated to President Bush's October 17th speech threatening the possibility of World War III in relation to Iran, and a resource list of organizations presently supporting boycotts and divestment in support of Palestinian human rights. |
Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire: This book offers a guide to understanding the systemic dimensions of the US empire: the social forces which rule it, the systemic politico-economic and military means whereby US domination is assured, and the current state and possibility of resistance, — Tom Brass, Editor |
Economic, social and cultural rights are intended to alleviate human misery, and thereby enable people to live in dignity. Though these rights –– the right to adequate housing, to food, to health(care) and to social security, among others –– are protected under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, they are often challenged as lacking the clarity, substance and enforceability of civil and political rights. This book puts paid to that mistaken notion.
— Prof. dr. Henk Manschot, |
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Witch Birds
Fly “A fabulous book .” — Scene Magazine "A powerfully written novel of struggle, pain, and self-examination In the twilight of the Cold War, a strange and horrific civil war erupted in Sierra Leone that would ultimately lead to a UN War Crimes Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity. Harkins' novel captures the toxic brew of forces at play in the small West African country –– Big Oil, Big Diamonds, competing outside powers, foreign mercenaries, and the local dominant Lebanese Christian trading community –– all intriguing to pillage the African population’s assets to the point that a brutal insurrection breaks out at last. |
This book is a chapter-by-chapter analysis and documentation of the power of Israel via the Israeli, Jewish or Pro-Zionist Lobby on US Middle East policy. It raises serious questions as to the primary beneficiary of US policy, and its destructive results for the United States. “James Petras takes us on a fearless truth trip—with lucid style, tough factual blows, commanding research, and compelling analysis. This is an eye-opening, must-read book for every advocate of democracy .” |
Child Rights & Remedies provides a comprehensive rights-based analysis of how the U.S. legal system, in both its legal and political dimensions, is affecting American children. It examines the barriers to child-sensitive public policy, and the true legal status of children with regard to poverty, education, health, special needs, child care, child abuse, juvenile crime and detention, reproductive rights, custody and civil liberties. "Professor Robert C. Fellmeth, the master of child rights and remedies and the long-time maestro of child advocacy, presents his Magnum Opus to inform our intellects, challenge our consciences and galvanize our motivation on behalf of children who will either inherit our derelictions or our beneficent foresight." — RALPH NADER. "Child Rights and Remedies does an excellent job of challenging the reader to ask questions about the role of children in U.S. society." — Journal of Law & Public Policy, University of Florida, 2003 |
"... a unique work of spiritual exorcism ..." — from the Foreword by Richard Pierre Claude Founding Editor, Human Rights Quarterly"This small book should be read by everyone today, when torture is in the forefront of the national consciousness." — Herbert F. Spirer "In vividly told stories, Carlson struggles honestly not only to empathize with the victim, but to put himself, too, in the place of the perpetrator. By doing so, he both acknowledges the instinct to protect that could make him kill or torture and affirms the reasons why he cannot." — James Silk, Executive Director Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights Yale Law School |
The Invisible War While the flight of Africans northward through the Underground Railroad is well known, there is virtual silence surrounding the more logical, more sizeable, and more politically significant African flight southward to then free territories in what is now Georgia and Florida. From there, free Africans fought a war of African liberation on an African frontier. Victor's history still disguises the collective African resistance to slavery as just another set of Indian wars... the Seminole Wars. This book seeks to set the record straight. |
ISLAM AND THE SEARCH FOR After the monumental Million Man March to Washington in 1995, followed by an almost equally vast Millions More Movement memorial march on the capital in 2005, it seems clear that the Nation of Islam and African-American Muslims will have substantial input into the future direction of the African-American struggle for equality in America. How has the Nation of Islam come to have such standing in the African-American community? Written over the course of a decade, this 600-page scholarly study by a Celtic Australian expert on Muslim minorities is a major contribution to the study of indigenous Islam in America. "Dr. Walker has drawn a portrait of this movement that deserves the attention of scholars. I strongly recommend it to teachers and students studying or writing about Islam and the African American experience." — Dr. Sulayman S. Nyang,
Howard University
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This critical book addresses how and why the United States government initiated, sustained and then dramatically expanded an illegal biological arms race. It raises key questions concerning the anthrax attacks on Congress and reveals the Bush Neocons' frightening reorientation of the mission of the new U.S. Chemical and Biological Defense Research program. "Boyle builds his case with precision and clarity." "Boyle's analysis shows how the U.S. has avoided, circumvented and violated various treaty provisions with semantic legerdemain...This is an important small book. |
"very good, intelligent overviews of the events..." "If one hopes to make sense of events in the murky world of intelligence and international security, one has to consult multiple sources originating from diverse perspectives. "Intelligence" helps make that task easier. It probes where others fail to look and offers interpretations that challenge the conventional wisdom." 15 secret intelligence cases—recent and hot—culled from the files of the ADI journal, Intelligence, the bible for conspiracy theorists the world over, and avidly read in intelligence agencies because it is so rich in insider gossip. This book unveils the mechinations of governments and the secret services behind headline grabbing events, or those which merit headlines -- and inquiries -- but have not been dealt them -- yet. It offers a shocking insight into frequently illicit and routinely immoral undertakings whose harm to individuals, groups and countries is seldom recognized or understood by the public at large. Truly, the inside track. |
HOME FRONT "This thoroughly researched book remains a seminal work of contemporary history, and Anderson deserves to be considered a writer of importance in the same class as William Blum and John Pilger." "A book that should be read by every school kid in America." "His exposé deserves a wide audience." —The Sunday Seattle Times... A searing indictment of the care and treatment of America's veterans"
"Anderson’s books should be flogged side-by-side every military recruitment center and recruitment fair booth. Every high school should have several copies readily available for students.," |
 DESTROYING WORLD ORDER:US Imperialism in the Middle East Before and After September 11 Francis A. Boyle Book Price: $14.95 ISBN: 093286340x "Not surprisingly, the mainstream American media did not give Boyle's book anything near the coverage it deserves. But one day, his expert witness testimony, along with others, could be used in a court of law, or by historians, to identify who is/was behind this pure evil. It may take years, but that day will surely come.." |
STATE TERRORISM AND THE UNITED STATES:
Reveals the Big Lie behind the purported War on Terror." — Z Mag "Frederick Gareau's State Terrorism and the United States is an important, courageous analysis of America's long involvement in the training of foreign military and police organizations in techniques of torture, assassination, and ethnic cleansing... Gareau's research and documentation is path-breaking... " —Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire "Frederick Gareau shows that, contrary to the war on terror imagery of a United States hostile to terrorism and dedicated to its elimination and to democracy-building, this country has regularly supported state terrorists (and dictators) who serve U.S. economic and political interests. ... This book is a valuable addition to the literature on terrorism." —Edward Herman, Wharton School of Government, University of Pennsylvania |
DISCOVERING AMERICA AS IT IS "This is an extraordinary book... I hope it will be widely read." –Howard Zinn "A veritable tour de force ," —David Gil, Director of the Center for Social Change, Brandeis University. "This is must reading for the entire population," –Ward Churchill. "Books such as this need to be read and discussed in American studies courses around the world to challenge us to think deeply about what America means to the disaffected and why everyone does not feel the same."–Bernard Mergen, George Washington University in American Studies International. |
WHAT THE MARKET DOES TO PEOPLE "This book is written for those who intuitively believe that globalization and privatization are growing stronger and more harmful, but who lack well-defined and convincing arguments that this is so. The book will provide them with ammunition to fight the battle against multinational corporations and those private organizations controlling worldwide trade and communication -- that is, for-profit organizations now profiting from the welfare and protective services that used to be in the hands of public organizations." "[T]his is a grim, demanding, informative, distressing, and controversial book. It is not a fanciful or speculative appraisal, rather a sobering assessment, by a seasoned scholar, of the connection between the global economy and basic human security and dignity, and the myths and power relations that perpetuate exploitation and pauperism. This is why people should read it " Global Social Policy "Broad in coverage, rich in insights..... This is a book that must be read by anyone interested in the human condition in a world dominated by material desires and acquisitiveness." John Dixon, Professor of International Social Policy University of Plymouth, UK "What the Market Does to People ... offers a brisk review of an astonishing range of issues raised by the global sweep of the free market." Dr. Alvin Schorr, Case Western University |
"Provides easy-to-read legal analysis of some issues involved in the Palestinian quest for freedom and serves as a valuable historical (and legal) record for those analyzing Palestinian decision-making in the late 1980s and early 1990s."—Journal of Palestine Studies "This book is a must reading for all those interested in the legal background of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict."
"Boyle’s penetrating analyses of Israeli and American roles in the crisis that has destabilized the Middle East for over fifty years are as cogent as his criticisms are fearless and his warnings prescient." —Washington Report on Middle East Affairs "This book provides important background to how the International Court of Justice reached its conclusions, and some interesting hints about the likely consequences." —Middle East International "This book provides a comprehensive legal analysis for the Palestinian right to an independent state." —Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights "Absolutely crucial to the broader understanding of why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is where it is today"—Sam Bahour, Ramallah Online Book Review |
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Andrew Coyle, Allison Campbell & Rodney Neufeld preface by Sir Nigel Rodley, former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are incarcerated in prisons owned and operated by private corporations--a booming business. But how are the human rights of prisoners and prison employees affected when prisons are run for profit? This anthology of leading experts examines the historical, political and economic context of private prisons, and how privatization is connected to the war on drugs, the criminalization of poverty and 'tough on crime' politics. It offers a glimpse into the transnational spread of privatized incarceration, creating important links between neo-liberal policies locally and their effects globally. “Only a few years ago, prison privatization was being touted as a cure-all for the ills of penal systems around the world. Today, mired in disappointing results and awash in scandals, the experiment in privatization is in trouble. This compelling and original book shows, in illuminating detail, why the experiment has not lived up to its promises.” –ELLIOT CURRIE, author of Crime and Punishment in America |
THE CRIMINALITY OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE As America's War on Terrorism pushes towards unforeseeable and potentially catastrophic escalation, a leading American international legal expert warns that the shadow of nuclear war looms over humanity once again. "[An} enormously valuable book. Any supporter of nuclear weapons would find it very difficult to refute its arguments." – Frank Jackson Vice-Chair, World Disarmament Campaign UK and Editor, World Disarm!
"Boyle's damning post-9 / 11 legal analysis of U.S. nuclear war policy and the so-called "war on terrorism" is the best single book for nuclear resisters to study if they intend to defend their own direct action under international law." –The Nuclear Resister, Sept.2002 "Boyle's stirring little book traces the fault lines that may divide our society as U.S. troops and weapons are deployed illegally: those who support the legal system versus those who blindly issue and obey orders at their own peril." –The Federal Lawyer, March/April 2003, a publication of the Federal Bar Association, Washington, DC. |
This collection records an historic milestone in the struggle of the international community to come to grips with the thorny issue of the internationally- recognized right to self-determination. Conference speakers included eminent United Nations experts, Members of Parliament of several governments, distinguished jurists and scholars. NGO attendees from all corners of the globe expressed the self-determination needs of a wide range of indigenous peoples, minorities, and nations. "This is a book with a purpose: to advance a proposal for considering and resolving self-determination conflicts." –Foreign Policy in Focus. "More than any recent occasion, the First International Conference on the Right to Self-determination & the United Nations, held in Geneva during the millennial year 2000, dramatized the range of claims and the severity of suffering associated with their denial under a variety of statist and geopolitical pretexts... a truly historical contribution..." From the Preface by –Richard Falk |
A recent Sierra Club newsletter termed this a "stellar collection" of seasoned environmentalists writing on public policy and America's natural resources. "Belongs on every journalist's bookshelf", said SEJournal, –Society of Environmental Journalists"This is a MUST READ primer on the state of our environment. It is a one-stop source encompassing and updating the current condition of our environment and the prognosis for renewal." –Jeff DeBonis ,Founder, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility." This important book underscores a key tenet that we must all recognize and embrace in our daily lives: environmental values lie within the mainstream of our moral and spiritual heritage." –Buck Parker , President, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund. |
Recently enstooled as Queen of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, Marquetta L. Goodwine assembles a rich potpourri of articles and paintings illustrating Gullah art, history, fiction, recipes, social commentary, language, and surveying the struggle for cultural survival of this most African of African American cultures. A voyage of the soul to African Americans American roots! "A fine and loving tribute to the Gullah People" –Vertamae Grosvenor, NPR. |
The Brazilian struggle for land reform, viewed through the assassination of Afro-Brazilian priest, Padre Josimo. Recently translated into Portuguese with a preface by Joao Stedile, leader of the huge Brazilian landless movement, the MST, and launched from the Brazilian Congress."A remarkable book."–Antonio R. Magalhaes , former Vice-Minister of Planning, Brazil."Recommended Reading" –Newsletter, Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin- Madison"A wonderful book…gripping." –Sue Branford, Specialist for Brazil, BBC World Service "Le Breton tells the story of the murder of one hero, Father Josimo, and in so doing tells the stories of so many more." |
SOCIETAL DEVELOPMENT & MINORITY RIGHTS Y.N. Kly examines the urgent international dialogue now taking place on how best to institutionalize the coexistence of dominant and non-dominant ethnic groups within the same multinational state. Dr. Kly is two-time winner of the prestigious OUTSTANDING BOOK Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights. Award co-sponors: NAACP, B'nai B'rith, Project Censored, Unitarian Universalist Church, The Urban League, among others. |
AMERICAN INDIANS: STEREOTYPES & REALITIES Highly endorsed by American Indian scholars and widely taught in colleges and universities, this book by a Choctaw professor of American Indian history examines 24 myths about American Indians no schoolchild should believe. "Required reading," Multicultural Review . "A valuable contribution," Journal of Multicultural Social Work. "Provides precious innsight into the racial identity and cultural struggles of American Indians." Dr. Donald L. Fixico. "A very useful reader," Dr. Duane Champagne, UCLA American Indian Studies Center. Now in its fifth printing. Devon A. Mihesuah is Editor of the American Indian Studies flagship publication, American Indian Quarterly. |
 NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR INTERCULTURALDIALOGUE & AN ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC ORDER ed. Y.N. Kly As transnational corporations and western governments entrench their policies and priorities worldwide,and the statistics on the global havoc this creates continue to pour in, the search for alternative modes of human-centered and sustainable development takes on even greater urgency. This anthology permits English-speaking readers to access a segment of this dynamic third world current. |
 DALIT: THE BLACK UNTOUCHABLES OF INDIA V.T. Rajshekar Originally published in India under the title Apartheid in India, V.T. Rajshekar's passionate work on the plight of the Indian Dalits was the first book in the United States to provide a Dalit view of the roots and continuing factors of the gross oppression of the world's largest minority (over 300 million people) through a 3,000 year history of conquest, slavery, apartheid and worse. |
 A POPULAR GUIDE TO MINORITY RIGHTS Y. N. Kly, ed. This book helps to clarify the issues of affirmative action, minority rights, self-determination and reparations so hotly debated within the African American community today. It will help American national minorities to fully understand their rights, and the systemic solutions providing for minority collective empowerment which have led to social harmony in other states. Named OUTSTANDING BOOK by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights, cosponsored by a wide range of American civil rights organizations. "....we should listen seriously to the arguments of this group..." —Nationalism & Ethnic Politics. "Dr. Kly's analysis and that of the other contributors combine to produce an excellent and accessible work on international law, especially re African-Americans. I learned a good deal from it." —Mumia Abu-Jamal |
 THE RESTRUCTURING OF AMERICA William Merwin William Merwin's futurist fiction speculates on what might happen in the U.S. by the year 2016 AD if America's dominant Anglo-American population proved unwilling or unable to successfully assimilate its African-American and Hispanic national minorities. If the three major ethnic groups in America became enmeshed in nationalist orientations, could America break apart like the former Soviet Union, with autonomous ethnic territories or even new nations emerging? "Like George Orwell's 1984, this book ... shows us how large the stakes really are." |
 INTERNATIONAL LAW& THE BLACK MINORITY IN THE U.S. Y. N. Kly This book compares the US policy of civil rights/nondiscrimination as it relates to the African-American national minority with the international law view of minority collective rights, which offers minorities the same rights as the majority, plus additional different rights such as the right to institutionalized control of various social sectors, if required to secure their unique cultures and provide for equal status development. It reveals how US policy over time has consistently empowered those sectors of African-American opinion/leadership which further majority interest, while refusing recognition to those sectors which enjoy massive minority support and reflect the minority's own views of its own interest. "Worthy of consideration and debate by minority and non-minority individuals alike..." American Journal of International Law . Named OUTSTANDING BOOK by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights, cosponsored by a wide range of American civil rights organizations. |
THE ANTI-SOCIAL CONTRACT Kly examines the key role of white nationalism in U.S. history, and argues that the current U.S. 'minority policy' of civil rights/nondiscrimination/ equality before the law in actuality promotes African-American assimilation, in denial of their unique cultural identity, which paradoxically was consolidated through the systemic policies of enslavement and segregation. The current U.S. policy therefore covertly prolongs majority domination by failing to introduce governmental structures which would provide collective politico-legal empowerment, institutionalized developmental capacity and cultural protection for African Americans. |
 THE BLACK BOOK: THE TRUE POLITICALPHILOSOPHY OF MALCOLM X Y.N. Kly, ed. Now in its sixth printing, this highly popular book on the great African-American Muslim illustrates the influence of his Islamic faith and his international experience upon his constantly expanding political vision. The first to present a comprehensive analysis that integrates the developing vision of the man, Malcolm X, with the man he became, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, it provides an in-depth analysis of Malcolm's directives on why the African-American struggle for national liberation and self-determination is necessary, how it should be carried on, and why it can succeed. "The Black Book is highly recommended to any serious radical scholar, militant activist and, most importantly, the Muslim." Jamalludien Ahmed Hamdulah , Muslim Views. |
 THE END OF ZIONISMeibie Weizfeld, ed. Weizfeld sifts through the gamut of Jewish anti-Zionist opinion, seeking to sever the ideological noose that has bound Jews and Zionism together, while promoting the legitimate aspiration of Jews -- the majority of whom live outside of the state of Israel -- to live and be recognized as a people, to practice their religion and enjoy their culture free from persecution. Articles by Lenni Brenner, Noam Chomsky, Albert Memmi, Maxime Rodinson, and Reb Moshe Schonfeld. |
 THE INVISIBLE WOMEN OF WASHINGTON Diana G. Collier This fictional portrayal of lives of poor women in SRO accommodations in downtown Washington DC, blocks from the Capitol, will make you laugh and cry. And it will teach you a great deal about inner city poverty in America. "In The Invisible Women of Washington, novelist Diana G. Collier takes the reader to the edge of the abyss...." Bloomsbury Review "Collier's novel is a work of literature, not a leaden exposé of what we should already know... it succeeds to a high degree... I hope you will buy this book." The Nation |
 ISRAELI PEACE PALESTINIAN JUSTICE: LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND THE PEACE PROCESS Thomas L. Are AVAILABLE ONLINE AT This book provides a hard-hitting and well-documented account of the Israeli government's official policies of human rights abuse, including killings, beatings, torture, collective punishment, mass unlawful transfer, unlawful confinement and systematic discrimination. Its survey of the organized exercise of power by the pro-Zionist American-Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC) on the Pentagon, Congress, on U.S. political and academic processes, and through numerous Christian evangelical ministries, provides a startling insight into how the American people can continue to champion the state of Israel as a heroic underdog locked in an unequal struggle for survival. "Both pastors and lay people who are serious about the roots of their Christian faith need this book and its startling insights." —Benjamin M. Weir, former hostage, Lebanon. |
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