Seven Stories Press: 508 books
The Night Wanderers
Uganda's Children and the Lord's Resistance Army
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Fleeing the aggressive reach of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and their brutal leader Joseph Kony, on an average night in northern Uganda tens of thousands of children head for the city centers to avoid capture. They find refuge on the floors of aid agencies or in the streets. In recent years,...
Exorcising Terror
The Incredible Unending Trial of General Augusto Pinochet
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Renowned author Ariel Dorfman, obsessed for twenty-five years with the malignant shadow General Pinochet cast upon Chile and the world, followed every twist and turn of the four year old trial in Great Britain, Spain and Chile as well as in the U.S., the country that had created Pinochet. Told as...
by Hwang Sok-Yong
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Political prisoner Hyun Woo is freed after eighteen years to find no trace of the world he knew. The friends with whom he shared utopianist dreams are gone. His Seoul is unrecognizably transformed and aggressively modernized. Yoon Hee, the woman he loved, died three years ago. A broken man, he drifts...
Palm Latitudes
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Written nearly a decade after Lithium for Medea, Palm Latitudes, Kate Braverman's second novel and arguably her chef d’oeuvre, explores the intertwined lives of three women who await absolution and revelation in the bougainvillea- and violence-filled "barrio" of Los Angeles. Frances Ramos...
Right & Wrong & Palestine
and Palestine, 9-11, Iraq, 7-7. . .
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Philosopher Ted Honderich insightfully relates four shattering current events in this articulate, well-reasoned moral and political analysis. Exploring the war in Iraq, the controversy in Palestine, and the tragic events of 9-11 and London’s 7-7, Honderich elucidates the great questions of right and wrong in a conflict-ridden era.
Zapatista Encuentro
Documents from the 1996 Encounter for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
"Why is everyone so quiet? Is this the democracy you wanted?" So ask the Zapatistas, the group of indigenous Mexicans who, on January 1, 1994, mounted a rebellion against the implementation of NAFTA, political corruption, and the slow, unreported genocide of indigenous people worldwide....
Endgame, Volume 1
The Problem of Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
The long-awaited companion piece to Derrick Jensen's immensely popular and highly acclaimed works A Language Older Than Words and The Culture of Make Believe. Accepting the increasingly widespread belief that industrialized culture inevitably erodes the natural world, Endgame sets out to explore how...
Remembering Tomorrow
From SDS to Life After Capitalism: A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In this lucid political memoir, veteran anti-capitalist activist Michael Albert offers an ardent defense of the project to transform global inequality. Albert, a uniquely visionary figure, recounts a life of uncompromising commitment to creating change one step at a time. Whether chronicling the battles...
The Sun Climbs Slow
The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In this groundbreaking investigation, Erna Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent...
Media Control
The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
We have been bombarded by images of the U.S. Secretary of State as the Great Diplomat, walking onto the tarmac of a foreign country as if she were a rock star, an intellectual giant, and the embodiment of the American dream all rolled into one. Meanwhile, she has spoken out against affirmative action,...
Hearts and Hands
Creating Community in Violent Times
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Hearts and Hands deals with many of the difficult issues addressed in Luis Rodríguez’s memoir of gang life, Always Running, but with a focus on healing through community building. Empowered by his experiences as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodríguez offers a unique book...
Hearts and Hands, Second Edition
Creating Community in Violent Times
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Hearts and Hands focuses on healing through community building. Empowered by thirty years of experience with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodríguez offers a unique book of change. He makes concrete suggestions, shows how we can create nonviolent opportunities for youth today, and redirects...
From Our Land to Our Land
Imaginings and Musings of a Native Xicanx Writer
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2020
Luis J. Rodriguez writes about race, culture, identity, and belonging and what these all mean and should mean (but often fail to) in the volatile climate of our nation. Rodriguez has a distinctly inspiring passion and wisdom in his approach. Ultimately, the book carries the message that we must come...