This compact volume offers a compelling introduction to a group once deemed the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States, the Black Panther Party.
This book investigates the Communist political phenomenon, including the origins and development of Communism as well as the revolutions that led to the rise of the major Communist states around the world.
This thought-provoking work analyzes the major debates surrounding counterinsurgency campaigns and uncovers the internal security problems derailing effective strategies for restoring stability.
Why the world's most resilient dictatorships are products of violent revolutionRevolution and Dictatorship explores why dictatorships born of social revolution-such as those in China, Cuba, Iran, the Soviet Union, and Vietnam-are extraordinarily durable, even in the face of economic crisis, large-scale policy failure, mass discontent, and intense external pressure.
Wars from Within brings together an international and multidisciplinary group of academics and practitioner-researchers specializing in the study of insurgent movements in order to provide a deeper understanding of the violent manifestations of insurgencies in different parts of the world.
A spellbinding new biography of Stalin in his formative yearsThis is the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin from his birth to the October Revolution of 1917, a panoramic and often chilling account of how an impoverished, idealistic youth from the provinces of tsarist Russia was transformed into a cunning and fearsome outlaw who would one day become one of the twentieth century's most ruthless dictators.
A work of radical care and love, a study guide for the urgency of the moment Dian Million, author of Therapeutic NationsGuides us through confrontation with counterinsurgency in empires proxy wars, colonies, prisons and schools Frances Madeson, author of Cooperative VillageAn incendiary political and philosophical reflection Ken Fero, radical filmmaker and convenor of The Peoples Tribunal on Police KillingsAs we step into an era of rising fascism and normalized genocide, Confronting Counterinsurgency is an invaluable contribution to the fightback.
In 1936, Ngo Van was captured, imprisoned, and tortured in the dreaded Maison Centrale prison in Saigon for his part in the struggle to free Vietnam from French colonial rule.
In March 2004 a group led by Nick Du Toit and former SAS member Simon Mann tried to overthrow the tyrannical Obiang Nguema, president of Equatorial Guinea.
An eyewitness account of idealism, self-discovery, and loss under one of the twentieth-century's most repressive political regimesSet against a backdrop of world-changing events during the headiest years of the Cuban Revolution, Goodbye, My Havana follows young Connie Veltfort as her once relatively privileged life among a community of anti-imperialist expatriates turns to progressive disillusionment and heartbreak.
While dramatic changes are taking place on the international scene and among the major powers, Africa continues to suffer from a multitude of violent conflicts.
Tras regresar del exilio, Lenin pronunció el 4 de abril en Petrogrado el discurso que dio el pistoletazo de salida a lo que sería la Revolución de Octubre.
While dramatic changes are taking place on the international scene and among the major powers, Africa continues to suffer from a multitude of violent conflicts.
La historiografia sobre los movimientos armados en Colombia se ha enfocado, principalmente, en analizar las guerrillas de la segunda mitad del siglo XX desde una perspectiva macro y ofreciendo explicaciones estructurales.
Este libro estudia el tránsito de la clandestinidad de la guerrilla Farc-EP a su institucionalidad en la política partidaria, por medio del análisis del discurso político.
A most anticipated book of 2025 in Guardian, Independent and ElleA landmark work charting how acts of resistance have shaped Britain and the powerful role of photography as a catalyst for change, across the twentieth century, curated by acclaimed artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen.
La memoria es un espacio de lucha: el recuerdo no es algo que el poder pueda dejar sin gobernar, sobre todo el recuerdo de un momento que cambió el curso de las vidas y la realidad misma.
Entre 1957 y 1965, junto a Cornelius Castoriadis, Claude Lefort, Jean-François Lyotard y otros muchos, Daniel Blanchard participa en las actividades del colectivo revolucionario Socialismo o Barbarie, que desarrolla una crítica radical de los regímenes del Este y del Oeste a partir del "revelador" que constituía la capacidad de autoorganización del movimiento obrero.
La historia del siglo xx es la historia del conflicto y las alianzas entre tres figuras: el sabio, portador de la inteligencia acumulada en infinitos gestos de producción, creación y reflexión; el mercader, que convierte los productos de la inteligencia humana en mercancía, y el guerrero, expresión de la violencia que regula la relación entre inteligencia y mercancía, entre saber y técnica.
Mayo del 68: la palabra anónima recoge entrevistas realizadas por Nicolas Daum a antiguos miembros del Comité de Acción –hoy diríamos "asambleas de barrio"– de los distritos III y IV de París, uno de los más duraderos.
"En febrero de 1917 Rusia era una monarquía atrasada y autocrática, enfangada en una guerra impopular; y en octubre, después de no una, sino dos revoluciones, se había convertido en el primer Estado de los Trabajadores, pugnando por colocarse en la vanguardia de la revolución global.
La Revolución rusa, escrita por Rosa Luxemburgo durante su estancia en la cárcel de Breslau, en Alemania, es una reflexión sobre las primeras medidas tomadas por la dirección bolchevique, en principio destinada a ser publicada en la revista de la Liga Espartaquista.
Las revueltas estudiantiles de 1968 constituyen uno de los principales acontecimientos históricos del siglo XX y marcan, de algún modo, el fin de un periodo.
Durante los meses de mayo y junio de 2021 se produjo en Colombia un inmenso estallido social, sin antecedentes en la vida del país, que puso en tensión la vida colectiva.
Amparado en la tradición caciquil del país, Saturnino Cedillo mantuvo bajo su control el estado de San Luis Potosí: contaba con el apoyo del gobierno central y, a su vez, le ofrecía el apoyo de su región.
The Queen's Necklace Alexandre Dumas - The Queen's Necklace is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850 (immediately following the French Revolution of 1848).
Antic Hay Aldous Huxley - Antic Hay is one of Aldous Huxley's earlier novels, and like them is primarily a novel of ideas involving conversations that disclose viewpoints rather than establish characters; its polemical theme unfolds against the backdrop of London's post-war nihilistic Bohemia.
Das Werk der Artamonows Maxim Gorky - In "Das Werk der Artamonows" schildert Gorki den Aufstieg und Niedergang einer russischen Bourgeois-Familie in der Zeit nach der Aufhebung der Leibeigenschaft bis zur Oktoberrevolution.
The Sorrows of Young Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - The Sorrows of Young Werther (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774; a revised edition of the novel was published in 1787.
The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection - Charles Darwin - "e;The Origin is one of the most important books ever published, and a knowledge of it should be a part of the intellectual equipment of every educated person.
