Shutting Things Down To Open Things Up
BOOK REVIEWED:
Fithian, Lisa. Shut It Down: Stories From A Fierce, Loving Resistance. Vermont, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2019.
We Were Born For This Fight
BOOKS REVIEWED:
Wallace-Wells, David. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming. Tim Duggan Books. 2019.
McKibben, Bill. Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Henry Holt and Company. 2019.
LaValle, Victor and John Joseph Adams, editors. A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers. One World. 2019.
The Pitchforks Are Coming For Philanthropy
BOOKS REVIEWED:
Villanueva, E. Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018.
Reich, R. Just Giving: Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How it Can Do Better. Princeton University Press, 2018.
Giridharadas, A. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. New York, NY: Knopf, 2018.
The Next Political Revolution
BOOKS REVIEWED:
Bond, Becky and Zack Exley. Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything. Chelsea Green, 2016.
Whitman, Gordon. Stand Up! How to Get Involved, Speak Out, and Win In A World On Fire. Berrett-Koehler, 2018.
Smucker, Jonathan. Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals. AK Press, 2017.
Fixing the Problems with Universal Basic Income
BOOKS REVIEWED:
Lowrey, Annie. Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World. Crown, 2018.
Stern, Andy with Kravitz, Lee. Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream. Public Affairs, 2016.
Pizzigati, Sam. The Case for a Maximum Wage. Polity Press, 2018.
Do What Makes Your Heart Beat Faster
BOOKS REVIEWED:
Szakos, Kristin Layng and Joe Szakos. We Make Change: Community Organizers Talk About What They Do — And Why. Vanderbilt University Press, 2007.
Joan Minieri and Paul Getsos. Tools for Radical Democracy: How To Organize for Power In Your Community. Jossey-Bass, 2007.
Brown, Michael Jacoby. Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and Change the World. Long Haul Press, 2007.
Grounding Transcendence
BOOKS REVIEWED:
Gecan, Michael. Going Public. Beacon Press, 2002.
Hart, Stephen. Cultural Dilemmas of Progressive Politics: Styles of Engagement Among Grassroots Activists. University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Jacobsen, Dennis A. Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing. Fortress Press, 2001.
Shirley, Dennis. Valley Interfaith and School Reform: Organizing for Power in South Texas. University of Texas Press, 2002.
Warren, Mark R. Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy. Princeton University Press, 2001.
Wood, Richard L. Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America. University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Regions Apart: Markets, Mandates, and the Future of Cities
BOOKS REVIEWED:
Dreier, P., Mollenkopf, J., and Swanstrom, T. Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-first Century. University Press of Kansas, 2001.
Beito, D.T., Gordon, P. Tabarrok, A. The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society. University of Michigan Press, 2002.