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Whether you agree with all of Sostre's ideas or not, his relentless commitment to justice, his creativity in creating space in oppressive systems, and his willingness to grow & change as a person & thinking make him an inspiration to anyone fighting for a better world.
A Continuous Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Martin Sostre
A Continuous Struggle is a political biography of one of the most important--if since forgotten--revolutionary figures of the twentieth century in the United States. Martin Sostre (1923-2015) was a Black Puerto Rican from East Harlem who became a politicized prisoner and jailhouse lawyer, winning cases in the early 1960s that helped secure the constitutional rights of incarcerated people.
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An investigation that is as mercurial & charismatic as its subject, this is less an explanation of Elena Garro & more an attempt to exorcise Garro's ghost for Barrera's mind. The good news, is that this is a compelling account of a complicated life. The bad news is that Garro will haunt you now.
The Queen of Swords
In what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916-1988), Jazmina Barrera's deep curiosity and exploration give us a singular portrait of a complex life.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
At least one of the essays in this collection (but probably more) will feel like it was written specifically for you, because, in a way, it was.
Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes
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December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This brilliantly written history of the Soviet Dissident movement explores the surprising, creative, and even inspired ways a loosely affiliated group of artists, writers, and scientists tried to push the Soviet Union toward a more open society.
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
Beginning in the 1960s, the Soviet Union was unexpectedly confronted by a dissident movement that captured the world's imagination. Demanding that the Kremlin obey its own laws, an improbable band of Soviet citizens held unauthorized public gatherings, petitioned in support of arrested intellectuals, and circulated banned samizdat texts. Soviet authorities arrested dissidents, subjected them to bogus trials and vicious press campaigns, sentenced them to psychiatric hospitals and labor camps, sent them into exile--and transformed them into martyred heroes. Against all odds, the dissident movement undermined the Soviet system and hastened its collapse. Taking its title from a toast made at dissident gatherings, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause is a definitive history of a remarkable group of people who helped change the twentieth century.
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