In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California by Daniel J. O’Connell and Scott J. Peters. New Village Press, New York, Paperback, $24.95. In late 1975, I [...] Continue Reading
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New Book Explores Scholars’ Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness
The day is July 13. You can be part of the official launch of the book In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight Against Industrial Agribusiness in California, co-authored by Daniel J. O’Connell, [...] Continue Reading
Why Are We So Punitive?
By William J. Farrell Our Punitive Society: Race, Class, Gender and Punishment in America (2nd ed.) by Randall G. Shelden and Morghan Vélez Young. Waveland Press Inc., Long Grove, Ill. Paperback, [...] Continue Reading
Activist Scholarship: Against the Devil
By Daniel O’Connell The Devil’s Fruit: Farmworkers, Health and Environmental Justice by Dvera I. Saxton. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, Paperback, $34.95. Although many of us are [...] Continue Reading
Countdown to Socialism?
By Michael D. Evans Countdown to Socialism by Devin Nunes. Encounter Books, 900 Broadway, Suite 601, New York, NY10003, Paperback, $9.95. The first takeaway from Countdown to Socialism, the [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: On Tyranny
By Dr. Alex Vavoulis In his prologue for On Tyranny:Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, author Timothy D. Snyder says that “Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Science and Society
By Dr. James Ciula Science and Society: Selected Essays from the Archaic to the Sublime edited by Dr. Alexander Vavoulis and Dr. A. Wayne Colver, The Press at California State University, Fresno, [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: A Feast of Science
By George B. Kauffman A Feast of Science: Intriguing Morsels from the Science of Everyday Life by Dr. Joe Schwarcz. ECW Press, 665 Gerrard St. East, Toronto, Canada M4M IY2, 2018, Paperback, [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: The Cartoon History of Humanism
By George B. Kauffman The Cartoon History of Humanism: Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment; words by Dale DeBakcsy, art by Count Dolby von Luckner; Humanist Press, 1777 T St., Washington, DC. [...] Continue Reading
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By Alex Vavoulis The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis: Will the Humans Be Saviors of the Earth, translated and edited by Thanasis Maskaleris, Zorba Press, 2014, Paperback, $20. ISBN-13: [...] Continue Reading
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By Alex Vavoulis The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis: Will the Humans Be Saviors of the Earth, translated and edited by Thanasis Maskaleris, Zorba Press, 2014, Paperback, $20. ISBN-13: [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: Personal Paths to Humanism
By George B. Kauffman Personal Paths to Humanism, edited by Bob Bhaerman and Fred Edwards, Humanist Press, 1777 T St. NW, Washington, DC 20009, 2016, Paperback, $12.99. ISBN [...] Continue Reading