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THE MONSTER ENTERSCOVID-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of CapitalismMIKE DAVISAVAILABLE NOW “Dizzying … In Mr. Davis's account, the world ends in fire, and the next time is now” —The New York Times (on Davis’ Ecology of Fear)“Mike Davis’s The Monster at our Door...gives me everything that the news cycle doesn’t: a sense of the interconnected forces and the history that set us up for what we’re experiencing.” —novelist Molly Dektar in Vogue“[A] tour de force... Read Mike Davis’ new updated book before the monster rebounds and we spiral down again.” —CounterPunch“Provocative and controversial, as always, and a worthy addition to the literature of plague and pestilence.” —Kirkus ReviewsIn this substantially expanded edition of his earlier book, The Monster at Our Door, the renowned activist and author Mike Davis looks at the COVID-19 pandemic now sweeping the world.Read more about this bookEVERYTHING MUST CHANGE!Renata Ávila and Srećko Horvat"The World after COVID-19" — Prominent commentators from around the world announce EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE!PEOPLE'S POWERAshley Dawson"We can no longer think of energy as a commodity" — Announcing PEOPLE'S POWER by Ashley Dawson, with scenes from Man with a Movie Camera by Dziga VertovSURF, SWEAT AND TEARSAndy MartinSurf noir at its most compelling, a dystopian tale of one man's obsessions, wiped out in a grisly true crime — Announcing SURF, SWEAT AND TEARS by Andy Martin, to a surf rock soundtrackPRIDEFred W. McDarrahAnnouncing PRIDE by Fred W. McDarrah, with a montage of classic and never-before-seen images captured by the iconic photographerA radical, exciting response to Amazonian hegemony. —DazedOR Books is a new type of publishing company. It embraces progressive change in politics, culture and the way we do business. MoreCourtesy of Eric Hanson, an illustrator whose work has appeared on the covers of a number of OR Books and in a range of our promotion material. His portfolio can be viewed here..Latest NewsSeptember 25, 2020"Everyone's Talking About Democratic Socialism" — AN INHERITANCE FOR OUR TIMES editors Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson interviewed on New Books NetworkSeptember 25, 2020"Everybody on the left should put [The Sinking Middle Class] on their to-read list. It doesn’t come much better-written or intelligent." — THE SINKING MIDDLE CLASS reviewed by CounterPunchSeptember 25, 2020"Joe Biden Is Not Winning" — AMERICAN MONSTROSITY author Nathan Robinson writes for Current AffairsSeptember 25, 2020"Can public control over energy commons offer a solution to the climate crisis gripping our cities?" — PEOPLE'S POWER author Ashley Dawson interviewed on ABC Radio NationalSeptember 25, 2020"Coronavirus, corruption, ISIS and politics — Iraq battered by perfect storm of crises" — WAR IN THE AGE OF TRUMP author Patrick Cockburn writes for the IndependentMorePre-order NowThis book is part of the Courage Foundation’s #WeAreMillions, an arts project demonstrating the global support for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange as he fights extradition to the United States. #WeAreMillions features striking black and white images of supporters holding signs that express simply and clearly why they are standing up for Julian Assange. The supporters are young and old, well-known and anonymous, and from all around the world.MoreThe Fascination of What s DifficultA Life of Maud GonneKIM BENDHEIMPre-order NowMaud Gonne, the legendary woman known as the Irish Joan of Arc, left her mark on everyone she met. She famously won the devotion of one of the greatest poets of the age, William Butler Yeats. Born into tremendous privilege, she allied herself with rebels and the downtrodden and openly defied what was at the time the world’s most powerful empire. MoreRediscovering EarthTen Dialogues on the Future of NatureANDERS DUNKERPre-order NowThe gap between what we know and what we do has haunted the field of moral philosophy since antiquity, and is at the center of today’s environmental crisis. Put simply: if we know that we are destroying the planet, our habitat, why do we continue to do it? The ten dialogues collected here investigate this question, and propose how we might salvage the planet and save our own lives. MoreEverything Must Change!The World After Covid-19Edited by RENATA ÁVILA SREĆKO HORVATPre-order NowEverything Must Change! brings together prominent commentators from around the world to present a rich and nuanced weighing of progressive possibilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. MoreThe Business Secrets of Drug DealingAn Almost True AccountMATT TAIBBI ANONYMOUS Pre-order NowThe Business Secrets of Drug Dealing tells the story of a hyper-observant, politically-minded, but humorously pragmatic weed dealer who has spent a working life compiling rules for how to a) make money and b) avoid prison. MoreAmerican MonstrosityDonald Trump: How We Got Him • How We Stop HimNATHAN J. ROBINSONPre-order NowNathan J Robinson has emerged in recent years as one of the most eloquent and engaging voices in a new cohort of young left-wing journalists who are transforming the American media landscape. Here he sets his unsparing gaze and biting wit on the greatest grotesquery in a competitive field let loose on a hapless public by an American political system lurching out of the control of all but the super-rich: Donald J. Trump. MorePre-order NowThis box of more than 100 cards from the celebrated activist group Beautiful Trouble provides both invaluable information on the key strategies and tactics that have inspired centuries of people-powered political victories and a series of games you can play with fellow protestors. Use the cards to learn and teach organizing, free up creativity when planning grassroots actions, or just entertain your dinner party guests. MorePen PalPrison Letters from a Free Spirit on Slow Death RowTIYO ATTALLAH SALAH-ELAvailable NowTiyo Attallah Salah-El died in 2018 on “Slow Death Row” while serving a life sentence in a Pennsylvania prison. He was a man with a dizzying array of talents and vocations: author, scholar, teacher, musician, and activist: he was the founder of the Coalition for the Abolition of Prisons. He was also, as is apparent from the letters that make up this book, an extraordinarily eloquent correspondent. MoreThe Sinking Middle ClassA Political HistoryDAVID R. ROEDIGERAvailable NowDrawing on rich traditions of radical social thought, Roediger disavows the thinly sourced idea that the United States was, for much of its history, a “middle-class” nation and the still more indefensible position that it is one now. The increasing immiseration of large swathes of middle-income America, only accelerated by the current pandemic, nails a fallacy that is a major obstacle to progressive change. MorePeople s PowerReclaiming the Energy CommonsASHLEY DAWSONAvailable NowPeople’s Power provides a persuasive critique of a market-led transition to renewable energy. It surveys the early development of the electric grid in the United States, telling the story of battles for public control over power during the Great Depression. MorePandemic!Covid-19 Shakes the WorldSLAVOJ ŽIŽEKAvailable NowAs an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes, and speculate on the profundity of its consequences, all in a manner that will have you sweating profusely and gasping for breath? MoreThe Deep EndThe Literary Scene in the Great Depression and TodayJASON BOOGAvailable NowIt’s tough being an author these days, and it’s getting harder. A recent Authors Guild survey showed that the median income for all published authors in 2017, based solely on book-related activities, was just over $3,000, down more than 20% from eight years previously. Roughly 25% of authors earned nothing at all. Price cutting by retailers, notably Amazon, has forced publishers to pay their writers less. A stagnant economy, with only the rich seeing significant income increases, has hit writers along with everyone else. MoreWar in the Age of TrumpThe Fall of ISIS, the Betrayal of the Kurds, the Conflict with IranPATRICK COCKBURNAvailable NowIn this successor to his bestselling The Rise of Islamic State, which was translated into 16 languages, and the widely-acclaimed The Age of Jihad, prize-winning foreign correspondent Patrick Cockburn provides a clear-sighted and closely-observed account of the Middle East wars conducted by Donald Trump during the first term of his presidency. MoreAn Inheritance for Our TimesPrinciples and Politics of Democratic SocialismGREGORY SMULEWICZ-ZUCKER and MICHAEL J. THOMPSONAvailable NowAn Inheritance for Our Times is a reader that includes original essays in the form of both personal accounts and intellectual arguments from activists and theorists advocating a democratic socialist outlook. MoreBernie s BrooklynHow Growing Up in the New Deal City Shaped Bernie Sanders’ PoliticsTHEODORE HAMMAvailable NowBernie Sanders’ tilt at the US presidency has come under fire from an establishment that derides his social democratic policies as alien to the American way. But, as Ted Hamm reveals in this engaging and concise history, the sort of socialism Bernie advocates was commonplace in the Brooklyn where he grew up in the 1940s and 50s. MoreTales of Two PlanetsStories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided WorldJOHN FREEMANAvailable NowBuilding from his acclaimed anthology Tales of Two Americas, beloved writer and editor John Freeman draws together a group of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live. MoreLucid DreamingConversations with 29 FilmmakersPAMELA COHNAvailable NowLucid Dreaming is an unprecedented global collection of discussions with documentary and experimental filmmakers, giving film and video its rightful place alongside the written word as an essential medium for conveying the most urgent concerns in contemporary arts and politics. MoreSurf, Sweat and TearsThe Epic Life and Mysterious Death of Edward George William Omar DeerhurstANDY MARTINAvailable NowSurf, Sweat and Tears takes us into the world of global surfing, revealing a dark side beneath the dazzling sun and cream-crested waves. Here is surf noir at its most compelling, a dystopian tale of one man’s obsessions, wiped out in a grizzly true crime. More

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