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Burning Bush

Gene Seymour Bookforum
How the early ’90s set the stage for America’s crooked present.

Meeting Labor’s Moment

Joseph A. McCartin Los Angeles Review of Books
In this new book, labor reporter and union organizer Nolan assesses today's labor movement in the United States and offers proposals aimed at helping it grow.

Haunting American Dreams

Jonathan Lee The Guardian
A journalist travels across the US to unravel the secrets surrounding the life and death of his Ethiopian immigrant father.

We Can Breathe!

Gabriel Winant London Review of Books
The fascinating history of how the antifascist movement of the 1930s created "the left" as we know it today. Joseph Fronczak shows how socialists, liberals, communists, anarchists, and others achieved a semblance of unity in the fight against fascism

The Patriarchs: How Men Came To Rule

Nicoleta Ciubotariu LSE Review of Books
This book "explores the origins of patriarchy, debunking biological determinism and highlighting the role of nation building, social norms, and violence in embedding gender inequality into societies."

Radioactive Radicals!

Paul Buhle Portside
Radioactive Radicals is a vivid, galvanizing portrait of two young radicals thrust into the whirlwind of revolutionary working-class politics from the 1960s to the present. Here is a whopper of a novel by any estimation.

Cause at Heart: Socialists & the Abolition of Antisemitism

Alan Wald Against the Current
In his omnibus review of these five books, reviewer Wald shows how these authors offer valuable insights into "how and why the abolition of both antisemitism and Zionism are presently intertwined."