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[edit] Books
The Socialist Party of Boston has a small library of radical books for sale. We're selling all of them for $5, and only list the retail prices so you can see what a deal this is. The books are listed below with brief descriptions from the publisher. "Rebel Lives" books are collections of essays and articles by and about prominent radicals, who may not be remembered as such today. They also include brief biographical sketches and timelines.
To order, or for more information, email us at "spboston (at) spboston (dot) org" or stop by an upcoming meeting or event.
[edit] Amerika Psycho: Behind Uncle Sam's Mask of Sanity
- By Richard Neville
- 2003, ISBN 1876175621. 126 pages, $11.95 retail.
- Political satirist Richard Neville takes a hilarious, if provocative, look at U.S.culture which he says reveals "a disturbing identification with imperial Rome." "In these terrible times when dissent in the western world has gone into hiding, Richard Neville remains steadfast." -- Tariq Ali
[edit] Bioterror: Manufacturing wars the American way
- Edited by Ellen Ray and William H. Schaap
- 2003, ISBN 1876175648. 90 pages, retail $9.95.
- "Bioterror is a valuable antidote to the view that the United States opposes chemical and biological warfare." -- Edward Herman. Featuring selected articles from CovertAction Quarterly, the editors document U.S. development and use of these "weapons of mass destruction."
[edit] Cold War: Warnings for a Unipolar World
- By Fidel Castro
- 2003, ISBN 187617577X. 76 pages, retail $9.95.
- Who won the Cold War? CNN’s astonishingly frank interview with Fidel Castro in which he makes some remarkable revelations. Far from being a proxy for Moscow, Castro tells CNN Cuba's support for liberation movements in Latin America and Africa was a "constant source of disagreement."
[edit] One Hundred Red Hot Years: Big Moments of the 20th Century
- Edited by Deborah Shnookal
- 2002, ISBN 1876175486. 80 pages, retail $9.95.
- Opening with a brilliant reflective essay by Eduardo Galeano, this book presents an entertaining and readable chronology of the last 100 years, offering a thrilling ride through a century of revolution, reaction and resistance.
[edit] Rebel Lives: Albert Einstein
- Edited by Jim Green
- 2003, ISBN 187617563X. 90 pages, retail $9.95.
- You don’t have to be Einstein… to know he was a giant in the world of science and physics. This book takes a new, subversive look at Time magazine's "Person of the Century."
- His passionate opposition to war and racism led the FBI to decide he was "too clever not to track." Yet this harassment by successive U.S. governments failed to silence Einstein’s denunciation of U.S. use of nuclear weapons in 1945, his socialist views and his profound philosophy of radical humanism.
[edit] Rebel Lives: Helen Keller
- Edited by John Davis
- 2002, ISBN 1876175605. 90 pages, retail $9.95.
- Poor little blind girl or dangerous radical? This book challenges the traditional image of Helen Keller, by offering her own feisty words about women's rights, war and militarism, poverty and disability.
[edit] Rebel Lives: Louise Michel
- Edited by Nic Maclellan
- 2004, ISBN 1876175761. 120 pages, retail $11.95.
- Louise Michel was the incendiary leader of the 1871 Paris Commune, when the city's population rose up to establish a short-lived worker's government. An anarchist and an irrepressible rebel, "The Red Virgin" spent much of her life on the run, in exile, in jail, or in danger of being locked away in mental asylums. This is Michel's defiant story, with commentaries by Emma Goldman, Bertolt Brecht, Sheila Rowbotham, Howard Zinn, Victor Hugo and Karl Marx.
[edit] Rebel Lives: Haydée Santamaría
- Edited by Betsy Maclean
- 2003, ISBN 1876175591. 130 pages, retail $11.95.
- Woman guerilla leader in Cuba whose passion for art and revolution inspired Latin America's cultural renaissance. Contributors include Mario Benedetti, Ariel Dorfman, Silvio Rodríguez, Roberto Fernández Retamar and Che Guevara.
- Haydée first achieved notoriety as one of two women who participated in the armed attack that sparked the Cuban revolution. Later, as director of the world renowned literary institution Casa de las Americas, she embraced culture as a tool for social change.
[edit] Rebel Lives: Sacco and Vanzetti
- Edited by John Davis
- 2004, ISBN 1876175850). 120 pages, retail $11.95.
- The trial judge called them "anarchistic bastards." Political activists, Italian-born Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were framed and executed for murder in a wave of anti-immigrant hysteria in Boston in the 1920s. By illustrating how anarchists and immigrants were the "terrorists" of yesteryear, this book is a grim reminder of the consequences of using fear as a political weapon.
- Eventually pardoned in 1977 by Governor Dukakis, Sacco and Vanzetti's case sparked an unprecedented international defense campaign-including among its supporters writers, artists, and musicians-and remains one of the most famous political trials in history.
[edit] Wars of the 21st Century: New Threats, New Fears
- By Ignacio Ramonet
- 2004, ISBN 1876175966). 186 pages, retail $16.95.
- "A characteristically wise and thoughtful review of the state of the world." -- Noam Chomsky.
- Ignacio Ramonet is the internationally respected editor of the prestigious Le Monde Diplomatique. For the first time, this articulate, radical voice is presented to English language readers.
- Ramonet offers a concise, unforgiving analysis of the fundamental global issues of today, carefully dissecting the phenomenon of neoliberal globalization and the recent U.S.-led wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
[edit] Free stuff
We have a wide variety of literature outlining our past, present, principles and positions, available for free online. Everything listed below can be downloaded and displayed with any program (such as Adobe Acrobat reader) that can open pdf files.
[edit] Pamphlets and Statements
- Socialism as Radical Democracy, the Statement of Principles of the Socialist Party USA.
- You Don't Have to be a Saint to be a Socialist, a primer on democratic socialism.
- A Century of Struggle, History of the Socialist Party USA, 1901-2007.
- Socialist Party USA: Who We Are, Where We Stand.
- A Lot of What's Best About America is Socialist! Don't believe it? Take a look.
- Democratic Socialism, the way to jobs, peace and freedom.
- International Women's Day, our day of empowerment, resistance, and celebration.
- May Day Greetings, a joint statement by Rune Lund, a Member of the Danish Parliament representing the Red-Green Alliance and Eric Chester, Convener of the International Commission of the Socialist Party USA.
[edit] Magazines
Some recent back issues of our magazines, The Socialist and Socialist Women. We publish six issues per year, on a somewhat irregular but roughly bi-monthly schedule.
- Socialist Women, Fall 2008.
- The Socialist, Summer 2008.
- The Socialist, May Day 2008.
- The Socialist, International Women's Day 2008.
- The Socialist, Year-end 2007.
- Socialist Women, Fall 2007.
- The Socialist, Fall 2007.
- Socialist Women, Summer 2007.
- The Socialist, May Day 2007.
- The Socialist, International Women's Day 2007.
- Socialist Women, Fall 2006.
- The Socialist, Fall 2006.
- Socialist Women, Summer 2006.
- The Socialist, May Day 2006.
- The Socialist, International Women's Day 2006.
[edit] Bulletins
We produce a bimonthly Boston bulletin with brief announcements of news and events. Some development of upcoming bulletins will take place at this site, on the Bulletin page.
- Volume 3, Number 4, August-September 2008 (Western Mass edition).
- Volume 3, Number 3, June-July 2008 (Western Mass edition).
- Volume 3, Number 2, April-May 2008 (Western Mass edition).
- Volume 3, Number 1, February-March 2008 (Western Mass edition).
- Volume 2, Number 6, December 2007-January 2008 (Western Mass edition).
- Volume 2, Number 5, October-November 2007 (Western Mass edition).
- Volume 2, Number 4, August-September 2007 (Western Mass edition).
- Volume 2, Number 3, June-July 2007.
- Volume 2, Number 2, April-May 2007.
- Volume 2, Number 1, February-March 2007.
- Volume 1, Number 1, December 2006-January 2007.