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Books

  • Children of the Jacaranda Tree

    Children of the Jacaranda Tree

    This book was initially listed in The New Labor Forum Spring 2014 Issue By Sahar Delijani Atria, 2013 The author was born in 1983 in a prison in Iran where her parents were jailed for their political activities. In this can’t-put-it-down novel, she tells the story of several families who lived through and emerged from…

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  • Paul Robeson: A Watched Man

    Paul Robeson: A Watched Man

    This book was initially listed in The New Labor Forum Spring 2014 Issue By Jordan Goodman Verso, 2013 The famous African-American singer and actor became a leading voice for civil rights at home and abroad in the 1930s and beyond. This biography draws on internal government archives to focus on harassment and repression waged against…

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  • Catch the Fire

    Catch the Fire

    This book was initially listed in The New Labor Forum Spring 2014 Issue By Peggy Taylor and Charlie MurphyNew Society Publishers, 2013This exciting guide describes more than a hundred simple, easy-to-lead activities that use arts and crafts, creative writing, theater improvisation, storytelling, music, or dance to break down barriers and build stronger communities for social…

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  • A People’s Art History of the United States

    This book was initially listed in The New Labor Forum Spring 2014 Issue By Nicolas Lampert The New Press, 2013 A fascinating book examines the role visual images have played in activist movements throughout American history. The author was “particularly drawn to the examples . . . where the decisions made by artists were controversial…

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