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	<description>A progressive scholar-activist think tank.</description>
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		<title>The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Solnit asks, "who has the power and resources to define our history and thus shape what people think?" It is a premise that shapes the awkwardly titled AK Press offering The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle, a primer for activists concerned not only with the principles of movements, but how those movements' stories are told to broader audiences.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transformativestudies.org/2010/01/the-battle-of-the-story-of-the-battle-of-seattle/</link>
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		<title>The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This richly illustrated and designed volume, featuring indigenous art and photographs on nearly every page and unprecedented interviews with members of the early villages, is a result of the seven years Mexican journalist Gloria Muñoz Ramírez’ spent with the Zapatistas in Southern Chiapas. Responding to military and corporate encroachment upon their territory, the Zapatistas demanded justice and democracy for indigenous people and all Mexicans. In more than 300 pages, Muñoz translates her research, observation and participation with the communities into what spokesperson Subcomandante Marcos calls “the most complete version of the public history of the Zapatistas.”  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/12/the-fire-and-the-word-a-history-of-the-zapatista-movement/</link>
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		<title>The Lifelong Activist: Changing the World Without Losing Your Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an activist, being effective is more important than merely being busy. A hectic schedule does not automatically translate into social change and doing more is not the same as achieving more.


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		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/12/the-lifelong-activist-changing-the-world-without-losing-your-way/</link>
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		<title>The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society and Spectacle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is impossible to come in contact with commercial media and not be exposed to the specter of criminal justice as entertainment. Turn on the news and you can see car chases. Turn on afternoon fare and it is syndicated reality shows featuring people being chased down by police.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/12/the-culture-of-punishment-prison-society-and-spectacle/</link>
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		<title>Death Squads or Self-Defense Forces? How Paramilitary Groups Emerge and Challenge Democracy in Latin America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Georgia-based School of the Americas has been the convergence point for many years for activists concerned about the United States' impact on Latin American policy. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/11/death-squads-or-self-defense-forces-how-paramilitary-groups-emerge-and-challenge-democracy-in-latin-america/</link>
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		<title>Gun Crusaders: The NRA’s Culture War</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to a radio talk show recently where a caller complained about getting a National Rifle Association telephone 'poll' that consisted of one question, with the phrasing being something to the effect whether participants believed Hillary Clinton and friends were coming for their guns. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/11/gun-crusaders-the-nra%e2%80%99s-culture-war/</link>
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		<title>Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Incidents such as that of activist Brandon Darby informing on fellow activists, and the Tulia, Texas drug arrests scandal are but two examples of a trend that law enforcement has increasingly relied on as a method for policing, but which is increasingly returning disastrous results.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/11/snitching-criminal-informants-and-the-erosion-of-american-justice/</link>
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		<title>The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and Chicago Police Murdered A Black Panther</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Among some circles, Fred Hampton is a luminary without peers. Though new generations may only catch his reference in a song, his legacy in Chicago and to the Black liberation movement is without question.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/11/the-assassination-of-fred-hampton-how-the-fbi-and-chicago-police-murdered-a-black-panther/</link>
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		<title>From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International since the Age of Revolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton perhaps explained Black revolutionary nationalism best when he drew lines against what he called reactionary nationalism. Revolutionary nationalism is a force that sees capital and the ruling order in a fundamentally different way; ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.politicalmediareview.org/2009/11/from-toussaint-to-tupac-the-black-international-since-the-age-of-revolution/</link>
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		<title>Working From Within: Chicana and Chicano Activist Educators in Whitestream Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A peculiar tension has always existed between activist educators working in public and higher education. Maybe it is the contradiction of cultivating consciousness of youth while being on the payroll of institutions (and certainly the state) that seldom believe in such politically minded pursuits.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.transformativestudies.org/2009/11/working-from-within-chicana-and-chicano-activist-educators-in-whitestream-schools/</link>
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