The Twentieth Century
A Century of Wars and Revolutions?
Edited by Keith Flett and David Renton
Rivers Oram Press - $29.95
The contributors to this book take their cue from Rosa Luxemburg's
famous prediction that this would be the century of
'Socialism or Barbarism'. The perspective that informs these essays is
that Rosa Luxemburg's choice has not yet been
decided.
Globalize This!
Edited by Kevin Danaher/Roger Burbach
Common Language Press - $30.00
The WTO, World Bank and IMF must - and can - be stopped. This book tells
us how. Learn from some of the opposition
movement's best and brightest activists, educators and organizers,
including: The Environment Research Foundation, Betita
Martinez and Walden Bello.
Karl Marx
Francis Wheen
Fourth Estate - $24.95
The critically aclaimed biography is now available in (much cheaper)
paperback.
Black Pioneers
Henry Reynolds
Penguin Books - $23.00
Henry Reynolds debunks the notion that indigenous peoples have
contributed nothing towards the creation of a prosperous
modern society. Black Pioneers pays tribute to the labour and skill of
the thousands of black men, women and children who
worked for the Europeans in a wide range of occupations.
Rogue State
The Rule of Force in World Affairs
Noam Chomsky
South End Press - $32.95
As Chomsky's analysis of US statecraft and warmongering amply reveals,
the rule of law has been reduced to a mere nuisance
in the United State's brazen bid for the title of "rogue state"
Selling The Work Ethic
>From Puritan Pulpit to Corporate PR
Sharon Beder
Scribe Publications - $30.00
Sharon Beder unearths the origins and practices of a triumphant culture
of work in which the wealthy are respected and
inequality is justified. Dr.Beder shows that these values are neither
natural or inevitable.
Living Out Loud
A history of gay and lesbian activism in Australia.
Graham Willett
Allen & Unwin - $35.00
Living Out Loud is the first full-length account of this remarkable
movement and the first to attempt a national
perspective.
Party Girls
Labor Women Now
Edited by Kate Deverall, Rebecca Huntley, Penny Sharpe, Jo Tilley
Pluto Press - $32.95
At a time of vigorous debate over the Labor Party's future, Party Girls
presents ideas from a wide range of prominent women
who are at the cutting edge of a changing social and political reality.
VIDEO RELEASES
SKA TV Presents
Melbourne Rising
S11 protest against the World Economic Forum
>From the footage of independent media makers.
SKA TV - $25.00
Melbourne Rising - protest against the WEF - first screened on ch31
Access News and at the Trades Hall on 18th September
2000.
On The Barricades
Documenting the success of S11
Featuring a cast of thousands!
A Socialist Alternative Presentation - $20.00
This video gives Socialist Alternative's perspective on some of the
activities which helped build support for the blockade
and illustrates many of the political issues that came up. If you were
not there you will be inspired.
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