I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

Ahron Bregman, Cursed Victory: Israel and the Occupied Territories:( Read more... )Jeff Chang, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Representation: Asian-American take on current issues around white supremacy in the US. Not much different from what I find on my Twitter feed regularly, but Chang has a nice reading of Beyonce’s Lemonade at the end.

Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America: ( Read more... )Naomi Klein, The Battle for Paradise: Two forces are contesting for control of the reconstruction of Puerto Rico—one with a vision of the island as a low-tax playground for the rich (a utopia apparently pronounced poor-topia, appropriately enough) and one with a vision of community gardens, energy generation, education, and other aspects of thriving civic life. Which one will win? The one we feed.

Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things To Me: Short book of essays, including the titular one, about mansplaining and Virginia Woolf and hope, as well as about violence against women. I want to believe Solnit that we won’t go backwards, but when Russia is decriminalizing domestic violence I find it hard to sustain hope except as a matter of faith.

Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities: Another short book of essays centering on the theme of being hopeful, not because victory is guaranteed but because the future is dark and thus much is possible.

Margaret A. Hagerman, White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America: ( Read more... )