Saturday, June 10, 2017

The Assassination of Fred Hampton. How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther. By Jeffrey Haas.

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On Thursday, December 4, 1969, the Chicago Police broke into the apartment of Black Panther Chairman, Fred Hampton, and murdered him. Attor...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

George Jacob Holyoake. By Joseph McCabe.

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George Jacob Holyoake (April 13, 1817 – January 22, 1906) was a significant activist in the British Secular and Cooperative Movements. He c...
Saturday, June 3, 2017

The Jewish Feminist Movement in Germany. The Campaigns of the Judischer Frauenbund, 1904-1938. By Marion A. Kaplan.

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Marion Kaplan offers a rare history. It is a portrayal of the Jewish Feminist Movement in Germany prior to World War II. Her narrative cent...
Friday, June 2, 2017

The Future of Our Past. From Ancient Greece to Global Village. By H.J. Blackham.

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In The Future of Our Past , H.J. Blackham examines what he calls “‘universals’ of history.” Universals are cultures, religions or empires t...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

The History of Spain. By Peter Pierson.

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Peter Pierson’s The History of Spain is a no-nonsense guide covering Spain’s evolution from the re-conquest of Muslim al-Andalus, to the e...
Friday, April 21, 2017

The Medieval Underworld. By Andrew McCall.

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Author Andrew McCall defines the Medieval Underworld as “those people who were unwilling or unable to comply with the laws of medieval soci...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Rosa Luxemburg. Abridged Edition. By J.P. Nettl.

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If we only read about individuals whose worldview confirms our own, we learn little. By this logic, the assemblage of contradictions which ...