Leading international solidarity activists offer insight into the ongoing struggle for Palestinian freedom and justice. Includes Anthony Arnove, Naseer Aruri, David Barsamian, Paul D'Amato, Phil Gasper, Toufic Haddad, Tikva Honig-Parnass, Rania Masri, Tanya Reinhart, Edward Said, and Ahmed Shawki.

This book is proof that today s Latin American literature reaches far and digs deep. Alfredo Molano isn t a novelist or poet, but rather a sociologist who realizes that the way to understand wasn t to study people but to listen to them. The testimonies that Molano collects are a point of departure for a work that knows how to relate, like few others can, Colombia s pain in a language that has more colors than the rainbow. Eduardo Galeano, author of "Upside Down" and "Open Veins of Latin America"

The people whose stories Molano tells are not social activists. They do not provide...

Offering a broad historical perspective, Selfa shows how the Democratic Party has time and again betrayed the aspirations of ordinary people while pursuing an agenda favorable to Wall Street and U.S. imperial ambitions.

He examines the relationship between party leaders and social movements, from the civil rights struggle to the movement to end the Iraq war; reveals the unhappy marriage between U.S. labor and the -party of the people;- and assesses the mixed record of attempts to build a third party alternative.

Further, Selfa argues that the Democrats' record of backing the...