Truthout
Review
![The film Parasite hints at an urgent need for as-yet unimagined new futures that work better for more people.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1203-parasite-400x300.jpg)
“Parasite” Reaches Toward a Classless Future We Haven’t Fully Imagined
The film exposes the cruelty of capitalism and urges us to keep imagining new futures.
![Frank Chapman speaks into a microphone during a rally](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_1108-frank-chapman-400x300.jpg)
A Lifelong Organizer’s Story Comes to Life in “The Damned Don’t Cry”
Former prisoner and organizer Frank Chapman Jr.'s remarkable memoir offers hope far beyond his own story.
![Inequality kills: Inadequate health care, environmental stress, structural violence shorten lives of the poor](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_0930-death-inequality-8-400x300.jpg)
Anyone Can Get Cancer, But Your Race and Class Affect How Soon You’ll Die
In “The Death Gap,” David Ansell analyzes the effects of subpar health care on low-income communities of color.
![Housing activists carry black flags in Valparaíso, Chile.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/09/2019_0929-housing-activists-400x300.jpg)
Documentary Exposes Wall Street Power Behind Global Gentrification Boom
“PUSH” reveals how the marriage of private equity and real estate is driving the current housing crisis.
![Slaves rebelling in Virginia during the revolt led by Nat Turner in 1831.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/GettyImages-3112051-400x300.jpg)
A New Book Transcends Space and Time to Illustrate Historical Struggle
Peter Linebaugh's new book is an education in 18th century interracial history, revolution and class resistance.
![Attendees at the Sixth Pan-African Congress, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1974.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/2019_0829-pan-african-3-400x300.jpg)
“Pan-African Social Ecology” Illustrates Liberation in Direct Democracy
In his new book, Modibo Kadalie offers key insights on direct democratic organizing and transnational solidarity.
![Alt-right demonstrators gesture during a rally on August 17, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.Karen Ducey / Getty Images](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/2019_0825-alt-right-400x300.jpg)
Conservatives, the Far Right, Fascists and How We Defeat Them All
Calling out fascism alone won't defeat it. The left needs an anti-oppression strategy and popular social programs.
![America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/08/2019_0818-america-heart-400x300.jpg)
The Phrase “Go Back Where You Came From” Has a Long, Violent History
In 1935, the U.S. told Filipino immigrants to “go back where they came from” with the Filipino Repatriation Act.
![Protesters gather in front of the Chicago Police Department on October 20, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0616-chicago-pd-400x300.jpg)
Bringing Police Torture in Chicago to the Full Light of Day
Flint Taylor's “The Torture Machine” is a personal history of the legal battle to expose Chicago's human rights abuses.
![A hand pulls an apple away from protesting silhouettes](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/2019_0603-teachers-400x300.jpg)
Underpaid Adjunct Professors Sleep in Cars and Rely on Public Aid
A new book argues that college teaching for most faculty has increasingly turned into a gig economy.