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Progressive Picks
Books and films that we find thought-provoking and insightful.
Series Introduction
As part of its commitment to providing independent information and resources to its readers, Truthout chooses a “Progressive Pick” every month: an independent book or film that we find thought-provoking and insightful.
The Law Was Used to Crush the Industrial Workers of the World a Century Ago
Many workers today are finding that the law remains a cage in exactly the way the IWW anticipated, says Ahmed White.
“Abolition Cannot Wait”: Exonerated Author Outlines Human Cost of Incarceration
If people were aware of what was being done in the name of justice, in their name, they wouldn’t sit or stand for it.
New Book Edited by Incarcerated Writers Explores Oppression Beyond Prison Walls
“American Precariat” explores the ways in which people have been pushed to the edge by myriad social ills.
Confronting the Climate Crisis Requires Disruptive Action and Radical Healing
Disruptive climate activism is the single most effective way to intervene in the climate emergency.
New Book Exposes the Horror of the US’s Endless, Invisible Wars
Norman Solomon offers a powerful framework for understanding geopolitical crises and the enduring costs of militarism.
Asset Management Firms Are Gaining Power Over Housing, Hospitals, Water and More
Brett Christophers explains how asset managers like BlackRock and Blackstone have come to “own the world.”
Nuclear Power Isn’t Clean — It Creates Hellish Wastelands of Radioactive Sewage
Nuclear power carries with it an unbearable price tag: nightmarish contamination and the threat to survival itself.
Reimagining the Commons Is One Step Toward a Future Without Police
This is about far more than access to goods and services; it’s about a new conception of community and social relations.
“The Earth Is Telling Us It’s Exhausted”: An Interview With Poet Natalie Diaz
How we iterate or commodify things flies in the face of what the land told the human body to become, says Diaz.
Twenty Years Later, It Is Still Time to Dismantle the War on Terror
New book “Innocent Until Proven Muslim” demands we hold war criminals to account for decades of systemic Islamophobia.