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Progressive Picks
Books and films that we find thought-provoking and insightful.
We Need a People’s Globalization to Defeat Global Neoliberalism
Global free trade hurts working people, but global unions can empower them.
1970s Activism Laid Foundation for Today’s Prison Abolitionist Feminism
Grassroots feminist activism in the 1970s resisted the inclusion of imprisonment and policing in their struggles.
How Feminists Resisted Prisons and Policing in the 1970s
“All Our Trials” offers a history of feminists who challenged the idea that the state could end gender violence.
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.
Chicago Police Tortured Victims With Electric Shocks, Burns and Beatings
Under Commander Jon Burge, Black men endured torture and violence at the hands of Chicago police.
While Combating Trump, We Must Set Our Sights on Total Liberation
Cartoonist Nick Thorkelson discusses the life, career and theories of Herbert Marcuse.
Philosopher Herbert Marcuse on the Rise of Fascism in Europe
In this excerpt, Nick Thorkelson depicts the political upheaval of 1930s Europe and its effect on Herbert Marcuse.
Anything Other Than Decriminalization Leaves Sex Workers Behind
Criminalization of sex work further disempowers some of society's most vulnerable classes of people.
Criminalizing Sex Workers Drives Rape and Gender-Based Police Violence
In this excerpt, we learn where and how sex workers are criminalized.
Puerto Ricans Are Resisting Policing as a Solution to Crisis
Policing is a form of “colonial crisis management” in Puerto Rico, says author Marisol LeBrón.