2022 Releases

Black Communist Women's Political WritingThe first collection of the writing of Black communist women.Black Communist women throughout the early to mid-twentieth century fought for and led mass campaigns in the...

Immigration and the End of EmpireHow citizens became immigrants — Britain's failure to create a post-imperial nation.What are the origins of the hostile environment against immigrants in the UK? Patel...

In her inspiring follow-up to Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world. In The Light...

My Experience Defending Human Rights Around the WorldThe Australia Director at Human Rights Watch shares her experiences defending human rights – from human trafficking in Nepal to the 'drug war'...

Congressman Ro Khanna offers a revolutionary roadmap to facing America’s digital divide, offering greater economic prosperity to all. In Khanna’s vision, “just as people can move to technology, technology can...

Taking African Agency SeriouslyDecolonisation has lost its way. Originally a struggle to escape the West’s direct political and economic control, it has become a catch-all idea, often for performing ‘morality’...

Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass IncarcerationEach year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of eight million formerly incarcerated men and...

A Global History from Socrates to Social MediaA global history of free speech, from the ancient world to today. Hailed as the "first freedom," free speech is the bedrock of...

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLISHERS PROSE AWARD FINALIST“Essential and fresh and vital . . . It is the argument of this important book that until Americans can reimagine rights, there is...

Ranging from chattel slavery, through the New Deal to the Covid pandemic, a groundbreaking work that investigates how pivotal decisions have established and perpetuated discriminatory practices, even as the rise...

A collection of essays on resistance, resilience, and collective power in the age of climate disaster from Chamorro human rights lawyer and organiser Julian Aguon.Part memoir, part manifesto, Chamorro climate...