To Die for the People by Huey P. Newton

Huey P. Newton has long been a hero to revolutionaries throughout the world. This new release of a classic collection of his writings and speeches traces the development of Newton’s political thinking,... Read more »

Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

Revolutionary Suicide chronicles Newton’s childhood and adolescence in Oakland, and his struggles with the U.S. colonial system. This book is thought-provoking in its portrayal of inspired radicalism stemming from Newton’s experiences with... Read more »

Maroon the Implacable: The Collected Writings of Russell Maroon Shoatz by Russell Maroon Shoatz, Quincy Saul, Fred Ho & Matt Meyer

During a lengthy incarceration spent mostly in solitary confinement, Russell Maroon Shoatz has developed into a prolific writer. This first published collection of his accumulated works showcases his sharp and profound understanding... Read more »

Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The international outcry over Ngũgĩ’s detention without trial by the Kenyan authorities reached him even in Kamĩtĩ Maximum Security Prison. With great accomplishment, he describes the purposeful degradation and humiliation of the... Read more »

Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins

Caroline Elkins, a historian at Harvard University, has done a masterful job setting the record straight in her epic investigation, Imperial Reckoning. After years of research in London and Kenya, including interviews... Read more »

Never Meant to Survive: Genocide and Utopias in Black Diaspora Communities by João H. Costa Vargas

Never Meant to Survive presents a historical, political, and social assessment of anti-black genocide and liberatory struggles that arose to resist it. Based on fine-grained accounts of community life at the street... Read more »

Inadmissible Evidence: The Story of the African-American Trial Lawyer Who Defended the Black Liberation Army by Evelyn A. Williams

Criminal trial lawyer Williams pays attention to gritty details while relating the events of her life: growing up black and female in pre-World War II America; coursing through a white-male-dominated legal academy;... Read more »