Author: Deray Mckesson File Type: pdf Five years ago, DeRay Mckesson quit his job as a schoolteacher, moved to Ferguson, Missouri, and spent the next 400 days on the streets as an activist, helping to bring the Black Lives Matter movement into being. Now, in his first book, he draws on his own experiences of growing up without his mother, with a father in recovery, of having a house burn down and a bully chase him home from school, of pacifying a traffic cop at gunpoint and being dragged out of a police station by his ankles, of determined activism on the streets and in the White House to make the case for hope, for believing a better future is possible. Itis a visionarys call to take responsibility for imagining, and then building, the world we want to live in.Review By turns lyrical reflection and practical handbook, On the Other Side of Freedom reveals the mind and motivations of a young man who has risen to the fore of millennial activism through study, discipline, and conviction. His belief in a world that can be made better, one act at a time, powers his narratives and opens up a view on the costs, consequences, and rewards of leading a movement. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Hope and insight and empathy spring from every page of On the Other Side of Freedom. DeRay McKesson cools our fears of the struggle, ever guiding us on how to struggle. He stares down the faces of bigotry and unfreedom and cynicism and doesnt flinch in writing out our marching orders toward freedom. Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author Stamped from the Beginning The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Apoetic, passionate, and deeply personal book. The Washington Post DeRay McKessonoffers a theology of hope that can be understood and embraced even by people who are not religious. . . .I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand why this movement resonates so deeply with so many, especially if you disagree with it. Michel Martin, host, NPR Weekend All Things Considered Mckesson and a core group of other activists have built the most formidable American protest movement of the 21st century to date. The New York Times An inspiring reminder that hope is vital to any political change, and its the driving force for any successful attempt at social justice. Esquire (Best Nonfiction Books of 2018) Riveting and affecting . . .written withastounding poetry, vulnerability, and flair. Mckesson is a gifted, pointed storyteller. The Village Voice In this thoughtful collection of essays, activist and podcaster Mckesson reflects on what hes learned from protest, family upheaval, racial inequality, homophobia, community organizing, abuse, and love. . . . A welcoming, accessible, and inspiring entrance point to social justice work. Publishers Weekly** (Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2018) Mckesson breaks down the physical and emotional labor of activism and the continued importance of telling truth to power . . . each theme as potent and nuanced as the next. An excellent selection for socially conscious readers, young activists, and researchers interested in the cross-section between activism and social media. Library Journal (starred review) A compelling account of technology-powered protest. Kirkus Reviews About the Author DeRay Mckesson is a civil rights activist, community organizer, and the host of Crooked Medias award-winning podcast, Pod Save the People. He started his career as an educator and came to prominence for his participation in, and documentation of, the Ferguson protests and the movement they birthed, and for publicly advocating for victims of police violence and to end mass incarceration. Hes spoken at venues from the White House to the Oxford Union, at universities, and on TV. Named one of Times 30 Most Influential People on the Internet and #11 on Fortunes Worlds Greatest Leaders list, he has received honorary doctorates from The New School and the Maryland Institute College of Art. A leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement and the co-founder of Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence, Mckesson lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Author: Mordecai Lee File Type: pdf Though historians have largely overlooked Robert Horton, his public relations campaigns remain fixed in popular memory of the home front during World War II. Utilizing all media -- including the nascent technology of television -- to rally civilian support, Hortons work ranged from educational documentary shorts like Pots to Planes, which depicted the transformation of aluminum household items into aircraft, to posters employing scare tactics, such as a German soldier with large eyes staring forward with the tagline Hes Watching You. Iconic and calculated, Hortons campaigns raise important questions about the role of public relations in government agencies. When are promotional campaigns acceptable? Does war necessitate persuasive communication? What separates information from propaganda? Promoting the War Effort traces the career of Horton -- the first book-length study to do so -- and delves into the controversies surrounding federal public relations.A former reporter, Horton headed the public relations department for the U.S. Maritime Commission from 1938 to 1940. Then -- until Pearl Harbor in December 1941 -- he directed the Division of Information (DOI) in the Executive Office of the President, where he played key roles in promoting the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelts unprecedented third-term reelection campaign, and the prewar arms-production effort. After Pearl Harbor, Hortons DOI encouraged support for the war, primarily focusing on raising civilian and workforce morale. But the DOI under Horton assumed a different wartime tone than its World War I predecessor, the Committee on Public Information. Rather than whipping up prowar hysteria, Horton focused on developing campaigns for more practical purposes, such as conservation and production. In mid-1942, Roosevelt merged the Division and several other agencies into the Office of War Information. Horton stayed in government, working as the PR director for several agencies. He retired in mid-1946, during the postwar demobilization.Promoting the War Effort recovers this influential figure in American politics and contributes to the ongoing public debate about government public relations during a time when questions about how facts are disseminated -- and spun -- are of greater relevance than ever before.**

Author: Murray Bookchin File Type: pdf This book asks - and tries to answer - several basic questions that affect all Leftists today. Will anarchism remain a revolutionary social movement or become a chic boutique lifestyle subculture? Will its primary goals be the complete transformation of a hierarchical, class, and irrational society into a libertarian communist one? Or will it become an ideology focused on personal well-being, spiritual redemption, and self-realization within the existing society? In an era of privatism, kicks, introversion, and postmodernist nihilism, Murray Bookchin forcefully examines the growing nihilistic trends that threaten to undermine the revolutionary tradition of anarchism and co-opt its fragments into a harmless personalistic, yuppie ideology of social accommodation that presents no threat to the existing powers that be. This small book, tightly reasoned and documented, should be of interest to all radicals in the postmodern age, socialists as well as anarchists, for whom the Left seems in hopeless disarray.

Author: Giorgio Agostoni File Type: pdf