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Mountaintop removal (MTR) does exactly what it says: A mountaintop is stripped of trees, blown to bits with explosives, then pushed aside by giant equipment - all to expose a layer of coal to be mined. Learn More

A Journal Of New Politics. Learn More

The first English translation of Guerin's monumental anthology of anarchism, published here in one volume. Learn More

Since its sudden appearance in September 2011, the Occupy Movement has spread to thousands of towns and cities across the world. For some it’s the economy. For others, it’s something deeper. Learn More

In 2003, after returning from a monthlong stay in Baghdad, American artist Paul Chan was given a gift from a colleague in the human-rights group Voices of the Wilderness: a copy of three speeches on democracy written by Saddam Hussein in the 1970s, before he became president of Iraq. Learn More

Forthright anecdotes and interviews fill this eye-opening account of the birth of the underground newspaper movement. Learn More

The controversial anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks made headlines around the world when it released hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. government documents in 2010. Allowed advance access, The New York Times sorted, searched, and analyzed these secret archives, placed them in context, and played a crucial role in breaking the WikiLeaks story. Learn More

Where do the strategies, tactics, and lifestyles of contemporary activists come from? Learn More