AK PRESS
Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of Mother Earth (Apr., $21.95), edited by Steven Best and Anthony J. Nocella II. Essays by environmentalists take on corporations destroying the planet. Author tour.
AKASHIC
Playing President: Up Close with Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush & Clinton (May, $15.95) by Robert Scheer. The L.A. Times columnist analyzes each administration through interviews and new and reprinted material.
AMERICAN UNIV. IN CAIRO (dist. by IPM)
The Illusion of Progress in the Arab World: A Critique of Western Misconstructions (Apr., $17.95) by Galal Amin, trans. by David Wilmsen. The Egyptian economist scrutinizes the debate between the Arab world and the West.
ARSENAL PULP PRESS
Carry Tiger to Mountain: The Tao te Ching for Activists (Apr., $21.95) by Stephen Legault considers the role of spirituality in activism. Author tour.
CHELSEA GREEN
Crashing the Gates: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics (Mar., $25) by political bloggers Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga hails a new movement as an antidote to old-school politics. 50,000 first printing.
COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad (Aug., $29.50), edited by Carollee Bengelsdorf et al., foreword by Noam Chomsky, is the first collection of Ahmad's analysis of political events from the 1950s on.
GEORGETOWN UNIV. PRESS
Globalization and the Politics of Pay: Policy Choices in the American States (May, $24.95) by Susan B. Hansen examines the economic, political and social consequences of declining U.S. wages.
NATION BOOKS
101 People Who Are Really Screwing Up America (and Bernard Goldberg Is Only #84) (June, $14.95) by Jack Huberman faces off Goldberg's right-wing 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America.
Blackout: How the Electric Industry Is Short-fusing America (June, $14.95) by Gordon L. Weil casts light on the "ongoing licensed larceny of the electric industry."
RANDOM HOUSE
Virginity or Death! And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time (June, $13.95) by Katha Pollitt collects essays that skewer right-wing hypocrisy. Ad/promo.
LYNNE RIENNER
Superpower on Crusade: The Bush Doctrine in U.S. Foreign Policy (Mar., $22.50) by Mel Gurtov assesses the implementation of Bush doctrine and its costs at home and abroad.
SOFT SKULL
SuperHip JoliPunk: Coming of Age at the End of History (June, $13.95) by Camille de Toledo takes an eclectic approach to building a new political possibility for Gen Y. Author tour.
UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME PRESS
Becoming Party Politicians: East German State Legislators in the Decade Following Democratization (Mar., $27.50) by Louise K. Davidson-Schmich finds that Easterners' political values have not hindered their adaptation to a unified Germany.
ZED BOOKS (dist. by Palgrave Macmillan)
Realizing Hope (Mar.; $17.95, cloth $65) by Michael Albert envisions a possible transformation through a postcapitalist society.
