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“We’re putting out books that speak to the current moment.”
Haymarket Books has always prided itself on being a mission-driven press, rather than one that focuses on the commercial viability of its acquisitions.
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Women of the Barricades
Writing in the Guardian, pioneering British feminist Sheila Rowbotham named The Women Incendiaries by Edith Thomas in her top 10 radical history books.
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From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 2016 wins Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for an Especially Notable Book
Established in 2014, the Lannan Cultural Freedom Award for An Especially Notable Book honors nonfiction works of particular relevance to the current historical moment.
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Noam Chomsky in Chicago
Noam Chomsky recently spoke in Chicago.
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“Some people call us heroes”
The Watsonville Canning strike of 1985-87 was a dramatic show of the power of women workers, whose struggle became a rallying point for the Chicano movement.