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Firing Line: Working-Class Whites, Radical Politics and the Original Rainbow Coalition

Firing-Line-75Co-Author with Amy Sonnie to be published late 2010  What happens when poor and working-class whites, inspired by the CivilRights Movement and the Black Panther Party, start to organize their own at once against racism and towards a radical class politics?

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Avanti-Popolo: Italian-American Writers Sail Beyond Columbus

Avanti-PopoloCo-edited by James Tracy  This anthology of progressive and radical Italian-American poets is drawn from the work of the Italian-American Political Solidarity Club, a group of paesans challenging the Columbus Industrial Complex, inciting solidarity, and enjoying a stereotypical gangster film once in a while.

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Civil Disobedience Handbook: A Brief History and Practical Advice for the Politically Disenchanted

civil-75Edited by James Tracy  From Thoreau's classic essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (reprinted in its entirety) to contemporary direct-action tactics used by the Ruckus Society and other nonviolent groups, this handbook outlines a brief history of social protest and provides information and resources for individuals interested in continuing the tradition.

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Sparks and Codes

sparks-codes-75by James Tracy  "No decorator of the soul with "literary" images, James Tracy is a poet-activist whose every poement is designed to unite us with rage against injustice, and let's all have done with the system that exploits and degrades us."  Jack Hirschman,The Arcanes, San Francisco Poet Laureate, (2006)

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The Political Edge

political-edge-75Anthology edited by Chris Carlsson
The Political Edge analyzes emergent San Francisco political energies, where they came from and where they're going.

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Real World Labor

real-world-labor-75Anthology edited by Dollars and Sense
Real World Labor provides up-to-date, accessible, and penetrating analysis of the most significant theoretical, historical, and practical issues confronting labor unions and workers on a national and global level.

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My Books

Firing-Line-50 Firing Line: Working-Class Whites, Radical Politics and the Original Rainbow Coalition (Coming 2010)
avanti-50 Avanti-Popolo: Italian-American Writers Sail Beyond Columbus (Co-edited by James Tracy)
civil-50 Civil Disobedience Handbook: A Brief History and Practical Advice for the Politically Disenchanted (Edited by James Tracy)
sparks-codes-50 Sparks and Codes (by James Tracy)
political-edge-50 The Political Edge (Anthology edited by Chris Carlsson)
real-world-labor-50 Real World Labor (Anthology edited by Dollars and Sense)