Pm press sep 2026 (4 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How much does an unrealized pastonce a possible futurecontinue to agitate us Today the Balkans are too often defined by nationalism, violence, and xenophobiaills cultivated after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the intervention of the Great Powers in the region. The peoples of the Balkans have since been squeezed into numerous small state entities, each promoting its own insular national idea.But this was not the only path history could have taken.At the dawn of the twentieth century, revolutionary movements envisioned a radically different future: a united, federated Balkans, where diverse peoples would manage public affairs through communal and participatory means. Ideas like the Balkan Federation and the Balkan Commune captivated the hearts and minds of revolutionaries, anarchists, and socialists across the regiontraditions deeply rooted in the lands of the area now known as Bulgaria.In this book, political theorist Yavor Tarinski revives and examines these buried visions. With clarity and commitment, he brings to light the radical traditions and libertarian imaginaries that continue to resonate.This is a history from belowa story not of borders and empires, but of solidarity and possibility. One that still asks to be taken seriously by future generations.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In a world scarred by indiscriminate bombing, forced starvationand mass displacement, a nameless survivor lies crushed beneath therubble of a bombingalive, but barely.Entombed in darknesswith no hope of rescue, he must navigate the thin edge between life anddeath using only his hearing, sense of smell, and the volatile power ofhis imagination. Above him a genocide unfolds. Below, in his fragilepocket of air, he begins to witness it in ways no unburied survivor evercould.As hours blur into days, hallucination and reality weavetogether. Memories seep through the cracks. Fantastical visions risefrom the dust. In this liminal state, he gains a strange, heightenedclarity, an almost supernatural insight known only to those suspendedbetween worlds, the mortally wounded who hover in the space where timefractures and the mind sharpens to a blade.What begins asdesperate escapism becomes a haunting chronicle of a people forcedunderground by violence, a nation living beneath the weight of another'scruelty. In the darkness, he discovers a grim sanctuary: the rubble is a tomb but also a refuge from the firestorm above.Awartime tale of resilience amid annihilation, Seraj Assi's debut novel plungesreaders into the intimate terror of one man's confinement and thecollective suffering of his shattered homeland. As he reflects, "Beingunder the rubble is a strange thing. You're clinging to life notto live, but to defy death. Just because you're breathing doesn't meanyou're alive. You're a ghost, and your homeland is but a ghostland."This is the story of a people driven underground not by myth or choice, but by force: "We are subterranean only because others refuse to allow us our place under the sun.".…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.Thisbook of poems, stories, and essays draws together examples illustratinga mind immersed in Black legends and white myths, and in the growingrealization of our place in the world and time, and in irresistible pullof the future: starships, floods, dancers twinned by crystal-filledcaverns, and iridescent crops of living retribution. In her interviewThomas explores the intricate intersections of poetry and activism andunderscores the way she inhabits them. Taste with this book's tongue thesalty sweetness of her world.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is a guide to help workplace organizers get started, keep going, and get unstuck when things aren't going as expected.Organizing is full of challenges and dilemmas. How do you decide who to talk to, if your coworkers all seem scared or apathetic What if you invite people to a meeting and no one comes What should you do when your organizing committee is splitting apart What if your own union leaders break your heart This book will help you evaluate any situation and find a way forward.Drawing on a half century of experiences in training and advising thousands of workplace activists, Ellen David Friedman teaches four essential principles and four basic ingredients of organizing. She shows how to apply these principles and ingredients to familiar situations and invites you to rethink common missteps. You'll start to see how you can get yourself unstuck, no matter what situation you're in.Eight featured true stories of workplace organizers bring the ideas to life, gorgeously illustrated by Fernando Martí. Martí, Fernando (illustratore).…