Political awakenings
Subtitle: conversations with history
By: Harry Kreisler
Contributors: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of International Studies
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by Perseus Distribution
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781595583406
Description: Collects interviews with a diverse group of influential writers and activists and showcases their reflections on the experiences that shaped their political commitments.
Notes: "Interviews with twenty of the world's most influential writers, thinkers, and activists."

History archive is maintained by the Institute of International Studies of the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of contents: title: Protest and change; title: Noam Chomsky; title: Daniel Ellsberg; title: Listening to people; title: Elizabeth Warren; title: Ron Dellums; title: Sciend, food, and the environment: movements for justice; title: Michael Pollan; title: Eva Harris; title: Oronto Douglas; title: Seeking truth; title: Amira Hass; title: Jane Mayer; title: Empire and hegemony; title: Ahmed Rashid; title: Chalmers Johnson; title: Tariq Ali; title: Resistance through art; title: Roya Hakakian; title: Oliver Stone; title: Kenzaburo Oe; title: Human rights and the law; title: Albie Sachs; title: Shirin Ebadi; title: Philippe Sands; title: Radical insights through history; title: Joan Wallach Scott; title: Howard Zinn.