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Bituminous coal miners in Central Pennsylvania were among the most militant and class-conscious workers in the United States in the post-World War I era. Class-Conscious Coal Miners examines the development of working-class consciousness as they fought to sustain their union, jobs, communities, and work pejoratives, what they described as the Miner's Freedom, against mechanization and operator open shop drives in the 1920s. Their struggles brought them into conflict with coal companies, a pro-business federal government, and the business-unionist leadership of the United Mine Workers of America. After the collapse of the bituminous coal industry in Central Pennsylvania starting in the 1950s, working-class consciousness gradually diminished until, in the present century, there has been a marked shift toward political conservatism.

The unmissable account of Brexit, from political insider and bestselling author of All Out War, Tim Shipman.

Something is deeply rotten at the Supreme Court. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Crooked Media podcast host Leah Litman shines a light on the unabashed lawlessness embraced by conservative Supreme Court justices -- and shows us how to fight back.

In Post-Colonial Statehoods in the Global Order, the author explores the implications of turbulence in the global system interacting with endogenous value and attitudinal transformations in Africa. The consolidation or deconsolidation of African statehoods had created profound divergences in their respective visions of the future of Africa as a player in the global system. Consolidated states seek to explore systemic instability to reconstruct the fundamentals of a new continental relationship based on equity with other elements in the international system. Deconsolidated states are status quo oriented, even if the rhetoric is not in sync with policy. In this setting, confrontation is generated between elite-centred deconsolidated status quo states and consolidated revolutionary states mobilized by value transformations across the continent. 'An extraordinarily sharp, thoughtful and provocative contemporary understanding of the proclivities of post-colonial African States written by a scholar-diplomat... This book is a solid contribution to understanding the evolution of the post-colonial state, a process that has been turbulent, transformative and with the current upheaval in global affairs, is not immune from the forces that are shaping geopolitical fissures' - Comfort Ero, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Crisis Group. 'Post-Colonial Statehoods in the Global Order provides a thoughtful and insightful discussion of the post-colonial African states' search for autonomy from a global order... work helps us to think in more creative and provocative ways about the fundamental importance of the Pan-African project.' - Kweku Ampiah, Professor of Asia and Africa Studies, University of Leeds. 'This is a brilliantly formulated and a magnificent piece of work that illuminates the challenges of the state in post-colonial Africa. Araoye has written a book that is as thoughtful as it is readable, and one that is essential for anyone seeking to get to grip with the state in Africa.' - Abiodun Alao, Professor of African Studies, Kings College, London.

'The chapters in this collection provide a rich resource for those engaged in the hard work of creating and sustaining solidarity networks of activists, organizations, and institutions. ... The voices you will find in these pages well illustrate these connections across borders that teach and inspire us all.' Graca Machel, First Lady of Mozambique (1975-1986) and of South Africa (1998-1999) and author of The Impact of War on Children (United Nations, 2002). This book brings together essays from 2020 to 2024 on the theme of global solidarity in the early 21st century. It also includes a foreword by Graca Machel, as well as an introduction and a concluding short essay by William Minter. 'This powerful collection of essays and documents on Africa highlights the rich history and vital importance of transnational solidarity. The message and lessons could not be more timely. And who better to curate this collection of voices than Bill Minter anti-colonialist, anti-racist, and long-distance runner in the global fight for freedom. Let this book inspire you to speak out and organize.' Barbara Ransby, historian, activist, John D. MacArthur Chair and Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and author of Making All Black Lives Matter (University of California Press, 2018). 'Global solidarity, like local solidarity, requires stepping outside the boundaries of conventional wisdom fostered by the US media and government. These authors invite us to take grassroots democracy seriously, from encampments on university campuses in the USA to uprisings (intifada) against oppressive regimes in Palestine and around the world. Our collective liberation demands nothing less.' Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, political theorist, poet, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Waste of a White Skin (University of California Press, 2015). 'Building on what Graca Machel succinctly describes as 'the most successful transnational movement for justice that the world has ever seen,' the global anti-apartheid movement, this inspiring book offers us a guidebook on how to be global citizens. Minter and Countess supplement their own analysis with visionaries from Angela Davis to Winona LaDuke to expand our imaginations and offer the dynamic movements for racial, economic, gender, and climate justice of today a dazzling array of entry ramps into effective action for global justice.' John Cavanagh, former Director of the Institute for Policy Studies and co-author (with Robin Broad) of The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed (Beacon, 2021).

''Turkey''s Water Diplomacy'' first delineates the institutional and legal foundations of transboundary water policy-making in Turkey. In doing so, major actors of water diplomacy at national, regional and international levels are identified and scrutinized. Specific attention is paid to the evolution of transboundary water politics in the Euphrates-Tigris river basin since Turkish water diplomacy and its basic principles have been largely shaped through practices in this strategically important river basin. Situated at the crossroads of the Middle East, the Caucasus and Europe as the country is, Turkey''s transboundary water policy has also been shaped by geographical determinants. Interestingly, Turkey has reflected her experience in one region (i.e., Europe) on practices in other regions. ''Turkey''s Water Diplomacy'' analyses how Turkey''s harmonization with the European Union has impacted the transboundary water policy discourses and practices, and how these changes have been reflected in its relations with its Middle Eastern neighbours. A historical account of transboundary water relations in the ET basin is enriched with the analysis of the current state of affairs in the region, such as the Syrian civil war and its repercussions on water issues. It is striking that Turkey was one of the three countries that rejected the UN Watercourses Convention in 1997. The book elaborates on the reasons why Turkey voted against the UN Watercourses Convention. Yet, since the voting of the convention in 1997, there have been changes in Turkey''s stance vis-à-vis international water law, which the book examines and focuses on. Turkey''s water diplomacy embodies complex water management problems, which can be best understood as a product of competition, feedback and interconnection among natural and societal variables in a political context. Hence, the book adopts the Water Diplomacy Framework with its key elements in making policy-relevant recommendations specifically for Turkey''s water diplomacy.

This book is a detailed account of the making of parliamentary opposition in Independent India. It examines the working of the Opposition in four phases -the Formative Phase (1952-1966), the Resilience Phase (1967-1984), the Consolidation Phase (1985-1999), and the Fragmentation Phase (1999-2014).

Brothers Behind Bars tells the harrowing yet fascinating story of the imprisonment of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt--the largest Islamist movement in Middle Eastern history. From 1948 to 1975, thousands of members of the Muslim Brotherhood entered Egypt's prisons due to political clashes with the ruling powers, first King Farouk and later President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Based on a wealth of understudied material--including prison memoirs, diaries, poems, plays, magazines, novels, and more--Brothers Behind Bars gives voice to ordinary Muslim Brothers, and a handful of Sisters, and offers a new understanding of Islamism in twentieth-century Egypt.

An inside perspective to global diplomacy from one of the world's foremost diplomats