socialists

Autobiography of Scott Nearing who taught at the Wharton School of Economics, belonged to the Social Party and the Communist Party, homesteaded in Vermont, and with his wife wrote one of the earliest books on organic farming.

As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, Bernie Sanders was surrounded by grinding poverty that turned families against each other as they scrimped and saved to pay their bills. Bernie saw politics as his chance to give a decent life to everyone, not just those born into wealth or the lucky few who hit it big. But the Democratic Party and the country overall were moving to the right. Bernie joined a tiny independent party from Vermont. He ran for mayor. As a socialist. And won. That was the beginning. [From back cover.

Explores the life of Victorian scientist and spiritualist, Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered the theory of natural selection with Charles Darwin and examines his interests in spiritualism, phrenology, mesmerism, environmentalism, and life on Mars.

Profiles men and women whose ideas and beliefs changed the face of the world in the nineteenth century.

Describes the lives and work of socialist reformers Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Upton Sinclair, Norman Thomas, and John Reed, discussing their impact on the U.S.'s political development.

A biography of the trade union leader, political activist, and pacifist who ran five times as the socialist candidate for president.

The author describes how his Jewish American mother raises him in Pittsburgh within the Socialist Workers Party, while his Iranian-born father runs as a socialist candidate for president in Iran.

The author describes how his Jewish American mother raises him in Pittsburgh within the Socialist Workers Party, while his Iranian-born father runs as a socialist candidate for president in Iran.