Joel Whitney Flights (Paperback) (PRESALE 04/07/2024)
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- Book Title
- Flights : Radicals on the Run
- Publication Name
- Flights
- Title
- Flights
- Subtitle
- Progressives on the Run—from Pablo Neruda and Lorraine Hansberry
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781682194317
- ISBN
- 9781682194317
- Publisher
- Or Books, LLC
- Genre
- Political Science
- Topic
- Privacy & Surveillance (See Also Social Science / Privacy & Surveillance)
- Release Date
- 04/07/2024
- Release Year
- 2024
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 203mm
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 0.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 380 Pages
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Told through the lives of the American Century's most talented and stubborn dissidents, Flights is the archetypal hero's journey of a group of progressives whose struggle for truth, and for freedom from persecution, sent them into exile, both literal and metaphorical. Wanted for a crime she did not commit, Professor Angela Davis went on the run in 1970, describing the struggle against panic in her nightly safehouse transfers: "Living as a fugitive means resisting hysteria, distinguishing between the creations of a frightened imagination and the real signs that the enemy is near." In her quest "to elude him, outsmart him," she recalled, "Thousands of my ancestors had waited, as I had...for nightfall to cover their steps..." Davis is just one of a rich array of refugees portrayed here by Joel Whitney, all forced to flee homes and/or friends because of their progressive stance. In these pages are compelling profiles of Seymour Hersh, Lorraine Hansberry, Graham Greene, Paul Robeson, Gabriel García Márquez, George & Mary Oppen, Frances Stonor Saunders, Malcolm X, Octavio Paz, Diego Rivera, Angela Davis, Leonard Peltier, N. Scott Momaday, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan guerrilla fighter Everado and his American wife Jennifer Harbury, Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchú, deposed Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and murdered Lenca environmentalist Berta Cáceres. At once a group portrait of these geniuses of creative escape, Flights is also a prehistory (and indictment) of American mass surveillance, culminating in Edward Snowden's revelations, of torture, culminating in Abu Ghraib, of censorship, culminating in the incarceration of journalist Julian Assange, of fascism, culminating in January 6, and of political murder, culminating in the Bush-Obama-Trump air assassination program.
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Or Books, LLC
ISBN-10
1682194310
ISBN-13
9781682194317
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17059221920
Product Key Features
Book Title
Flights : Radicals on the Run
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Privacy & Surveillance (See Also Social Science / Privacy & Surveillance)
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Political Science
Number of Pages
380 Pages
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Item Length
8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
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Praise for Finks: "Another odd episode steps out from the Cold War's shadows. Riveting." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Listen to this book, because it talks in a very clear way about what has been silenced." --John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing and winner of the Man Booker Prize "It may be difficult today to believe that the American intellectual elite was once deeply embedded with the CIA. But with Finks, Joel Whitney vividly brings to life the early days of the Cold War, when the CIA's Ivy League ties were strong, and key American literary figures were willing to secretly do the bidding of the nation's spymasters." --James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War "A deep look at that scoundrel time when America's most sophisticated and enlightened literati eagerly collaborated with our growing national security state. Finks is a timely moral reckoning--one that compels all those who work in the academic, media and literary boiler rooms to ask some troubling questions of themselves..." --David Talbot, founder of Salon and author of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government, "An absolutely overwhelming, magisterial tour-de-force. If Galeano's Memory of Fire had a sequel, Joel Whitney's Flights is it: a dissenters' history of our unjust planet and the defiant courage of those who struggle against all odds for justice." --Junot Diaz "This mind-bending text is so profound and original it defies a brief endorsement. Just read the book! You will not regret the experience of having whole spaces in your mind opened." --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian and author of An Indigenous People's History of the United States "Illuminating and enlightening, these marvelous vignettes shed new light on the intriguing lives of figures as diverse as Paul Robeson and Rigoberta Menchú. Wiser readers would be well advised to engage in 'flights' to the nearest bookstore to pick up this insightful book." --Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African American Studies at University of Houston; author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance & the Origins of the USA "Through a fascinating and moving compendium of fine-grained and deeply engaging biographies, Joel Whitney reminds us that justice-seeking and art-making have long been risky enterprises. As a reactionary backlash gains steam around us, this book could not be more timely. Each compelling portrait in creativity and courage is a reminder to resist the forces that aim to suppress and silence those who tell necessary truths today." --Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Praise for Finks: "Another odd episode steps out from the Cold War's shadows. Riveting." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Listen to this book, because it talks in a very clear way about what has been silenced." --John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing and winner of the Man Booker Prize "It may be difficult today to believe that the American intellectual elite was once deeply embedded with the CIA. But with Finks, Joel Whitney vividly brings to life the early days of the Cold War, when the CIA's Ivy League ties were strong, and key American literary figures were willing to secretly do the bidding of the nation's spymasters." --James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War "A deep look at that scoundrel time when America's most sophisticated and enlightened literati eagerly collaborated with our growing national security state. Finks is a timely moral reckoning--one that compels all those who work in the academic, media and literary boiler rooms to ask some troubling questions of themselves..." --David Talbot, founder of Salon and author of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government, "An absolute, overwhelming, magisterial tour-de-force. If Galeano's Memory of Fire had a sequel, Joel Whitney's Flights is it: a dissenters' history of our unjust planet and the defiant courage of those who struggle against all odds for justice." --Junot Diaz Praise for Finks: "Another odd episode steps out from the Cold War's shadows. Riveting." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Listen to this book, because it talks in a very clear way about what has been silenced." --John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing and winner of the Man Booker Prize "It may be difficult today to believe that the American intellectual elite was once deeply embedded with the CIA. But with Finks, Joel Whitney vividly brings to life the early days of the Cold War, when the CIA's Ivy League ties were strong, and key American literary figures were willing to secretly do the bidding of the nation's spymasters." --James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War "A deep look at that scoundrel time when America's most sophisticated and enlightened literati eagerly collaborated with our growing national security state. Finks is a timely moral reckoning--one that compels all those who work in the academic, media and literary boiler rooms to ask some troubling questions of themselves..." --David Talbot, founder of Salon and author of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government, "An absolutely overwhelming, magisterial tour-de-force ." --Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "Mind-bending . . . so profound and original it defies a brief endorsement." --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous People's History of the United States "Marvelous vignettes [that] shed new light on intriguing lives." --Gerald Horne, author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance & the Origins of the USA "Fine-grained and deeply engaging." --Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone "Necessary, compelling and often shocking." --Francine Prose, author of The Vixen, "An absolutely overwhelming, magisterial tour-de-force. If Galeano's Memory of Fire had a sequel, Joel Whitney's Flights is it: a dissenters' history of our unjust planet and the defiant courage of those who struggle against all odds for justice." --Junot Diaz "This mind-bending text is so profound and original it defies a brief endorsement. Just read the book! You will not regret the experience of having whole spaces in your mind opened." --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian and author of An Indigenous People's History of the United States Praise for Finks: "Another odd episode steps out from the Cold War's shadows. Riveting." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Listen to this book, because it talks in a very clear way about what has been silenced." --John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing and winner of the Man Booker Prize "It may be difficult today to believe that the American intellectual elite was once deeply embedded with the CIA. But with Finks, Joel Whitney vividly brings to life the early days of the Cold War, when the CIA's Ivy League ties were strong, and key American literary figures were willing to secretly do the bidding of the nation's spymasters." --James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War "A deep look at that scoundrel time when America's most sophisticated and enlightened literati eagerly collaborated with our growing national security state. Finks is a timely moral reckoning--one that compels all those who work in the academic, media and literary boiler rooms to ask some troubling questions of themselves..." --David Talbot, founder of Salon and author of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government, "An absolutely overwhelming, magisterial tour-de-force. If Galeano's Memory of Fire had a sequel, Joel Whitney's Flights is it: a dissenters' history of our unjust planet and the defiant courage of those who struggle against all odds for justice." --Junot Diaz "This mind-bending text is so profound and original it defies a brief endorsement. Just read the book! You will not regret the experience of having whole spaces in your mind opened." --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian and author of An Indigenous People's History of the United States "Illuminating and enlightening, these marvelous vignettes shed new light on the intriguing lives of figures as diverse as Paul Robeson and Rigoberta Menchú. Wiser readers would be well advised to engage in 'flights' to the nearest bookstore to pick up this insightful book." --Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History & African American Studies at University of Houston; author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance & the Origins of the USA Praise for Finks: "Another odd episode steps out from the Cold War's shadows. Riveting." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Listen to this book, because it talks in a very clear way about what has been silenced." --John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing and winner of the Man Booker Prize "It may be difficult today to believe that the American intellectual elite was once deeply embedded with the CIA. But with Finks, Joel Whitney vividly brings to life the early days of the Cold War, when the CIA's Ivy League ties were strong, and key American literary figures were willing to secretly do the bidding of the nation's spymasters." --James Risen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War "A deep look at that scoundrel time when America's most sophisticated and enlightened literati eagerly collaborated with our growing national security state. Finks is a timely moral reckoning--one that compels all those who work in the academic, media and literary boiler rooms to ask some troubling questions of themselves..." --David Talbot, founder of Salon and author of The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA and the Rise of America's Secret Government, "An absolutely overwhelming, magisterial tour-de-force. If Galeano's Memory of Fire had a sequel, Joel Whitney's Flights is it: a dissenters' history of our unjust planet and the defiant courage of those who struggle against all odds for justice." --Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "This mind-bending text is so profound and original it defies a brief endorsement. Just read the book! You will not regret the experience of having whole spaces in your mind opened." --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous People's History of the United States "Illuminating and enlightening, these marvelous vignettes shed new light on the intriguing lives of figures as diverse as Paul Robeson and Rigoberta Menchú. Wiser readers would be well advised to engage in 'flights' to the nearest bookstore to pick up this insightful book." --Gerald Horne, author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance & the Origins of the USA "Through a fascinating and moving compendium of fine-grained and deeply engaging biographies, Joel Whitney reminds us that justice-seeking and art-making have long been risky enterprises. As a reactionary backlash gains steam around us, this book could not be more timely. Each compelling portrait in creativity and courage is a reminder to resist the forces that aim to suppress and silence those who tell necessary truths today." --Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone, "An absolutely overwhelming, magisterial tour-de-force. If Galeano's Memory of Fire had a sequel, Joel Whitney's Flights is it: a dissenters' history of our unjust planet and the defiant courage of those who struggle against all odds for justice." --Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "This mind-bending text is so profound and original it defies a brief endorsement. Just read the book! You will not regret the experience of having whole spaces in your mind opened." --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous People's History of the United States "Illuminating and enlightening, these marvelous vignettes shed new light on the intriguing lives of figures as diverse as Paul Robeson and Rigoberta Menchú. Wiser readers would be well advised to engage in 'flights' to the nearest bookstore to pick up this insightful book." --Gerald Horne, author of The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance & the Origins of the USA "Through a fascinating and moving compendium of fine-grained and deeply engaging biographies, Joel Whitney reminds us that justice-seeking and art-making have long been risky enterprises. As a reactionary backlash gains steam around us, this book could not be more timely. Each compelling portrait in creativity and courage is a reminder to resist the forces that aim to suppress and silence those who tell necessary truths today." --Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone "Fifty year ago, Gravity's Rainbow suggested that history outperforms our grisliest paranoias, and Joel Whitney's Flights reminds us of why Thomas Pynchon was right. These harrowing accounts of writers and activists--silenced, haunted, haunted and driven into exile--add a necessary, compelling and often shocking series of additions to our current conversations about covert operations, artistic freedom, government interference and the assault on free speech." --Francine Prose, author of The Vixen
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