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From fighting the black shirt fascists in war-torn Croatia after WWI, to organizing the meatpacking industry in 1930s Chicago, to opposing the Vietnam War and racism in the 60s, the March family has...

A Pandemic Nurse's DiaryAuthor: Nurse TPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: Sep 08, 2020Number of Pages: 156 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1734493844ISBN-13: 9781734493849

All Bleeding Stops Eventually : A Lenny Moss MysteryAuthor: Timothy SheardPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: May 02, 2020Number of Pages: 228 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Asian Workers Stories stands as a testament to the collaborative work of working-class writers, translators, editors and graphic designers. The book represents a concerted effort to forge a bond...

Take a good look at the hands of a caregiver: the ones who bathe an elderly or disabled client, comb their hair, dress them and take them out into the sunshine. You may see nail polish that is...

The precarious life of the adjunct instructor comes to life in this wry and comical novel about academic everyman Cyrus Duffleman. This classroom edition includes bonus essays, interviews and...

For All: Para TodosAuthor: Alejandra Domenzain, Katherine LohPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: January 07, 2021Number of Pages: 51 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Young Harriet is determined to become a courier like Thaddeus for the secret black anti-slavery Order.as they fight to bring families who have escaped southern slavery across the border to Canada,...

For years sanitation worker Jake repaired broken toys he pulled from the trash and gave them to the children in the local shelter at Christmas. Jake is fired for breaking city regulations when an...

When the Little League coach tells Gabriella only boys can play on his team, she returns dressed as a boy and makes the team. Although Gabbie feels bad for not telling her mother what she did, she is...

This 4th edition of Bill Barry's New Union Officer's Handbook couldn't come at a better time. His revised training manual for union leaders is supercharged with lessons learned from the Covid...

I Just Got Elected, Now What? a New Union Officer's Handbook 3rd EditionAuthor: Bill BarryPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: Feb 18, 2020Number of Pages: 110 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

From a wise-cracking kid in Catholic school to youthful exploits in the Bronx, Kevin was always taking chances. Then he tried heroin, and ise adventures turned into the nightmare of a 27-year...

Little Jimmy goes on a dangerous journey, teaching his dad an important lesson about solidarity.Author: Victor NarroPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: Nov 12, 2016Number of Pages: 54...

Joelito tells the story of ten-year old Joelito, who learns about the struggle for economic justice. When he finds his best friend standing outside MacMann's restaurant with his parents protesting...

Legacy Costs traces the UAW's successful campaign in New Castle, Indiana for a living wage, a company funded pension, and democratic control over their lives. As the advocates of unfettered...

Little Meena and the Big Swim/La Peque?a Meena y el Gran Nado is a tale of collective triumph over bullying and greed. The story follows a group of young fish who, with the guidance of an elder,...

Children, did you know that you have real superpowers?It's true! Even if you are young, even if you are small, you and your friends and schoolmates have the power to make the world a better place...

Margarito'S ForestAuthor: Andy CarterPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: Oct 02, 2016Number of Pages: 40 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0997979704ISBN-13: 9780997979701

Margarito's Forest is a story of Maya culture and wisdom passed from one generation to the next. This beautifully illustrated bilingual book in English and Spanish, with excerpts in K'iche', is based...

Margarito's Forest is a story of Maya culture and wisdom passed from one generation to the next. This beautifully illustrated bilingual book in English and Spanish, with excerpts in K'iche', is based...

When the boss forces pregnant nurses to care for patients with the Zika virus that is raging through Philadelphia, they turn to Lenny Moss for help joining his service workers union. But Lenny has...

Polar Bear Pete tells Ahna, a young Inuit girl, that he and his animal friends are scared because their habitats are being destroyed. Ahna tells her friends about meeting Pete, and soon children all...

Polar Bear Pete'S Ice Is Melting!: Oso Polar Pete ?íEl Hielo Se Est?í Derritiendo!Author: Timothy SheardPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: Sep 30, 2021Number of Pages: 70 pagesLanguage:...

In December 1980, an officer with the longshoremen's union in San Francisco learned that a shipment of military weapons on the docks was soon to be loaded onto a ship bound for the military...

Who really makes history?Radical Connecticut: People's History in the Constitution State tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or...

Shop steward and wily detective Lenny Moss tries to save a nurse accused of a wrongful death. But the new hospital owner is threatening to withdraw contributions to the union's health and pension...

As they stand up, slow down, form unions, leave an abusive relationship or just stir up good trouble, the characters in this multi-generation novel entertain and enlighten, make us laugh and rage,...

In The Activist Spirit, Toward a Radical Solidarity, labor and immigrant rights activist Victor Narro suggests there is a spiritual core within social justice activism from which we can deepen our...

The Art of Organizing - 9781734493825Author: Michael RayssonPublisher: Hard Ball PressPublication Date: Nov 01, 2020Number of Pages: 236 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...