South End Press Collective

Picked this book up just for Howard Zinn honestly, but there were some great interviews. A lot of what was said was extremely informative and honestly fairly hopeful from 1998, and could even apply to today.

The best interviews:
bell hooks, Manning Marable, and Noam Chomsky

The good interviews:
Howard Zinn (sadly, I've just read better interviews with him), Peter Kwong (really interesting and didn't know much about what he was talking about), and Winona LaDuke (The surprise, probably the most show more thought provoking, her discussion of probably labeling herself as a conservative was interesting).

The okay interview:
Urvashi Vaid. She had me in the first half and made some great points about identity politics, but then she started arguing for a more human capitalism and she lost me.

The bad interviews:
Michael Albert (just felt like he didn't add anything, and overall weak interview). Barbara Ehrenreich (At times it almost felt like a "why I left the left" kind of interview, and it was more the framing then her actual stances. I agreed with a decent amount of what she said especially the idea that the Left has to recognize itself as a minority political group and build coalition and grassroots action, but parts of the interview were a slog and just right after the Chomsky interview lacked something). show less

A lot of captivating essays about the hurricane and its aftermath. It still amazes me how terribly the crisis was handled by the government, and at least there are wonderful citizen activists such as the ones in this book who care enough to agitate for change.

Interviews with Michael Albert, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, bell hooks, Peter Kwong, Winona LaDuke, Manning Marable, Urvashi Vaid, and Howard Zinn