Flashpoint Press was founded by Derrick Jensen to ignite a resistance movement, embracing the necessity of all levels of action.
TRUTHS AMONG US
Conversations on Building a New Culture DERRICK JENSEN “The green thinker and writer who’s out to tell us not what we want to hear but what we need to hear.” —Utne Reader, “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World”
To function in this society, we are asked to live by lies: that humans have the right to take what they want from the earth without giving back, that knowledge is limited to that which can be quantified, that corporations and governments know what is best for our future. Our instinctive outrage at environmental collapse, political conspiracy, and corporate corruption is stifled by the double-speak of popular opinion telling us that the “progress” of civilization demands unquestioning allegiance to those in power. But the brave voices in Truths Among Us seek to help us acknowledge the values we know in our hearts are right—and inspire within us the courage to act on them. Interviewees include: Stanley Aronowitz, Marc Ian Barasch, Jane Caputi, Richard Drinnon, George Gerbner, Judith Herman, John Keeble, Martín Prechtel, Luis Rodriguez, and Paul Stamets. SEPT 2011
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RESISTANCE AGAINST EMPIRE nonfiction
DERRICK JENSEN
A scathing indictment of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, this collection of interviews gathers incendiary insights from 10 of today’s most experienced and knowledgeable activists. Whether it’s Ramsey Clark describing the long history of military invasion, Alfred McCoy detailing the relationship between CIA activities and the increase in the global heroin trade, Stephen Schwartz reporting the obscene costs of nuclear armaments, or Katherine Albrecht tracing the horrors of the modern surveillance state, this investigation of global governance is sure to inform, engage, and incite readers. Interviewees include: Katherine Albrecht, Kevin Bales, Ramsey Clark, Robert McChesney, Alfred McCoy, Anuradha Mittal, Christian Parenti, Juliet Schor, Stephen Schwartz, and J.W. Smith. JUNE 2010
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HOW SHALL I LIVE MY LIFE? On Liberating the Earth from Civilization DERRICK JENSEN “The book presents an appealing diversity of voices, each articulating a different vision of environmental activism...they promote diverse paths toward a deep connection to place and nature—a connection that could lay the basis for significant social transformation.” —The Indypendent
Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with 10 people who have devoted their lives to undermining it in this collection of interviews. Whether it is Carolyn Raffensperger and her radical approach to public health, or Thomas Berry on perceiving the sacred; be it Kathleen Dean Moore reminding us that our bodies are made of mountains, rivers, and sunlight; or Vine Deloria asserting that our dreams tell us more about the world than science ever can, the activists and philosophers interviewed in How Shall I Live My Life? each bravely present a few of the endless forms that resistance can and must take. Interviewees include: David Edwards, Thomas Berry, Jan Lundberg, Carolyn Raffensperger, Steven Wise, George Draffan, David Abram, Kathleen Dean Moore, Vine Deloria, and Jesse Wolf Hardin. 66
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