“A vital resource for progressives who want to win.” —Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal“Progressive activists will want to dog-ear, underline, and pore over this well-conceived handbook.” —Kirkus ReviewsHow do underdogs, facing far stronger opponents, sometimes win? In the tradition of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce’s Practical Radicals offer...

In The World We Want, Peter Karoff presents a collective vision of an ideal world. By sharing his experiences and through conversations with more than forty social entrepreneurs, activists, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropists who are changing notions of 'the human condition' in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and North America, he describes how new partnerships and approaches are reducing suffering and gaining greater equity for people everywhere. These visionaries...

How do underdogs, facing far stronger opponents, sometimes win? In the tradition of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and Sun Tzu's The Art of War, Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce's Practical Radicals offers winning strategies, history, and theory for a new generation of activists.Based on interviews with leading organizers, Practical Radicals combines "the hard-earned wisdom of our movement ancestors, the rigorous theory of serious practition...

Aiming to bridge the gap between traditional plant breeding principles and modern advancements, this book focuses on the management of plant genetic resources (PGR) to cover the classical and contemporary techniques to meet the growing challenges of global food security, climate change, and agricultural sustainability. Emphasizing the importance of conserving and utilizing genetic diversity, the subject matter of this book also covers:Breeding Methods of CropsMappin...

In difficult circumstances, we often ask ourselves, why did this happened to me? why didn’t it happen like that? At that time, we did not even think that perhaps something good could hidden in that. When the time become favorable, all such thoughts suddenly disappear. We are so busy in our lives that we never thank GOD at that time. In life, favorable and unfavorable time will come and go like that. We have to face all these life situations with patience and by maintaining courage. Life wi...

A provocative, strategic plan for a humane immigration system from the nation's leading immigration scholars and activistsDuring the past decade, right-wing nativists have stoked popular hostility to the nation's foreign-born population, forcing the immigrant rights movement into a defensive posture. In the Trump years, preoccupied with crisis upon crisis, advocates had few opportunities to consider questions of long-term policy or future strategy. Now is the time ...