“When it comes to the issues confronting working people and their unions today, Phil Cohen knows what he’s talking about as few people do. . .through knowledge born og bare-knuckle-experience.”—Si KahnIn the spring of 1989, union organizer Phil Cohen journeyed to Jackson, Tennessee, to sort out the troubled situation at a historic cotton mill. His task as a representative of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union was to rebuild a failing local and the problems were daun...

Archive That, Comrade! explores issues of archival theory and practice that arise for any project aspiring to provide an open-access platform for political dialogue and democratic debate. It is informed by the author’s experience of writing a memoir about his involvement in the London underground scene of the 1960s, the London street commune movement, and the occupation of 144 Piccadilly, an event that hit the world’s headlines for ten days in July 1969.After a brief intro...

The book explores issues of archival theory and practice that arise for any project aspiring to provide an open access platform for political dialogue and democratic debate. It is informed by the author's experience of writing a memoir about his involvement in the London underground scene of the 1960s, the London street commune movement, and the occupation of 144 Piccadilly, an event that hit the world's headlines for ten days in July 1969. After a brief introduction that sets the contempo...

In 2017, Workers United/SEIU called veteran organizer Phil Cohen out of retirement to investigate and expose a union-busting plot by Mohawk Industries at a North Carolina carpet mill. His hard-hitting account chronicles the resulting labor dispute that rocked a Fortune 500 company.The organizer had to prove management was behind an illegal decertification petition and forced workers to sign using strong-arm tactics. Though terrified of retaliation, witnesses gradually agreed to tes...

Shmulie Shimmer promised he’d call his father, Abe, but he never did. And Shmulie never broke a promise to his father.Professor Nick Friedman takes a wild ride through a dystopic and dangerous New York City searching for his old high school buddy Shmulie Shimmer. Shmulie is the inventor of Lerbs, the most popular designer drug ever. Friedman and his wisecracking AI computer, Maggie, encounter a world of odd and sometimes deadly characters above and below ground.

Among the thirteen stories in this collection, you'll meet Nick Friedman PI on his morning bike ride around Prospect Park. You'll listen in on a confessional near the New Jersey Turnpike. You'll watch a dystopic courtroom adjudicating the cases of the disabled young under the new Cuddle Law. You'll eat lunch at a deli in the Bronx. You'll experience a not-so-good magician's piece de resistance.Many of these stories are flash fiction, stories of 1,000 words or fewer. Some are memoir...

New Directions in Radical Cartography looks at the contemporary debates about the role of maps in society. It explores the emergence of counter-mapping as a distinctive field of practice, and the impact that digital mapping technologies have had on cartographic practice and theory. It includes original research, accounts of mapping projects and detailed readings of maps. The contributors explore how digital mapping technologies have sponsored a new wave of practices that seek to challenge ...

Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate in their classroom and community. You’ll learn about readily available technologies you can use right now—from apps to video modeling—and explore next-wave innovations that will help ...

Wilde Lustschreie und hemmungsloses Stöhnen auch in unserem zweiten Band zum Thema erotische Rollenspiele dreht sich alles um die Verwirklichung der schärfsten Phantasien! Denn genau wie auf der Bühne, so kann man auch beim Sex in jede gewünschte Rolle schlüpfen und die heißesten Träume ausleben. Bei diesem Spiel fallen alle Tabus!

Phil Ochs is known primarily as a songwriter; however, his oeuvre extends far beyond that—to short stories, poetry, criticism, journalism, and satire, all of which are included in I'm Gonna Say It Now: The Writings of Phil Ochs, which represents the majority of what Ochs wrote outside of his large circle of songs. This comprehensive tome presents another side of the famous topical songwriter, showcasing his prose and poetry from across the full span of his life.From prizewinning st...

Wild und sexy sein, hemmungslos und voller Leidenschaft! Einfach mal in eine andere Rolle schlüpfen wie ein Schauspieler auf der Bühne und erotische Dinge tun, die man sich sonst nicht traut wer wünscht sich das nicht?! Denn so lassen sich die schärfsten Phantasien verwirklichen: Alles ist möglich! Ob tadelnder Polizist und reuige Sünderin, böses Mädchen und strenger Erzieher, seriöser Arzt und willige Patientin, ängstliche Hausfrau und maskierter Einbrecher oder dominante Herrin und devot...

This book brings together a body of new research which looks both backwards and forwards to consider how far the London 2012 Olympic legacy has been delivered and how far it has been a hollow promise. Cohen and Watt consider the lessons that can be learnt from the London experience and aptly apply them other host cities, specifically Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. The Olympics are often described as a ‘mega-event’ in a way that assumes the host cities have no other existence outside, before or b...