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Thought-provoking poems for our unique times. Poems that serve as coping mechanisms, illuminate political polemics, make us smile or laugh, and inspire action — with images to send us to more peaceful spaces. Aimed at fending off populism, fascism, and oligarchy while democracy is squarely in the balance.

Even conservatives called the first edition a must-read. This new edition adds post-2016 election information, Jill Stein's historic recount of three key states, and new commentary on U.S. elections, Russian hacking, and the Trump presidency.

A masterful dissection of elections and voting as a system between the Civil War and today. Prefaced and introduced by Greg Palast and Mimi Kennedy (Progressive Democrats of America). Less than 100 pages of packed analysis.

"Fitrakis & Wasserman are the Woodward & Bernstein of the 2004 Election." — Rev. Jesse Jackson. From Greg Palast's introduction: "stunning and ill-making revelations and irrefutable evidence of a national emergency: Grand Theft Election."

The definitive historical narrative of the folly of electronic voting in the U.S. between 1988–2008. Accumulates mountains of incidences showing the "red shift" is not an anomaly but evidence of systematic tampering by private companies connected to the Republican Party.

"As Goes Ohio, so goes our nation politically." Compilation of investigative reports from freepress.org. Includes revelations about the CIA's connection to computer voting, criminal destruction of voting records, and concrete reforms for fair elections.

Published by The New Press. First comprehensive look at Ohio's 2004 voting process. Includes trucking receipts, tampered ballots, mathematical analysis of statistical impossibilities, voter testimonials, exit poll data photos, and much more.

An inspiring story bringing insights to assist efforts to preserve land, combat climate change, or any nonviolent cause. "His masterful story-telling ability riveted me to the book." — Bernd Hindrich, author of NYT bestseller Ravens in Winter.

Draws from video and photographs to illustrate the story of courageous citizens of Columbus, Ohio, who investigated and litigated against massive voter suppression and fraud on Election Day, November 2, 2004.

Fast-moving briefing on dangers to democracy posed by privately owned electronic voting machines. Features interviews with Dolores Huerta, election lawyers Lowell Finley and John Eichorst, and Congresswomen Tubbs-Jones, Woolsey, and McKinney. Produced by EON in cooperation with FreePress.org.

Exposes corruption that law enforcement and politicians cover up in Ohio's legendary "pay-to-play" system. Includes the award-winning true crime story "The Shapiro Murder File."

Traces the history of the Socialist Party of America from its 1901 foundation until its collapse in 1972. Focuses on leaders Eugene Debs, Norman Thomas, and Michael Harrington, concluding the party was "peculiarly dependent upon its political activism and electoral crusades."

"The Woodward & Bernstein of the 2004 Election." — Rev. Jesse Jackson. A special investigative report revealing massive voter theft, fraud, and illegalities in Ohio's presidential balloting. Over 180 bullet points catalogued, footnoted, and thoroughly documented.

A collection of news analysis, legal documents, and sworn statements from suppressed and disenfranchised voters. Foreword by Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Exposes the U.S. military's plans for "full spectrum dominance," the race to militarize space, and efforts to use mother nature as a weapon of mass destruction. Preface by Terrence Edward Paupp. Includes full text of the U.S. Space Command's report "Joint Vision for 2020."

"Fitrakis holds everyone's feet to the fire with hard-hitting prose, exhaustive research." — Ohio Society of Professional Journalists. From a Cleveland construction company to county jail contracts to the Governor's mansion to the U.S. Senate.

Sinks his teeth into the inequalities of public education in a state where funding has been repeatedly declared unconstitutional. Urban school districts bitterly divided along racial lines, with up to 40% of kids from affluent neighborhoods shipped to suburbs. Read the review by Jeff Winbush.

Free Press editor, CSCC professor, and activist Bob Fitrakis has selected some of his most probing and insightful articles for publication in this new book. Read a review.

On February 19, 2002, John William Byrd, Jr. was executed in Ohio's Lucasville death house for a crime he insisted he did not commit — with no physical evidence and only the word of a notorious jailhouse snitch. Includes dispatches from the prison-industrial complex. Read the review by Staughton Lynd.

"If you're mad about the 2004 election, make yourself happy by picturing Dubya handcuffed..." The authors lay out the case for why our president must be indicted as a war criminal. Features illustrations and cartoons reminding us why Bush critics chant 'Four more wars.'

"How a failed Texas oilman hijacked American democracy and terrorized the world." Essays charting the rise of the Bush Junta, Republican overthrow of American democracy, suppression of civil rights, environmental destruction, and threats to world peace. "Truth can crush tyrants, kick down prison doors and walk the world back into the sunshine of freedom."

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Free Press cartoonist and infamous Central Ohio artist James Beoddy's reflection on life in Columbus' cultural underground and the meaning of the late great Free Press editor Libby Gregory.