QUESTION: Backpacking Travel Resources

I am planning to take a six month trip, backpacking around the world. Are there any resources to aid in the planning(countries/flights/budget/sights) of the trip?

ANSWER 2: Women and Political Violence: A Few Additional Resources

In addition to the excellent resources listed by Lana, here are a few that might also be useful:

"Women and Social Movements 1820-1940" is a database published by Alexander Street Press that contains primary source material. If you have access to it (it's available through some university libraries), it's an excellent source. Even if you don't have access through a university library, however, you can access some of the documents through this link:

QUESTION: Women and Political Violence

I'm researching women in the US (primarily post 1865) who rejected nonviolence and advocated and/or participated in armed struggle, armed self defense, or militant direct action- all within the realm of social movements. I want these women in their own words. Where is the best place to find primary documents of these types of women? Here are some examples of women I've identified so far: Emma Goldman, Mary Harris 'Mother Jones', Bernadine Dohrn, Kathy Boudin, Judy Clark, Cathy Wilkerson, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Lucy Parsons, Voltairine de Cleyre, Marie Equi, Angela Davis, Kathleen Cleaver...others?

QUESTION: Fullbooks.com

Who is behind FullBooks.com? Is it all public domain material? Why are there multiple versions of the same title?

QUESTION: Prison Statistics by Gender and Race

What was the total prison population and prison population by race and gender from 1950 to 1975? I want to compare yearly prison population increases with civil rights victories.

National Guantanamo Teach-In

GUANTANAMO: HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND
NATIONAL GUANTANAMO TEACH-IN

October 5, 2006
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Gateway Center Room 43
University of North Texas

The Pre-Law Program and the Peace Studies Program at the University of North Texas are sponsoring UNTs participation in Seton Hall Universitys day-long GUANTANAMO TEACH-IN. UNT (along with over 250 other universities nationwide) will participate by video conference (streaming Internet).

NYC Event -- 6PM Thursday, September 21 – Speaker: Nunzio Pericone, on the new book, Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel

Climate Change in Australia

Talk about climate change: we are yet to reach the equinox, but temperatures are expected to hit 27 degrees in Sydney city today, will climb to 30 tomorrow, and stay there for the rest of the week. 93% of NSW remains in drought.

NYC Collective September 2006 Meeting Minutes

New York City Radical Reference Meeting
September 15, 2006
ABC No Rio, NYC

Attendance: Melissa M., Tracey, Jonny, Aliqae, Christina, Daniel, Timothy, John, Gretchen, Talya, Julie, Melissa G.

Radical Militant Librarians Then & Now Colloquium at Rutgers SCILS

Here is my half of the Radical, Militant Librarians Then & Now colloquium talk I'm presenting with my father, Mitch Freedman, at Rutgers University, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies on September 20, 2006. Actually it's been edited a tad. I had to fix a monumental blunder.

Download Open Office (for free) and read this presentation with Impress if you don't have PowerPoint.

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