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Lenny Flank


Biography

Longtime social activist, labor organizer, environmental organizer, antiwar.

Where to find Lenny Flank online

Website: http://www.RedandBlackPublishers.Com

Where to buy in print

http://www.RedandBlackPublishers.Com

Books

Voices From the 99 Percent: An Oral History of the Occupy Wall Street Movement    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 128260 words. Published on November 4, 2011. Nonfiction.
The Occupy Wall Street movement spread across the country and around the globe, and drastically changed the terms of political debate in the US. Technically savvy, the Occupiers posted events as they happened, in blogs and online forums. This is the story of Occupy Wall Street, in its own words. All proceeds from this ebook are being donated to the OWS movement.
The Afghanistan Papers: A Selection of Leaked US Military Field Reports From the Afghan War    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 152400 words. Published on November 13, 2010. Nonfiction.
The Afghanistan War from the inside. Over 800 classified reports by the troops in the field, presenting the reality of how the war is being fought on the ground. Assassinations, demonstrations, ambushes, IEDs. The unvarnished truth about the insurgent war that we are not winning.
The Great Communicator: Selected Speeches from President Ronald Reagan    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 143780 words. Published on January 16, 2010. Nonfiction.
A selection of speeches from Ronald Reagan. The conservative "Reagan Revolution", of free-market economics, the Religious Right, and military power, dominated American politics for three decades. This volume includes the "Evil Empire" speech, the "Government is the problem" speech, the "Tear down this Wall" speech, and many others.
Selected Speeches and Writings of Nelson Mandela: The End of Apartheid in South Africa    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 80770 words. Published on January 16, 2010. Nonfiction.
For 30 years, the African National Congress, led by Walter Sisulu, Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, was the core of opposition to the white supremacist apartheid regime in South Africa. After organizing strikes and founding the armed military wing of the ANC, Mandela spent 27 years in jail before emerging as a worldwide symbol of human freedom.
African National Congress: A Documentary History of the Struggle Against Apartheid in South Africa    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 83280 words. Published on January 16, 2010. Nonfiction.
A collection of historical documents from the African National Congress. The ANC, led by Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo, was, in partnership with the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions, the core of the movement against the white supremacist Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Classic Westerns by Zane Grey: Riders of the Purple Sage, and The Rainbow Trail    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 207150 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Fiction.
Two classic tales of the Wild West by Zane Grey, collected in one volume. Preface give a brief biography.
Essential Writings of Hinduism: The Upanishads and the Mahabharata    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 238040 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
The core writings of Hinduism
The Tao te Ching in Five Translations: Side by Side Versions of the Taoist Classic    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 44660 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
Five different translations of the Tao Te Ching verse by verse, revealing the rich shades of meaning that can be found in the text, depending on who is reading it.
Warmasters: Classic Treatises on the Art of War    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 181190 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
A collection of classic texts on war and strategy. Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", Niccolo Machiavelli's "Art of War", and Karl von Clausewitz's "On War". Preface gives brief biographies.
With the Dakota Sioux Indians: Writings From Charles Eastman (Ohiye Sa)    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 138280 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
Charles Eastman was born on a Dakota Sioux Indian reservation in 1858. When the Indian Wars broke out, he was taken to Canada, where he lived with a band of Sioux and learned their ways. He later returned to the US, joined white society, and became a leading advocate for Indians in Washington. This anthology includes "Indian Boyhood", "Indian Heroes and Great Chiefs", and other essays.
Writings From WEB DuBois: Selected Writings from one of America's Most Famous African-American Fighters for Civil Rights and Black Equality    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 130120 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
W.E.B. Du Bois combined radical politics with an uncompromising fight for social justice. This anthology contains "The Souls of Black Folk", "The Negro", and "The Conservation of Races". Preface presents a brief biography.
Writings of Rosa Luxemburg: Reform or Revolution, The National Question, and Other Essays    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 95080 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
Selected Writings from "Red Rosa" Luxemburg, one of the founders of the German Communist Party. Contains "Reform or Revolution?", concerning the reformist program of parliamentary socialism; "The Socialist Crisis in France", concerning the entry of the Socialist Party into the French Government; and other essays.
Writings of the Utopian Socialists    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 127440 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
A collection of writings from the Utopian Socialists, who tried to build the perfect human societies. Includes Robert Owen's "A New View of Society", Edward Bellamy's "Looking Backward", and Charles Fourier's "On Trade". Preface gives brief biographies and a history of Utopian socialism.
Writings of Thomas Paine: A Collection of Pamphlets from America's Most Radical Founding Father    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 137170 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
An anthology of writings from Thomas Paine. Paine's radical views on the emancipation of women, the redistribution of wealth and social equality, and religion, made him an outcast even among his fellow American Revolutionaries. Even today, he remains the only major figure of the American Revolution who has no monument anywhere in Washington DC.
Writings of William Z Foster: A Collection of Essays From one of the Founders of the American Communist Party    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 58960 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
Writings from William Z Foster, the former Wobbly and union organizer who helped found the American Communist Party,and whose organization played a leading role in forming the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) during the 1930's.
Writings of Karl Radek: The "Left Opposition" in Soviet Russia    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 61480 words. Published on November 21, 2009. Nonfiction.
A collection of essays and pamphlets from Karl Radek, the Russian Communist who became a leader in the "Left Opposition" faction within the Bolshevik Party, advocating party democracy and a greater role for the rank-and-file trade unions in the Soviet state.
The Black Flag: Kropotkin on Anarchism    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 42820 words. Published on November 11, 2009. Nonfiction.
A collection of writings from Peter Kropotkin, the leading theorist on Anarchism. Contains "Revolutionary Government", "Anarchist Communism; Its Basis and Principles", "Anarchist Morality" and "Anarchism; Its Philosophy and Ideal".
Simplify: Selected Writings From Henry David Thoreau    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 129920 words. Published on November 10, 2009. .
An anthology of writings from one of America's 's most famous naturalists and political activists. Contains "Walden", "Civil Disobedience", "Life Without Principle" and the unpublished "Reform and the Reformers". Preface gives a brief biography.
Our Own Path: Selected Writings From Yugoslav Communism    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 75820 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
Yugoslavia was unique among the Communist nations.Defying both Moscow and Beijing, Yugoslavia under Tito followed its own path, building a system that practiced relative political openness, economic decentralization through market socialism, and a neutral foreign policy. This anthology contains writings from both supporters and critics of the Yugoslav system.
Life Under Slavery: Autobiographies of Three American Slaves    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 153390 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
Autoibiographies of three pre-Civil War African-American slaves."Northerners know nothing at all about Slavery. They think it is perpetual bondage only. They have no conception of the depth of degradation involved in that word, slavery; if they had, they would never cease their efforts until so horrible a system was overthrown."
Keeping and Caring for Monitor Lizards and Tegus    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 29380 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
A complete care guide for monitor lizards and tegu lizards. Covers housing, feeding, taming, and handling.
JFK: Selected Speeches of President John F Kennedy    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 56790 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
In the short 1000 days of his Presidency, John F Kennedy launched the American space program and introduced the Civil Rights Act, led the nation through the greatest threat ever to its existence -- the Cuban Missile Crisis -- and then signed the first nuclear disarmament agreement with the USSR. This is an anthology of his most prominent speeches.
FDR: Selected Speeches of President Franklin D Roosevelt    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 58420 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
The longest-serving President in American history, Franklin D Roosevelt led the nation through its two most lethal challenges of the 20th century - the Great Depression and the Second World War. This is a collection of FDR's most stirring speeches, including his First Inaugural Address ('the only thing we have fear is fear itself").
Eyewitness Accounts of the First World War: The Great War on Land, Sea and Air    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 190830 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
Three firsthand accounts of "The Great War". E.R.M. Fryer was one of the very few British infantry officers to survive the war from beginning to end. Baron Edgar von Spiegel was a German U-boat captain. And Eddie Rickenbacker was the highest-scoring American fighter ace, flying Spads against the Richthofen sqaudrons.
The Essential Writings of Karl Marx; Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, The Communist Manifesto, Wage Labor and Capital, and Critique of the Gotha Program    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 100850 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
The basic texts of Marxist socialism. Preface gives an easy-to-understand introduction to Marxist philosophy.
Essential Writings of Friedrich Engels: Socialism, Utopian and Scientific; The Principles of Communism; and Others    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 100900 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
A selection of writings from Friedrich Engels. Socialism, Utopian and Scientific; The Principles of Communism; The Part Played by Labour in the Transition From Ape to Man; Ludwig Feuerbach and the end of Classical German Philosophy; and The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State.
EssentiaL Writings of Christian Mysticism: Medieval Mystic Paths to God    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 145510 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
From Christianity's earliest days, seekers have looked for "theosis", or unity with God. This volume contains three of the classic texts of medieval Christian mysticism, Jacob Boehme's "The Signature of All Things", Meister Eckhart's "Sermons", and the anonymous "The Cloud of Unknowing". Introduction gives a brief history of Christian Mysticism.
Essential Writings of Buddhism: The Diamond Sutra and the Lotus Sutra    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 108020 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
Two classic texts of Mahayana Buddhism.
At the Edge of the Abyss: A Declassified Documentary History of the Cuban Missile Crisis    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 95760 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
In the last two weeks of October 1962, the world came closer to nuclear warfare than it ever has. This volume is a collection of declassified documents from American and Soviet archives, detailing the history of those two weeks. Preface gives an overview and timeline of the crisis.
The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Documentary History of the Struggle for Peace in Palestine    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 108800 words. Published on November 10, 2009. Nonfiction.
A collection of 35 documents concerning the 100-year-old conflict over Palestine. The Balfour Declaration, the Sykes-Picot treaty, the League of Nations Mandate, the British White Papers, the report of the UN Special Committee on Palestine, the Palestine National Charter, the Camp David Accords, the Olso and Oslo II Accords. Preface gives historical introduction.
Writings of Eugene V Debs; A Collection of Essays by America's Most Famous Socialist    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 49900 words. Published on September 29, 2009. Nonfiction.
A collection of speeches, pamphlets and writings from Eugene V Debs, from 1888 to 1925. Beginning his career as an organizer for the American Railway Union, Debs ran for President on the Socialist Party ticket 5 times.
State of the Union: Selected Annual Presidential Addresses to Congress, from George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Barack Obama, and others    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 209420 words. Published on September 29, 2009. Nonfiction.
Selected State of the Union speeches from George Washington to Barack Obama. The War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War and the Cold War, Vietnam and Civil Rights, the end of the Cold War, the First Persian Gulf War, 9-11 and the Second Persian Gulf War, and the 2008 Economic Meltdown.
Non-Leninist Marxism: Writings on the Workers Councils    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 57350 words. Published on September 29, 2009. Nonfiction.
The recent collapse of the Soviet Union made clear the weaknesses and deficiencies in Leninist theory and practice. In the period between the World Wars, however, an entirely different trend of socialism had rejected the Leninist model of centralized party and state. This movement was "council communism".
My Fellow Americans: Presidential Inaugural Addresses from George Washington to Barack Obama    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 133480 words. Published on September 29, 2009. Nonfiction.
Complete inaugural addresses of all the American Presidents. "With malice toward none, with charity for all." -- Lincoln. "The only thing we have to fear is -- fear itself." -- Roosevelt. "Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country." -- Kennedy.
IWW: A Documentary History    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 108920 words. Published on September 29, 2009. Nonfiction.
A history of the Industrial Workers of the World, the "Wobblies", in their own words, from the opening speech at the IWW's founding convention in 1905, to the tactics of strike and sabotage which made it the most feared labor union in the US, to its role in the 1919 General Strike that shut down the city of Seattle.
Rise and Fall of the Leninist State: A Marxist History of the Soviet Union    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 35210 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
An economic history of the Soviet Union, from its inception in 1917 to its demise in 1991. It is in the economics of the Leninist state, not its politics or ideology, that we find the seeds of its destruction. By examining the economics of the USSR, we can see not only why the Russian Revolution took the course that it did, but why it could not have taken any other path.
Reds, White and Blue: An Anthology of American Socialism and Communism 1880-1920    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 135160 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A history of American socialism and communism. Selected from the writings of America's most prominent leftists, including Robert Owen, Eugene V Debs, Jack London, Emma Goldman, Big Bill Haywood, Robert LaFollette, Norman Thomas, Louis Fraina, and others.
Deception by Design: The Intelligent Design Movement in America    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 83300 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A history of the anti-evolution "Intelligent Design" movement in the US, from the Scopes trial in 1925, through the rise of creation "science" in the 1980's, to the rise of intelligent design "theory" in the 1990's. Appendix includes the Wedge Document, a leaked internal document which spells out the theocratic political goals of the Intelligent Design movement.
Philosophy of Revolution: Towards a Non-Leninist Marxism    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 38800 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A critique of authoritarian Leninism from the viewpoint of "council communism". Social revolutionaries must reject the failed leninist model as being unsuited to the social conditions existing in the industrialized nations. It is clear that our revolutionary methods and organizations must be broad-based, mass-supported, and based on the decentralized self-organization of the producers.
Invertebrates as Pets: Keeping and Caring for MIllipedes, Centipedes, Scorpions and Tropical Cockroaches    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 32900 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A complete guide to keeping invertebrates as pets. Housing, feeding, handling. Includes information on popular species such as emperor scorpions, giant African black millipedes, Vietnamese giant centipedes, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
Iguanas: Their Biology and Captive Care    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 47340 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A complete guide to iguanas. Everything you need to know about housing, feeding and taming your iguana. Also covers anatomy, biology, an iguana's life in the wild, and how iguanas make the trip from jungle to pet shop.
Hell's Fire: A Documentary History of the American Atomic and Thermonuclear Weapons Projects, from Hiroshima to the Cold War and the War on Terror    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 140350 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A history of nuclear weapons, from the Manhattan Project which built the atomic bomb, to the "Mike" test which paved the way for the hydrogen bomb, to the "war on terror" which seeks an entire new generation of "earth-penetrating" nuclear bombs.
Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony: Marxism, Capitalism, and their Relation to Sexism, Racism, Nationalism and Authoritarianism    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 53880 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A critical examination of the relationship between Marxism and other social justice movements, including feminism, anti-racism, gay liberation, environmentalism, anarchism and Native activism.
Contradictions of Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 31390 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
A beginner's guide to Marxist economics, from the beginnings of capitalism within the feudalist system, to its modern incarnation as corporate monopoly. Also covers the rise and fall of the non-market Leninist economies.
Beginner's Guide to Keeping Venomous Snakes    by Lenny Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 18530 words. Published on September 8, 2009. Nonfiction.
Complete guide to keeping venomous snakes. Covers housing, security, snake hooks, pinning sticks, tubing, snake shields, catchboxes, bagging sticks, and more. Special section on snakebite.

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