Life as Activism
Jordan, June / Russo, Stacy This volume is a complete collection of June Jordan's columns for The Progressive, published between 1989 and 2001. Jordan (1936-2002) was a poet and UC Berkeley professor who is celebrated as a great human rights activist and social critic. Through her work, she taught a concept of "life as activism, " based on inclusiveness, consistency, honesty, and identification with the oppressed. Far from being a purely idealistic and unsustainable appr...