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James Tracy is the co-author (with Amy Sonnie) of "Hillbilly Nationalists: Urban Race Rebels and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times," and Dispatches Against Displacement: Field Notes From San Francisco's Housing Wars.

Tracy has edited two activist handbooks, the Civil Disobedience Handbook and the Military Draft Handbook, both on Manic D Press. Works of Poetry include co-editing "Avanti Popolo: Italian-Americans Sail Beyond Columbus," and Sparks and Codes.

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	Dispatches Against Displacement: Field Notes from San Francisco s Housing Wars 3.67 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Civil Disobedience Handbook: A Brief History and Practical Advice for the Politically Disenchanted 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molotov Mouths: Explosive New Writing by James Tracy (Goodreads Author), Dani Montgomery, Raw Knowledge 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Military Draft Handbook: A Brief History And Practical Advice for the Curious And Concerned 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sparks and Codes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Civil Disobedience Handbook, 2nd edition: A Brief History and Practical Advice for the Politically Disenchanted by James Tracy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jenifer Joseph (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go With The Flow: Learning To Thrive In The Middle Of A Storm 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives: Finding a Voice of Their Own

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“There are basically two kinds of revolutionaries living in the world today. One looks at a crowd of people and asks how each might become a catalyst in bringing about a better world. The other looks to a picture of some fabled leader and asks how that crowd might come to follow him to the death.”
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“True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life”
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“I've had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book.”
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“Most people ignore most poetry because poetry ignores most people.”
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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
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“We should certainly know by now that it is one thing to overthrow a dictator or repel an invader and quite another thing really to achieve a revolution. Time and time and time again, the people discover that they have merely betrayed themselves into the hands of yet another Pharaoh who, since he was necessary to put the broken country together, will not let them go.”
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