Behrooz Ghamari on Democracy Now!

Behrooz Ghamari on Democracy Now earlier this week

From Medea Benjamin’s Inside Iran (free e-book for 36 hours) to Behrooz Ghamari’s Remembering Akbar and The Long War on Iran—our books on Iran. orbooks.com/catalog/insi...

A new book on Iran gets beneath the headlines and into Iran's long history that has shaped the political landscape of today. The Long War on Iran by Behrooz Ghamari is available now through the link in our bio. @democracynow.org

Some more from the archives of Fred W.McDarragh, from his book with us, Pride: Photographs After Stonewall

Photos chronicling New York's queer community from Fred W. McDarrah, the first staff photographer and picture editor of the Village Voice, the only New York paper to cover the Stonewall Riots

Join us on Wednesday for a conversation on US–Iran relations with Behrooz Ghamari, author of The Long War on Iran. He’ll examine US intervention, sanctions, and why the US keeps misreading Iran’s transformations and role in the Middle East.

Search Work brings together over 30 contributors, drawing a diverse yet intimate portrait of what it is to search for work––these five excerpts offer a glimpse into the collection. Pre-order yours now for 15% off at the link in bio.

BOWIE by Simon Critchley lovingly unearths profoundly deep cuts from every Bowie era in a short, sharp book worthy of its subject. Miraculously doubles up as an introduction to philosophy. orbooks.com/catalog/bowie/

Autobiography of a Skyscraper And the Story of Those Who Built It by Francis Greenburger and Rebecca Paley is a look at the construction of Chicago’s 1000M tower and the people behind it. orbooks.com/catalog/auto...

In The Complicit Lens, a media scholar examines how US establishment outlets echo Israeli narratives on Gaza, recasting atrocities like the Flour Massacre as “aid-related deaths” to whitewash genocide and excuse war crimes amid global outrage.

Meet Mayor Mamdani, a substantially expanded edition of Ted Hamm’s widely acclaimed Run Zohran Run!, maps how a groundbreaking candidate and his dynamic campaign for New York City mayor toppled a Democratic Party dynasty and ran circles around MAGA. orbooks.com/catalog/meet...

Meet Mayor Mamdani.....

"Can You See the New World Through the Teargas? Use these cards to write love letters or ransom notes. Or get them framed for your wall. And remember: Every handwritten letter is a rebellion" @mollycrabapple.bsky.social in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/cult... Get your set of cards below

Publishing April 7 to coincide with a major MoMA retrospective, John Strausbaugh’s Duchamp Takes New York revisits the artist who upended modern art and the city that made it possible. Pre-order now for 15% off at the link in our bio!

"This enthralls" –– Publishers Weekly Twenty years in the making, American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda unravels the story of the secretive faux-anthropologist who pulled off one of the greatest literary hoaxes in modern history. orbooks.com/catalog/amer...

One third of the ICE workforce is made up of veterans. In the expanded Irregular Army, @mattkennard.bsky.social investigates how the US military, desperately recruiting during the War on Terror, enlisted neo-Nazis and how the fallout fuels MAGA, domestic terror, and the global far right.

The role of Labour Together & Morgan McSweeney is forensically examined in 'The Fraud' by Paul Holden. It itemises their anti-Corbyn factional work & dodgy corporate funding. Labour Together were always a scandal waiting to explode & this book is vital reading. Pub by @orbooks.bsky.social

"Besides offering the first draft of a history that will be angrily denied, as all genocides are, COMPLICIT gives cause for reflection on the direction of both the world of imperial violence at a time of historic change." @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/02/uk-i... Get your copy below

"Besides offering the first draft of a history that will be angrily denied, as all genocides are, COMPLICIT also gives us cause for reflection on the direction of the world of imperial violence at a time of historic change" @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/02/uk-i...

Available for preorder at 15% off, @davidgriscom.bsky.social ‘s The Myth of Red Texas is especially timely amid this week’s news coming from the Lone Star State. Available at the link in bio.

While spending 75 million dollars on a sycophantic documentary about the First Lady, Jeff Bezos just laid off more than 300 staff at the Washington Post. One victim was the paper’s book section, now closed. The Post’s tagline is “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” Flashlight anyone?

DARE WE SAY IT? Germany's Got a Problem.... reposted from @pulseofpal

Abolish ICE. Art from the Museum of Degenerates by @elivalley.bsky.social

Abolish ICE. In solidarity with all those resisting ICE in Minneapolis and beyond.

Duchamp hangs a snow shovel, flips a urinal, waves in the avant-garde, and then quits to play chess. John Strausbaugh tells the New York story behind it all. orbooks.com/catalog/duch...

"This is my blood" and "The rules" by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social from We Had It Coming (2025) orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...

American Carnage publishes today.... co-published with @thenation.com Reckoning with the consequences of Donald Trump’s war on the so-called "deep state," told through the experiences of eleven fired federal workers. By @sashaabramsky.bsky.social orbooks.com/catalog/amer...

Review! Gaza in My Phone – Mazen Kerbaj’s Powerful Account of Genocide is a Collection of Defiant Cartooning that Everyone Needs to Read. From @orbooks.bsky.social. www.brokenfrontier.com/gaza-in-my-p...

A timely call for Texas—and the South—to reclaim its radical history, drawing lessons for today’s struggle from the populists and socialists of yesteryear. orbooks.com/catalog/the-... By @davidgriscom.bsky.social, co-published with @thenation.com

Search Work, edited by @smithmeade.bsky.social, brings together 50+ contributors to examine the job hunt through essays, archival job ads, labor research, and more. Pre-order your copy at 15% off: orbooks.com/catalog/sear... @alexnpress.bsky.social

Well-written and brimming with insight, this book expertly demystifies Iran.” —Vali Nasr The Long War on Iran traces the history of dissent and protest in Iran, offering crucial context for what’s unfolding today. Get your copy here: orbooks.com/catalog/the-...

THE LONG WAR ON IRAN includes a section on protest and dissent inside Iran— timely amid today’s protests and the state’s familiar crackdown. Its author, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, was arrested in the 1980s, imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison, and held on death row.

A biography more than twenty years in the making—and the first definitive account of the life and work of the best-selling New Age faux anthropologist. American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda by Ru Marshall is now available for pre-order: orbooks.com/catalog/amer...

ABOLISH ICE by NATASCHA ELENA UHLMANN ICE is emboldened like never before, and no one is safe orbooks.com/catalog/abol...

Join us on January 22nd for the first Live on Avenue C event of 2026! We are kicking it off with the launch of American Carnage by Sasha Abramsky, who will be in conversation with Nation correspondent Elie Mystal. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/american-c...

The Venezuelan Public's Reaction to the Maduro Kidnapping. Anya Parampil is the author of Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire: orbooks.com/catalog/corp...

Maduro's Narco-Terrorism: Anya Parampil on Venezuela's Drug Trade and whether Nicolás Maduro was the head of a massive drug operation while in office

Another war for oil.... Anya Parampil after the 2019 US attempted coup in Venezuela. Anya writes about the hidden personalities and interests driving US policy on Venezuela in Corporate Coup: Venezuela and the End of US Empire. orbooks.com/catalog/corp...

What Argentina tried to bury... video from acclaimed artist, opera director, filmmaker, and OR Books author, Penny Woolcock.

IT’S NOT THE FIRST US ATTEMPT TO SEIZE POWER IN VENEZUELA. LAST TIME, IT DIDN’T GO SO WELL … A superbly reported book details a previous US attempted coup in Caracas orbooks.com/catalog/corp...

2025...Thank God it's Fucking Over. Happy New Year from OR Books! To the international working class arising in 2026 and to reading some inspiring, beautiful, razor sharp books in 2026 too. youtu.be/uYAdvRrOAzc

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There are many crises. Dinner doesn’t need to be one. Our cookbooks are 40% off for a limited time only. orbooks.com/search-resul...

Three books. Countless ways to build a better world. Get them now in our holiday sale! orbooks.com/one-big-beau... #HolidaySale #BookGifts #GiftIdeas #ShopSmall #ChristmasSale #HolidayDeals

We are so pleased to be including a reprint of Mary Mattingly’s gorgeous photograph, Last Light/First Light 2008 in The Other Almanac this year. @marymattingly is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores ecological relationships through sculptural ecosystems.

"Refaat, to me, represents the sort of Edward Said of Gaza." Listen to or read If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer: orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...

Najla Said narrates If I Must Die in a new audiobook, out now: orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...

Killing Baby Hitler by @mjtoma.bsky.social, editor of The New Republic. A wildly original novel now available for pre-order at 15% off: orbooks.com/catalog/kill...

Refaat Alareer's If I Must Die is now available as an audiobook, read by Najla Said. Available here: orbooks.com/catalog/if-i...