Common Courage Press
Common Courage Press is a book publishing company based in Monroe, Maine. It is a small press publishing company and focuses on books based around social justice, with a leftist point of view. The company was formed in 1991 by Greg Bates and his wife Flic Shooter.
Common Courage Press
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- Common Courage Press
- Founded
- 1990
- Headquarters
- Monroe
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Common Courage Press is a book publishing company based in Monroe, Maine. It is a small press publishing company and focuses on books based around social justice, with a leftist point of view. The company was formed in 1991 by Greg Bates and his wife Flic Shooter.
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Its first book was one criticizing the Gulf War, Mobilizing Democracy: Changing The U.S. Role in the Middle East. It published books by Noam Chomsky. They published 10 to 12 books a year on average, and by 1998 had published 57 books. Ralph Nader praised Common Courage Press in 1997, proclaiming it "exists because too often the major publishers of books do not have common courage or have convinced themselves that 'courageous' books don't sell."
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Common Courage Press • Headquarters — 121 Red Barn Road, Monroe, Maine 04951 • Founded — 1991
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1990
Common Courage Press established.
1990
Common Courage Press is recorded from 1990.
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Selected publications
• Blum, William. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. Common Courage Press, 1995. • 2nd edition, updated. Common Courage Press, 2004., • Blum, William. Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower. Common Courage Press, 2000. • Blum, William. Freeing the World to Death: Essays on the American Empire. Common Courage Press, 2004.
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scholarly publication
- News Zero: The New York Times and the Bomb by Beverly Ann Deepe Keever Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2004. 300 Pp, American Journalism, 2005
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2005
- Review essay : Ruth Hubbard, Profitable Promises: Essays on Women, Science and Health (Monroe, ME, Common Courage Press, 1995), Philosophy & Social Criticism, 1996
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1996
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q85753583: Common Courage Press
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- “Common Courage Press”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Common Courage Press, 1996
The New York Times and the Bomb by Beverly Ann Deepe Keever Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2004
Review essay: Ruth Hubbard, Profitable Promises: Essays on Women, Science and Health (Monroe, ME, Common Courage Press, 1995), Philosophy & Social Criticism, 1996
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- 1."Announcing the publication of From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice by Anne Firth Murray" (Press Release). Anne Firth Murray's Official Website. web.stanford.edu/~afmurray
- 2.Lannin, Joanne. Monroe's doctrinaire: Putting profits second, a small-town publisher wears passion on its sleeves. Portland Press Herald. E1, E10. 1998-03-08.
- 3.Carpenter, Murray. 'We have libel insurance; it's called the First Amendment'. Maine Times. 32. 17. 3. 1993-09-08.
- 4.Chollett, Laurence. Leading with his left. The Sunday Record. E-3. 1993-06-27.
- 5.Incorporations. Maine Sunday Telegram. 54. 1991-03-31.
- 6.Nader, Ralph. "Common Courage Press". Nader.org, July 6, 1997.
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News Zero: The New York Times and the Bomb by Beverly Ann Deepe Keever Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2004. 300 Pp, American Journalism, 2005Crossref registry
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