"<i>Common People</i> is a unique and truly magnificent book, from its luminous art images, to its sharp, probing essays, to its enduring love for the commoners past and present who are its subject — a monument to the vanquished and a monument of “history from below.” Three cheers!"<br /><b>– Marcus Rediker,</b> co-author of<i> <b>The Many-Headed Hydra<br /><br /></b></i>"It is a major achievement by any measure, and it does what all great books do, it encourages our humanity."<br /><b>– Ben Fountain,</b> author of <i><b>Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution</b> </i>and <b><i>Brief Encounters with Che Guevara</i></b>