Clarke: Publication List

Clarke publishes under several variations of their name. Ben Clarke, Ben Jesse Clarke, B. Jesse Clarke, Jesse Clarke and Jess Clarke. They have edited dozens of books and served as  editor for Media File (1998-2004) and Race, Poverty & the Environment (2005-2017).

Publication List

Clarke, Jess. “Resist, Restore, Rejuvenate.” Race, Poverty & the Environment, Vol. 22, no. 1, pp 6-7 http://www.reimaginerpe.org/22/clarke-intro (2017)

Clarke, Jess. “Renter Nation Rises: Housing Justice Groups Align as National Movement Grows.” Homesforall.org (October 2017) https://homesforall.org/news/renter-nation-rises/

Clarke, Jess. “Corporate Landlords Consolidate — Renters Fight Back.” CarsonWatch.org, (August 2017) http://carsonwatch.org/2017/08/17/corporate-landlords-consolidate-renters-fight-back/

Clarke, Jess. “Conversations on Race and Resistance.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 21 no. 2 (2016) http://www.reimaginerpe.org/21-2/race-and-resistance

Clarke, Jess. “On the Origins of Broken Windows Policing.” Street Spirit, (November 2015) p.4 www.thestreetspirit.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2015-11-Nov-Street-Spirit.pdf, http://www.thestreetspirit.org/brokenwindows/

Clarke, Jess.  Interview with Terry Messman “Advocacy Journalism and the Movement for Human Rights.” Street Spirit (August 2015) http://www.thestreetspirit.net/advocacy-journalism-and-the-movement-for-human-rights/ An edited excerpt: http://www.reimaginerpe.org/21-1clarke-messman Podcast: http://www.thestreetspirit.net/21-years-of-street-spirit-justice-news-and-homeless-blues/

Clarke, Jess. “Power in Place.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 21 no. 1 (2015) http://www.reimaginerpe.org/power-in-place

Clarke, Jess, and Marcy Rein. “Alive! Strategies for Transformation.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 20, no. 2 (2015): 6-8. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43873211.

Clarke, Jess. “Business Improvement Districts Take Over Cities: One-Dollar/One-Vote.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 20, no. 2 (2015): 87-92. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43873238.

Marcy Rein, and Jess Clarke.  Interview with Colette Pichon. “As the South Goes: Organizing, Healing and Resilience in Gulf Coast Communities.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 20, no. 1 (2015): 46-51. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43875787.

Clarke, Jess. “Arise!” Race, Poverty & the Environment 20, no. 1 (2015): 6-7. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43875779.

Clarke, Jess. “New Majority Confronts Climate Crisis.” Pathways to Resilience: Transforming Cities in a Changing Climate, Movement Strategy Center report for the Kresge Foundation, 2015.
Article: www.movementstrategy.org/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=3488.

Clarke, Jess. “California’s New Majority Confronts Climate Crisis.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 20, no. 1 (2015): 18-26. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43875783.

Dayaneni, Gopal. Interview with Vandana Shiva edited and produced by Jess Clarke. “On the Lie of Growth and the Power of the Small.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 20, no. 1 (2015): 14-17. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43875782. Podcast: http://www.reimaginerpe.org/20-1/vandana-shiva-gopal-dayaneni

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Reimagine…: What’s Next? Reimagining RP&E.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 19, no. 2 (2012): 3-4. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41806649.

B. Jesse Clarke. Interview with Bertha Lewis. “Organizing the New Majority.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 19, no. 1 (2012): 8-10. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41762522.

Clarke, B. Jesse. Interview with Manuela Esteva. “Climate Transit Connection.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 19, no. 2 (2012): 84. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41806684.

Clarke, B. Jesse. Interview with Dorothy Kidd. “Women’s Movement Legacy—Antidote to Despair.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 19, no. 2 (2012): 70-72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41806678.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “New Political Spaces.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 19, no. 1 (2012): 3-4. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41762519.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Autumn Awakening: From Civil Rights to Economic Justice.” Race, Poverty & the  Environment 18, no. 2 (2011): 3-4. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554763.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Globalization Comes Home.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 18, no. 1 (2011): 3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41555296.

Clarke, B. Jesse. A panel interview with Aileen Clarke Hernandez, Catherine Tactaquin and Juliet Ellis “Through a Gender Lens: Women Re-energize the Movement. An Interview with Dorothy Kidd.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 17, no. 2 (2010): 25-29. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554740. Podcast: http://www.reimaginerpe.org/17-2/clarke/panel-discussion

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Weaving the Threads” Race, Poverty & the Environment, Vol. 17, No. 2 (2010), p. 3
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554731

Clarke, B. Jesse. ”A Farewell Reflection: Q&A with Juliet Ellis.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 17, no. 2 (2010): 4-5. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554732.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “20 Years of RP&E.” Race, Poverty & the Environment, Vol. 17, No. 1, 20th Anniversary Issue (2010), pp. 3-4 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4155469

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Carl Anthony: Earth Day and EJ.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 17, no. 1 (2010): 7-10. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554702.

Clarke, B. Jesse. Interview with Rinku Sen. “Rinku Sen: Organizing for Racial Justice.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 17, no. 1 (2010): 65-69. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554721.

Clarke, B. Jesse. Interview with Penn Loh. “Penn Loh: EJ and TJ.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 17, no. 1 (2010): 26-29. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554706.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Introduction: Climate Change: Catalyst or Catastrophe?” Race, Poverty & the Environment 16, no. 2 (2009): 3-4. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41555156.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Everyone Has the Right to…” Race, Poverty & the Environment, Vol. 16, No. 1, (2009), p. 3 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554913

Clarke, B. Jesse. A panel interview with Juliet Ellis, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Renee Saucedo, Adam Kruggel, Shalini Nataraj, and Dorothy Kidd. “Rights Roundtable.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 16, no. 1 (2009): 6-11. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554915.

Clarke, B. Jesse. Interview with Manuel Criollo. “Bus Rider Rights.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 16, no. 1 (): 70-72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554933.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Race and Regionalism.” Race, Poverty & the Environment, Vol. 15, No. 2, (2008), p. 3
http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554605

Clarke, B. Jesse. A panel interview with Anthony, Carl, Juliet Ellis, Nathaniel Smith, Cecil Corbin-Mark, Leslie Moody, Dwayne Marsh. “Regional Equity Goes National.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 15, no. 2 (2008): 33-38. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554615.

Clarke, B. Jesse. Interview with Fred Blackwell and Juliet Ellis. “Can Redevelopment Slow the Black Middle Class Exodus?” Race, Poverty & the Environment 15, no. 1 (2008): 37-40. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554585.

Braley, Scott, Sheryl Lane, and Jesse Clarke. “Visions of Richmond, California.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 15, no. 1 (2008): 41-49. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554586.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Who Owns Our Cities?” Race, Poverty & the Environment 15, no. 1 (2008): 3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554572.

Clarke, B. Jesse.  Interview with Beverly Wright. “New Orleans Black Diaspora: Will the Residents Come Back?” Race, Poverty & the Environment 15, no. 1 (2008): 22-25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554580.

Clarke, B. Jesse. “Hope in the Horizontal.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 14, no. 2 (2007): 3-6. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554542.

Clarke, B. Jesse. Interview with Marcos Leyva. “Oaxacan Teachers Organize for Justice.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 14, no. 2 (2007): 54-57. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41554558.

Clarke, Ben Jesse. “Just Jobs? Organizing for Economic Justice.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 14, no. 1 (2007): 3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41555120.

Clarke, Ben Jesse.  Interview with Juliet Ellis, Robert Bullard, Don Chen, Paul Epstein, Michel Gelobter, Manuel Pastor, Paloma Pastor, John Talberth, and Lynn Wolf. “Equity and the Environment: Rebuilding Green—Rebuilding Black.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 13, no. 1 (2006): 27-32. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41495681.

Clarke, Ben Jesse. “Getting Ready for Change: Green Economics and Climate Justice.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 13, no. 1 (2006): 3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41495673.

Clarke, Ben Jesse. “Moving the Movement: Transportation Justice: 50 Years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott.” Race, Poverty & the Environment 12, no. 1 (2005): 3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41555217.

Clarke, Ben Jesse, and Hana Baba. “Port of Oakland: Private Industry or Public Agency?” Race, Poverty & the Environment 12, no. 1 (2005): 35-38. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41555230.

Clarke, Ben. “Media Democracy, Justice Rising.” Alliance for Democracy, Fall 2005

Clarke, Ben. “Leaving Children Behind.” CorpWatch.org, September 23, 2004

Clarke, Ben and Sakura Saunders. “Media Money.” CorpWatch.org, August 5, 2004

Clarke, Ben. “Tales of Young Urban Squatters.” Street Spirit, Oakland, Vol. 10 # 6,  June 2004

Clarke, Ben and Roger Burbach. “Bush’s disastrous campaign against terrorism.” Thinkpiece.org, September, 2002

Clarke, Ben and Roger Burbach, editors. September 11 and the US War; Beyond the Curtain of Smoke,  Co-edited with Roger Burbach, City Lights Publishers, S.F. February, 2002

Clarke, Ben. “Oil, Drugs and Blood.” Sept. 11 and the U.S. War, City Lights Publishers, S.F. February, 2002

Clarke, Ben. “Online Activism, Connect.” www.compumentor.org, San Francisco, CA, Spring 2001

Clarke, Ben. “Public Relations Office for the Drug War, MediaFile, San Francisco, Vol. 19, #5, Nov., 2000

Clarke, Ben and Andrea Buffa, “Corporate Media Interfere with Democracy.” co-written with September 2000, sf.indymedia.org

Clarke, Ben. “Power Surge, Bay Guardian, San Francisco, Vol. 34, #51 September 20, 2000

Clarke, Ben. “NAB Moves to Kill Low Power FM.” Bay Guardian, San Francisco, Vol. 34, #51 Sept. 20, 2000

Clarke, Ben. “The Transistor Triangle.” MediaFile, San Francisco, Vol. 19, #4, September, 2000 and in Working for Change, Working Assets.com, September, 2000

Clarke, Ben. “Trent.” Street Spirit, PoorMagazine.org, Oakland, Vol. 5 #7, July 2000,

Clarke, Ben. “Mexican University Students Fight Privatization.” MediaFile, S.F., Vol. 19, #3, May, 2000

Clarke, Ben. “S.F. Dailies Pit Middle Class Against Homeless.”MediaFile, S.F., Vol. 19, #1, January, 2000

Clarke, Ben. “What’s Next for KPFA? MediaFile, San Francisco, Vol. 18 #5, November, 1999

Clarke, Ben. “Progressive Media Victories.”MediaFile, San Francisco, Vol. 18 #3, May 1999

Clarke, Ben. “Radio Free Iraq.” MediaFile, San Francisco, Vol. 18 #1, January, 1999

Clarke, Ben. “Balancing Act, Bilingual Education and the Right.” MediaFile, S.F., Vol. 17 #5, Nov., 1998

Clarke, Ben. “U.S. Censorship, Ways and Means.” MediaFile, San Francisco, Vol. 17 #4, September, 1998

Clarke, Ben, editor. “Image and Imagination, Encounters with the Photography of Dorothea Lange, Introduction by Ben Clarke. Poets & Writers Inc. / Freedom Voices, San Francisco, 1997

Clarke, Ben. “Artists Encounter the Poor.” Street Spirit, Oakland, Vol. 3 #6, June 1997

Clarke, Ben. “Crossing.” Street Spirit, Oakland, Vol. 3, #6, June, 1997

Clarke, Ben. “Not By Bread Alone.” Street Spirit, Oakland, Vol. 3, # 1, January, 1997

Clarke, Ben. “Spirit of the Tenderloin.” Street Sprit, Oakland, Vol. 2, # 11, December, 1996

Clarke, Ben. “Refugee, Pearl Ubungen Dancers and Musicians, San Francisco Arts Commission, Sept.1995

Clarke, Ben and Clifton Ross, editors. “Voice of Fire: Communiqúes and interviews with the EZLN” Introduction by Ben Clarke. New Earth Publications, Berkeley, 1994

Clarke, Ben. “Tender Side.” Tenderloin Times, October, 1991

Clarke, Ben. “Writing in Community.” Quarterly of Center for Study of Writing and Literacy, Berkeley, Winter, 1991

Clarke, Ben. “Mayan Time.” Tender Leaves, San Francisco, Vol. 4 #3, 1989

Clarke, Ben. “Chasmo.” Tender Leaves, San Francisco, Vol. 2 #4, 1987

Selected Books (Editor)

Fractured Utopias, A Personal Odyssey with History by Roger Burbach. Freedom Voices, San Francisco (2017).
September 11 and the US War (co-edited with Roger Burbach). City Lights Books, San Francisco, (2002).
Image and Imagination: Encounters with the Photography of Dorothea Lange. Freedom Voices, Oakland (1997).
Listen to the Night: Poems for the Animal Spirits of Mother Earth by Mary TallMountain. Freedom Voices, San Francisco (1995).
Voice of Fire (co-edited with Clifron Ross). New Earth Press,  Berkeley (1994).

2. Selected Reviews and Project Profiles
911, Six Months On and Counting, Gara LaMarche, The Nation, April 1. 2002
Editor’s Picks, The Foreign Policy Association, April 1, 2002, www.fpa.org
Editorial Reviews, Elizabeth Schulte, Socialist Worker, April, 2002
The Inner Meaning, Lange Photos Inspire Social Commentary, Dan Ouellette, East Bay Express, June 6, 1997
Until We Are Strong Together, Caroline Heller, Ph.D., Teachers College Columbia
University Press, NY. 1997
Listen to the Night, The Home Team, Jennifer Joseph, Bay Guardian, March 6, 1996
TallMountain Circle Awards, Joyce Jenkins, Poetry Flash, September, 1995
Seeking Refuge, S.F. Plaza the Stage, Annie Nakao, San Francisco Examiner, September 21, 199
Dance Performance On Homeless At U.N. Plaza, The Sun Reporter, Victoria Kirby, August 31, 1995
Voices of Fire, The Zapatistas II, John Gorman, Industrial Worker, May, 1995
Voice of the Voiceless, Mary TallMountain Circle, Mike Dunham, Anchorage Daily News, Nov. 1994
Liberating Literacy, Andrew Bouman, University of California at Berkeley Magazine, Spring, 1992
Creating Hope: Music, Art and Writing Help Homeless, Kathleen Donnelly, San Jose Mercury News, March 1991
Art and Poetry Emerge, Elisa De Carlo, San Francisco Independent, September 27, 1989
Life Becomes Literature in Tenderloin Writers Workshop, Regina Marchi, Tenderloin Times, November, 1988