17 must-read history books like The Russian Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg

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The Russian Revolution

By: Rosa Luxemburg

3.97

Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition

Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most eminent of Marxist theorists, famous for supporting a democratic…

"Clearly, not uncritical apologetics but penetrating and thoughtful criticism is alone capable of bringing out the treasures of experiences and teachings."

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

"W Finlandii proletariat socjalistyczny miał już dominującą pozycję, dopóki walczył jako część zwartej, rewolucyjnej falangi Rosji; posiadał większość w parlamencie, w armii, doprowadził do całkowitej bezsilności burżuazji i był panem sytuacji w kraju. Rosyjska Ukraina była w początkach stulecia ostoją rosyjskiego ruchu rewolucyjnego, dopóki jeszcze nie wynaleziono błazeństw „ukraińskiego nacjonalizmu"

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

"It [the proletariat] should and must at once undertake socialist measures in the most energetic, unyielding and unhesitant fashion, in other words, exercise a dictatorship, but a dictatorship of the class, not of a party or of a clique – dictatorship of the class, that means in the broadest possible form on the basis of the most active, unlimited participation of the mass of the people, of unlimited democracy."

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

".. the homemade wisdom of the parliamentary nursery: in order to carry anything, you must first have a majority. The same, they say, applies to revolution: first let's become a "majority." The true dialectic of revolutions, however, stands this wisdom of parliamentary moles on its head: not through a majority to revolutionary tactics, but through revolutionary tactics to a majority - that is the way the road runs."

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

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1. The Society of the Spectacle

By: Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"Like lost children we live our unfinished adventures."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"La réalité du temps a été remplacée par la publicité du temps."

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity"

-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle

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2. Tea Rooms: Mujeres obreras

By: Luisa Carnés

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Corren los años treinta en Madrid y las trabajadoras de un distinguido salón de té cercano a la Pue… read more

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  • politics
"Una" no tiene más que medio día cada semana, es decir, cinco horas de asueto por cada sesenta y cinco de trabajo. "Una" está aquí, "entre toda esta pringue". Fuera, el ocio, el lujo, las diversiones …"

-Luisa Carnés, Tea Rooms: Mujeres obreras

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3. The Principles of Communism

By: Friedrich Engels

4.06

Format: 25 pages, ebook

In 1847 Engels wrote two draft programmes for the Communist League in the form of a catechism, one … read more

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  • german literature
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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4. The State and Revolution

By: Vladimir Lenin

4.24

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

1917-ci ilin avqust-sentyabr aylarında yazılan yaradıcı marksizmin bu görkəmli əsəri – “Dövlət və i… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

"To decide once every few years which member of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament - such is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarianism, not only in parliamen…"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

"We must also note that Engels is most definite in calling universal suffrage an instrument of bourgeois rule. Universal suffrage, he says, obviously summing up the long experience of German Social-De…"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

"Take any parliamentary country, from America to Switzerland, from France to England, Norway and so forth - in these countries the real business of the 'state' is preformed behind the scenes and is ca…"

-Vladimir Lenin, The State and Revolution

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5. The ABC of Anarchism

By: Alexander Berkman , Emma Goldman , Paul Avrich

3.92

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A gifted writer for the anarchist movement, Alexander Berkman left Russia for the United States in … read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"These days even mere attempts to improve capitalism are often called ‘Socialism,’ while in reality they are only reforms."

-Alexander Berkman, The ABC of Anarchism

"Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible in their consciousness of being right."

-Alexander Berkman, The ABC of Anarchism

"In the name of patriotism you are ordered to stop being decent and honest, to cease being yourself, to suspend your own judgment, and give up your life; to become a will-less cog in a murderous machi…"

-Alexander Berkman, The ABC of Anarchism

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6. The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

By: Karl Marx , Daniel de Leon , D.D.L.

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" is one of Karl Marx' most profound and most brilliant m… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
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7. The Civil War in France

By: Karl Marx

3.67

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

A reprint of the 1934 'enlarged edition', a volume that added newly translated material to the titl… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. Critique of the Gotha Program

By: Karl Marx

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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9. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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10. Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder: A Popular Essay in Marxian Strategy and Tactics

By: Vladimir Lenin

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. The Nose

By: Nikolai Gogol , Ronald Wilks

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me s… read more

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12. Reason and Revolution: Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory

By: Herbert Marcuse

3.06

Format: 220 pages, paper

It is of the very definition of any "classic" work that it will not only introduce a new depth and … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology

13. Ten Days that Shook the World

By: John Reed

4.20

Format: 406 pages, Paperback

This first-person chronicle by John Reed, a legendary journalist who was present at the flash point… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction

14. The ABC of Communism

By: Nikolai Bukharin , None

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Two classic Russian Communist texts are presented together in this single volume. First published i… read more

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15. Bandits

By: Eric J. Hobsbawm

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bandits is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded … read more

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16. The Poverty of Philosophy

By: Karl Marx

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

The Poverty of Philosophy criticizes the economic and philosophical arguments of Pierre-Joseph Prou… read more

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17. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

By: Vladimir Lenin

4.23

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'Globalisation' is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitali… read more

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  • history
  • politics
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"Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly."

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators."

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop…"

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

"As long as capitalism remains what it is, surplus capital will never be utilised for the purpose of raising the standard of living of the masses in a given country, for this would mean a decline in p…"

-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

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18. Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

By: Friedrich Engels

4.24

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Modern socialism is not a doctrine, Engels explains, but a working-class movement growing out of th… read more

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  • german literature
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"State interference in social relations becomes, in one domain after another, superfluous, and then dies out of itself; the government of persons is replaced by the administration of things, and by th…"

-Friedrich Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

"Las fuerzas activas de la sociedad obran, mientras no las conocemos y contamos con ellas, exactamente lo mismo que las fuerzas de la naturaleza: de un modo ciego, violento, destructor. Pero, una vez …"

-Friedrich Engels, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

19. Wage Labour and Capital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels

4.06

Format: None pages,

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20. On Practice

By: Mao Zedong

4.42

Format: 18 pages, Hardcover

Mao's classic 1937 essay on philosophy. read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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21. The three sources and three component parts of Marxism. Karl Marx. Frederick Engels

By: Vladimir Lenin

4.17

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital."

-Vladimir Lenin, The three sources and three component parts of Marxism. Karl Marx. Frederick Engels

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22. Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

By: Byung-Chul Han

4.09

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psycheByung-Chul Han, a star… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
"İkinci Aydınlanma salt verilerle işleyen bilginin devrimidir."

-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

"Geleceğimiz, üretimin ötesinde, 'kullanılmazı kullanmayı' becerebilecek durumda olup olmamamıza bağlıdır."

-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

"People who fail in the neoliberal archievement-society see themselves as responsible for their lot and feel shame instead of questioning society or the system."

-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

"Günümüzün üretim tarzını niteleyen birilikte çalışan 'çokluk' (Multitude) değil, yalıtılmış, kendiyle kavga eden, kendini gönüllü olarak sömüren girişimcinin yalnızlığıdır (Solitude)."

-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power

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23. Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version

By: Mao Zedong

3.45

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung is a book of statements from speeches and writings by Mao Zed… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"An army of the people is invincible!"

-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version

"Todo o conhecimento genuíno tem origem na experiência direta."

-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version

"A política é uma guerra sem derramamento de sangue, e a guerra uma política com derramamento de sangue."

-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version

"A crítica deve fazer-se a tempo; não há que se deixar levar pelo mau costume de criticar só depois de consumados os fatos."

-Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung: Mao’s Little Red Book Original Version

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24. Oppose Book Worship

By: Mao Zedong

4.19

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • philosophy
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  • nonfiction
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25. The Russian Revolution

By: Rosa Luxemburg

3.97

Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition

Rosa Luxemburg was one of the most eminent of Marxist theorists, famous for supporting a democratic… read more

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  • german literature
  • history
  • russian revolution
  • politics
  • philosophy
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"Clearly, not uncritical apologetics but penetrating and thoughtful criticism is alone capable of bringing out the treasures of experiences and teachings."

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

"W Finlandii proletariat socjalistyczny miał już dominującą pozycję, dopóki walczył jako część zwartej, rewolucyjnej falangi Rosji; posiadał większość w parlamencie, w armii, doprowadził do całkowitej…"

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

"It [the proletariat] should and must at once undertake socialist measures in the most energetic, unyielding and unhesitant fashion, in other words, exercise a dictatorship, but a dictatorship of the …"

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

".. the homemade wisdom of the parliamentary nursery: in order to carry anything, you must first have a majority. The same, they say, applies to revolution: first let's become a "majority." The true d…"

-Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution

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26. Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

By: Karl Marx

4.05

Format: 2 pages, Audiobook

The Eleven Theses on Feuerbach are brief metaphysical summaries penned by Karl Marx as a principal … read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
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"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it"

-Karl Marx, Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

"Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it"

-Karl Marx, Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

"Philosophers have hitherto interpreted the world in various way; the point, however, is to change it"

-Karl Marx, Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

"Philosophers have hitherto interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it"

-Karl Marx, Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

27. Party and Class

By: Amadeo Bordiga

3.93

Format: 9 pages, None

None read more

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  • politics
"The concept of the proletariat’s right to command its own class action is only on abstraction devoid of any Marxist sense. It conceals a desire to lead the revolutionary party to enlarge itself by in…"

-Amadeo Bordiga, Party and Class

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28. A Guerra a Leste: 8 Meses no Donbass

By: Bruno Amaral de Carvalho

3.92

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

Bruno Carvalho conta-nos neste livro as suas experiências de repórter de guerra no Donbass, onde, d… read more

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29. Como Escrever

By: Miguel Esteves Cardoso

3.85

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Ao longo da vida, a coisa que mais me disseram foi: "Também quero escrever. Como é que faço?" Ten… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. The Feminist Manifesto

By: He-Yin Zhen

3.60

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

He-Yin Zhen was an early 20th century Chinese feminist and anarchist. Born He Ban in Yizheng, Jiang… read more

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  • nonfiction
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31. La comuna de París

By: Vladimir Lenin

4.10

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

La presente recopilación recoge una serie de textos de Marx, Engels y Lenin sobre la Comuna de Parí… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction

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Donald Nicholson-Smith , Guy Debord

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Luisa Carnés

4.13

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Friedrich Engels

4.06

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4.24

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