Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
By: Orisanmi Burton
4.81
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
A radical reinterpretation of "Attica," the revolutionary 1970s uprising that galvanized abolitioni…
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3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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2. Assata: An Autobiography
By: Angela Y. Davis , Assata Shakur , Lennox S. Hinds
4.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to deat… read more
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3. No Name in the Street
By: James Baldwin
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
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By: Ruth Wilson Gilmore
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
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By: J. Sakai
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6. Ten Myths about Israel
By: Ilan Pappé
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more
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7. Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories
By: غسان كنفاني , None
4.50
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8. Black Skin, White Masks
By: Frantz Fanon , None
2.56
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
A major influence on international civil rights, anticolonial, and black consciousness movement, Bl… read more
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9. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
By: Vincent Bevins
4.28
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next From 20… read more
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"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution
10. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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11. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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12. We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
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4.67
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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13. Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom
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4.66
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
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14. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
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What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
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15. Big Black: Stand at Attica
By: Frank "Big Black" Smith
4.23
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16. Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
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4.75
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17. Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt
By: Orisanmi Burton
4.81
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Trinity of Fundamentals
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19. In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities
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20. Little Rot
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3.67
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21. Black Scare / Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States
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4.46
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A radical explication of the ways anti-Black racial oppression has infused the US government’s anti… read more
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