The Tenant Class
By: Ricardo Tranjan
4.28
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on…
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1. Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution
By: Janette Sadik-Khan , Seth Solomonow
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An empowering road map for rethinking, reinvigorating, and redesigning our cities, from a pioneer i… read more
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- urbanism
2. The Wretched of the Earth
By: Jean-Paul Sartre , Richard Philcox , Frantz Fanon , Homi K. Bhabha
4.32
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Fr… read more
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"إن لجوءك إلى لُغة تكنيكيَّة معناه أنّك قرَّرتَ أن تَعُدَّ الجماهير جاهلة"-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"The business of obscuring language is a mask behind which stands the much greater business of plunder."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
"إن المناضل ليدرك في كثير من الأحيان أن عمله لا أن يقاتل القوى العدوة فحسب، بل كذلك حبات اليأس المتبلورة في جسم المستعمَر."-Jean-Paul Sartre, The Wretched of the Earth
3. A Brief History of Neoliberalism
By: David Harvey
3.76
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Neoliberalism--the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guid… read more
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4. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
By: Jeff Speck
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it d… read more
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5. 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
6. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
7. Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
By: Kai Cheng Thom
4.18
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
What happens when we imagine loving the people--and the parts of ourselves--that we do not believe … read more
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"i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?"-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
"you don't need to heal others to heal yourself, you can just heal yourself. you do not need to give love to others to love yourself, you can just love yourself."-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
"find the lie in your heart. the one you tell to yourself and all the world, sometimes without even knowing it. pare that lie down to its barest core, strip back the skin, and behold the truth: i am w…"-Kai Cheng Thom, Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
8. 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
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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9. Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
By: Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
4.00
Format: 157 pages, Paperback
A powerful indictment of the ways elites have co-opted radical critiques of racial capitalism to se… read more
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- sociology
"A philosopher Briana Toole clarifies, by itself, one's social location only puts a person in a position to know; 'epistemic privilege' or advantage, on the other hand, is achieved only through delibe…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"Elites do often make the environment worse and block solutions, but to blame the problem of elite capture entirely on their moral successes and failures is to confuse effect for cause. The true probl…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"To opt for deference, rather than interdependence, may soothe short-term psychological wounds. But it does so at a steep cost: it may undermine the goals that motivated the project--and it entrenches…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
"As Carter G. Woodson realized, many of our decisions are shaped by decisions that someone with more power made before us. The whole social structure affects how institutional systems, like schools, f…"-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
10. Are You Willing to Die for the Cause
By: Chris Oliveros
4.09
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into a contentious and dramatic period in Canadian history―the rise of a militant separ… read more
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- canada
11. How to Blow Up a Pipeline
By: Andreas Malm
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appea… read more
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"The context for hope is radical uncertainty; anything could happen, and whether we act or not has everything to do with it."-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
"I once asked Bill McKibben, after an energising speech to a capacity crowd, when – given that the situation is as urgent as he portrayed it and we all know it is – we escalate. He was visibly ill at …"-Andreas Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
12. Her First Palestinian
By: Saeed Teebi
4.37
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Elegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in c… read more
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- canada
13. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
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- sociology
14. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
By: George Monbiot
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more
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15. A History of My Brief Body
By: Billy-Ray Belcourt
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
The youngest-ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his personal history in a brilliant new essay c… read more
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"I'm as lonely and as brief as a country."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
"Living in a world where people are guns is a brutal legacy."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
"Teens don't read for beauty, but to practice the art of disappearance."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
"Regardless, I forgive them just as I forgive naive versions of myself."-Billy-Ray Belcourt, A History of My Brief Body
16. The Tenant Class
By: Ricardo Tranjan
4.28
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on… read more
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17. The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart (The CBC Massey Lectures)
By: Astra Taylor
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The s… read more
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- sociology
18. Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times (Sutherland Quarterly Book 6)
By: Paul Wells
4.19
Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition
The worst decade in the history of the Liberal Party of Canada came to an end on October 19, 2015. … read more
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19. On Community (Field Notes, #8)
By: Casey Plett
4.41
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
ONE OF CBC BOOKS CANADIAN NONFICTION TO READ IN THE FALL We need community to live. But what doe… read more
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20. Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada's Housing Crisis
By: Gregor Craigie
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
NATIONAL BESTSELLERAn urgent and illuminating examination of the unrelenting housing crisis Canadia… read more
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21. Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre
By: Niigaan Sinclair
4.65
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
From ground zero of this country's most important reconciliationNiigaan Sinclair has been called p… read more
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