Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin)
By: Eric Blanc
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An indispensable window into the changing shape of the American working class and American politics…
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1. The New Prophets of Capital (Jacobin)
By: Nicole Aschoff
3.88
Format: 153 pages, Paperback
As severe environmental degradation, breathtaking inequality, and increasing alienation push capita… read more
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- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"Women who channel their energies toward reaching the top of corporate America undermine the struggles of women trying to realize institutional change by organizing unions and implementing laws that p…"-Nicole Aschoff, The New Prophets of Capital (Jacobin)
2. Class War: The Privatization of Childhood
By: Megan Erickson
4.17
Format: 200 pages,
What is at stake when some American children go to school hungry and others go to school in $1,000 … read more
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3. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more
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4. Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
By: Michael Parenti
4.41
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, rev… read more
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"Ecology's implications for capitalism are too horrendous for the capitalist to contemplate."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"Decentralized parochial autonomy is the graveyard of insurgency-which may be one reason why there has never been a successful anarcho-syndicalist revolution."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"A joke circulating in Russia in 1992 went like this: Q. What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years? A. Make communism look good."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"...the [pure socialist] critics [of communist countries] seem unable to apply their own leadership genius to producing a successful revolutionary movement in their own country."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
5. The Plague of Doves
By: Louise Erdrich
4.64
Format: None pages,
The unsolved murder of a farm family still haunts the white small town of Pluto, North Dakota, gene… read more
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6. 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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7. Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity
By: Micah Uetricht
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Chicago Teachers Union strike was the most important domestic labor struggle so far this centur… read more
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8. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
By: Arundhati Roy
3.12
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Th… read more
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9. In Defence of the Terror: Liberty or Death in the French Revolution
By: Slavoj Žižek , David Fernbach , Sophie Wahnich
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradition celebrated the executio… read more
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10. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
By: Nick Turse
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated inc… read more
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11. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
By: Noa Tishby
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
AUDIO EXCLUSIVE: INCLUDES THE SONG “ELATION STATION” BY INFECTED MUSHROOM!A “fascinating and very m… read more
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"The truth is, there is absolutely nothing that can be said of Israel, that cannot be said of Pakistan."-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Instead of helping people move forward UNRWA keeps the Palestinian people in an eternal loop of displacement. Instead of solving the problem in any meaningful way, they have overseen the problem's ex…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"Here's the nugget: settling the refugee problem would mean ending the war against Israel. And as of now, the Palestinians and many of the Arab world have been refusing to do so. The best way to keep …"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
"There is almost no difference between the establishment of Israel and Pakistan. They were both created as a safe haven for persecuted groups: Jews and Muslims. They are both engaged in land disputes.…"-Noa Tishby, Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
12. 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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- history
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- audiobook
"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
13. Girl Juice
By: Benji Nate
3.95
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A hilarious slice of twentysomething life in the twenty-first century Welcome to the Girl Juice … read more
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14. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more
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- american
- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
15. Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
By: Henry Grabar
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
An entertaining, enlightening, and utterly original investigation into one of the most quietly infl… read more
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16. 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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- social justice
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17. Washington Bullets
By: Vijay Prashad
4.40
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It … read more
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- history
- united states
18. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
By: Bettina L. Love
4.54
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision … read more
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"When you understand how these theories function, when they become your North Star, you understand why progress is so hard and why survival is a constant struggle. Theories are more than just academic…"-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
"The four major testing companies—Pearson Education, Educational Testing Service, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill—make $2 billion a year in revenue while spending $20 million a year lobbyin…"-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
19. The People’s Republic of Walmart: How the World’s Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
By: Leigh Phillips
3.90
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been tak… read more
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20. Strike!
By: Jeremy Brecher
4.20
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
No book has done as much as Strike! to bring U.S. labor history to a wide audience. Strike! narrate… read more
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21. Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
By: Samuel Stein
3.94
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
“This superbly succinct and incisive book” on urban planning and real estate argues gentrification … read more
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- politics
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- sociology
22. A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy
By: Jane F. McAlevey
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force c… read more
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"Futility, the tactic union busters use to subtly convince people nothing will change and they should just stay home and not bother voting, is best combatted by having lots of examples at the ready to…"-Jane F. McAlevey, A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy
23. Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now
By: Jenny Brown
4.37
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
An indispensable guide to abortion access in America, and a necessary argument for building a fight… read more
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24. A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal
By: Kate Aronoff
4.09
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In the twenty-first century, all politics are climate politics. The age of climate gradualism is… read more
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"For better and for worse, our choice now is between eco-socialism or eco-apartheid."-Kate Aronoff, A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal
"The climate crisis has been long framed as an issue of either techno-utopian tinkering, entrusting a few billionaires to save the day, or of collective self-sacrifices - us versus us. Have fewer chil…"-Kate Aronoff, A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal
25. Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden
By: Branko Marcetic
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A deep dive into Joe Biden’s history and the origins of his political valuesYesterday’s Man exposes… read more
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- united states
26. Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics (Jacobin)
By: Eric Blanc
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
An indispensable window into the changing shape of the American working class and American politics… read more
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- american
- history
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- united states
- nonfiction
- social justice
- labor
- education
- sociology
- audiobook
27. Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism
By: Meagan Day
3.98
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Bernie Sanders's 2016 candidacy expanded the scope of political possibility in the United States, p… read more
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28. Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It (Jacobin)
By: Vivek Chibber
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
A strategic guide to building a more democratic and egalitarian future Why is our society so une… read more
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29. Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela
By: George Ciccariello-Maher
4.01
Format: 144 pages, ebook
Latin America’s experiments in direct democracy Since 2011, a wave of popular uprisings has swep… read more
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30. The Populist Moment: The Left After the Great Recession (Jacobin)
By: Anton Jäger
3.84
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
A Left-wing populist insurgency exploded across the West in the wake of the Great Financial CrisisA… read more
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31. The Two Souls of Socialism
By: Hal Draper
4.12
Format: None pages, None
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