The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
By: Bhaskar Sunkara
3.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A "razor-sharp" introduction to this political and economic ideology makes a galvanizing argument f…
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1. Reform or Revolution
By: Rosa Luxemburg , Κώστας Βρετός
4.20
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Why capitalism cannot overcome its internal contradictions and the working class cannot "reform" aw… read more
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"If the proletariat came to power, it could draw from Bernstein's theory the following 'practical' conclusion: to go to sleep."-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution
"What distinguishes bourgeoisie society from other class societies…? Precisely the fact that class domination does not rest on “acquired rights"-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution
"Fourier's scheme of changing, by means of phalansteries, the water of all the seas into tasty lemonade was surely a phantastic idea. But Bernstein, proposing to change the sea of capitalist bitternes…"-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution
"Social Democracy, does not, however, expect to attain its aim either as a result of the victorious violence of a minority or through the numerical superiority of a majority. It sees socialism come as…"-Rosa Luxemburg, Reform or Revolution
2. On Palestine
By: Noam Chomsky , Ilan Pappé
4.25
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Operation Protective Edge, Israel's most recent assault on Gaza, left thousands of Palestinians dea… read more
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"It's quite standard for those who hold the clubs to say: "Forget about everything that happened and let's just go on from here." In other words, "I've got what I want, and out forget about what your …"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
"How, then, does one become an activist? The easy answer would be to say that we do not become activists; we simply forget that we are. We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others…"-Noam Chomsky, On Palestine
3. 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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"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
4. Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
By: Owen Jones
4.09
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain… read more
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"High Priestess of the Slagocracy"-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
"Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society."-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
"Taken together, New Labour policies have helped to build a series of overlapping chav caricatures: the feckless, the non-aspirational, the scrounger, the dysfunctional and the disorderly. To hear thi…"-Owen Jones, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
5. Why Not Socialism?
By: G.A. Cohen
4.04
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading polit… read more
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6. In the Light of What We Know
By: Zia Haider Rahman
3.64
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A bold, epic debut novel set during the war and financial crisis that defined the beginning of our … read more
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7. 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
8. On Anarchism
By: Noam Chomsky , Barry Pateman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
We all know what Noam Chomsky is against. His scathing analysis of everything that's wrong with our… read more
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9. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book . In this pathb… read more
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10. Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
By: Bernie Sanders , Kate Waters
3.81
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
In theBernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate… read more
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11. The Communist Manifesto
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Gareth Stedman Jones
3.66
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today Originally published on the eve of th… read more
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"The bourgeois sees in his wife a mere instrument of production."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Study of the past often turns into love of the past and a desire to keep it."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"Society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps"-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
"The free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."-Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
12. Race Matters
By: Cornel West
3.88
Format: 383 pages, Paperback
In this essay collection, many of which have previously appeared in journals, West, the director of… read more
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13. The Science of Interstellar
By: Kip S. Thorne , Christopher Nolan
3.16
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film, Inte… read more
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14. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
By: Ha-Joon Chang
3.00
Format: 136 pages,
In "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism", one of today's most iconoclastic thinkers dest… read more
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15. The Palace of Dreams
By: Ismail Kadare
4.00
Format: 131 pages, Paperback
A sinister totalitarian ministry called the Palace of Dreams recruits Mark-Alem to sort, classify, … read more
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16. A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
By: Hadas Thier
4.29
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Economists regularly promote Capitalism as the greatest system ever to grace the planet. With the s… read more
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"Is this rotten system the best we can do?"-Hadas Thier, A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
"Marxism is not a simple blueprint, with obvious rights and wrongs. Instead, it is a living, breathing theory, applied to social relations, which themselves are always in motion."-Hadas Thier, A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
"We live in a society in which decades of budget cuts have made a run on overwhelmed hospitals inevitable and which has set countries and states bidding against one another for ventilators on the “fre…"-Hadas Thier, A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
"The first traces of modern humans date back to more than two hundred thousands years ago. But it was only in the last five thousand years (i.e. during less than three percent of human history) that t…"-Hadas Thier, A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
17. Eldslandet (Vanessa Frank, #1)
By: Pascal Engman
3.75
Format: 517 pages, Hardcover
En exklusiv klockbutik i Stockholm rånas, men inga armbandsur försvinner. En tid senare kidnappas … read more
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18. Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
By: Sumaya Awad
4.36
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
This edited volume makes an impassioned and informed case for the central place of Palestine in soc… read more
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"Interestingly, the "Zioness Movement" sprouted on the US activist scene with the explicit intention to counter feminists who were successfully denouncing Zionism. It chose the slogan, "Unabashedly pr…"-Sumaya Awad, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
"White/Western feminism's attempt at erasing the political context of Palestinian women's oppression was evident yet again around the 2017 Women's March on Washington, when liberal feminists objected …"-Sumaya Awad, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
"The Black radical tradition calls attention to the anti-Black racism essential to US society and casts doubt on the compatibility of Black freedom and the United States project. After all, the Black …"-Sumaya Awad, Palestine: A Socialist Introduction
19. Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
By: Serj Tankian
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written debut memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead… read more
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20. Against the Web
By: Michael Brooks
4.10
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Michael Brooks takes on the new "Intellectual Dark Web." As the host of The Michael Brooks Show and… read more
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21. Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
By: Kristen R. Ghodsee
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A spirited, deeply researched exploration of why capitalism is bad for women and how, when done rig… read more
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"If done properly, socialism leads to economic independence, better labor conditions, better work/family balance, and, yes, even better sex."-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
"The state of being female is complicated by other categories such as class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and so on."-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
"You are not a commodity. Your depression and anxiety are not just chemical imbalances in your brain but reasonable responses to a system that thrives on your dehumanization."-Kristen R. Ghodsee, Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
22. Råttkungen (Vanessa Frank, #2)
By: Pascal Engman
3.96
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
En ung kvinna hittas död i sin lägenhet i Täby, knivhuggen över tjugo gånger i bålen. Polisinspektö… read more
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23. Änkorna (Vanessa Frank, #3)
By: Pascal Engman
4.07
Format: 506 pages, Hardcover
En manlig polis hittas mördad på Gärdet och bara minuter från brottsplatsen upptäcks ytterligare et… read more
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24. Understanding Socialism
By: Richard D. Wolff
4.03
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
A blend of history, analysis, and theory, "Understanding Socialism" is an honest and approachable t… read more
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25. Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present
By: Yanis Varoufakis
3.81
Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
What would a fair and equal society actually look like? The world-renowned economist and bestsellin… read more
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"BEWARE THE POWER TO CREATE MONEY FOR IT DOES TO ETHICS THAT WHICH WATER DOES TO SALT"-Yanis Varoufakis, Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present
"The dirtier the industry, the richer and more despised, the more it's captains have been able to tap into the rivers of debt derived money to purchase influence and to blunt opposition."-Yanis Varoufakis, Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present
"All capitalism proved itself capable of after 2020 — just as after 2008 — was a fascinating reversal of natural selection: the larger an institution's failure and the steeper it's financial losses, t…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present
"What does it mean to be a proletarian, really? [...] It means you are a cog in a process of production that relies on what you do and think, while excluding you from being anything but its product. I…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present
26. The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
By: Chapo Trap House
3.92
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Instant New York Times bestseller “Howard Zinn on acid or some bullsh*t like that.” —Tim Heidecker … read more
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"The ugly truth is that no employer hires anyone unless they can extract more value from them than they have to pay out in wages and benefits."-Chapo Trap House, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
"Finally, as 9/11 fell on December 7, 1941, America entered World War II, and wouldn’t you know it, the US actually recovered from the Depression. It turned out that with state control of production a…"-Chapo Trap House, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason
27. Understanding Marxism
By: Richard D. Wolff
4.14
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Why should we pay attention to the great social critics like Marx? American, especially now, confro… read more
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"To achieve a society that exhibits liberty, equality, fraternity and democracy, the object to change first and foremost is production."-Richard D. Wolff, Understanding Marxism
"Greed is not the cause of capitalists' behavior; it is a quality they acquire in accommodating to and internalizing the requirements of competitive survival within the capitalist system."-Richard D. Wolff, Understanding Marxism
"Any individual exhibiting a personal instability comparable to the economic and social instability of capitalism would long ago have been required to seek professional help and to make basic changes."-Richard D. Wolff, Understanding Marxism
"The system is a contradiction: the very logic imposed on the capitalist enterprise undermines the overall success of the capitalist. For Marxists, no law, rule, regulation, or behavior pattern provid…"-Richard D. Wolff, Understanding Marxism
28. The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
By: Bhaskar Sunkara
3.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A "razor-sharp" introduction to this political and economic ideology makes a galvanizing argument f… read more
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29. It's Not You, It's Capitalism: Why It's Time to Break Up and How to Move On
By: Malaika Jabali
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A biting, brilliant, often hilarious guide to socialism for budding anti-capitalists who know it’s … read more
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30. Reform or Revolution & Other Writings (Books on History, Political & Social Science)
By: Rosa Luxemburg
4.20
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
This 1899 polemic by the famous "Red Rosa" Luxemburg explains why capitalism can never overcome its… read more
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31. Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective
By: Thomas Piketty
3.92
Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition
“The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade.” —Paul Krugman, New York Ti… read more
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