We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution
By: Geo Maher
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chávez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela an…
Want to Read $ 22.31"Alongside the general fetishism of the state that manifests in the Venezuelan context as a fetishization of Chavez the man, there stands as well an equal and opposite fetish of what has been called “horizontalism,"-Geo Maher, We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution
"Alongside the general fetishism of the state that manifests in the Venezuelan context as a fetishization of Chavez the man, there stands as well an equal and opposite fetish of what has been called “horizontalism,"-Geo Maher, We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution
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1. The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
By: Howard Zinn , Vijay Prashad
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A landmark study that offers an alternative history of the Cold War from the point of view of the w… read more
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"[W]ho would have thought that by the mid-twentieth century the darker nations would gather in Cuba, once the playground of the plutocracy, to celebrate their will to struggle and their will to win? W…"-Howard Zinn, The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
"Among the darker nations, Paris is famous for two betrayals. The first came in 1801, when Napoleon Bonaparte sent General Victor Leclerc to crush the Haitian Revolution, itself inspired by the French…"-Howard Zinn, The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
2. Continuity and Rupture: Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain
By: J. Moufawad-Paul
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A philosophical examination of the theoretical terrain of contemporary Maoism premised on the count… read more
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3. 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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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 Assassination Of Julius Caesar: A People's History Of Ancient Rome
By: Michael Parenti
4.10
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Most historians, both ancient and modern, have viewed the Late Republic of Rome through the eyes of… read more
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6. A People's History of the United States
By: Howard Zinn
3.00
Format: None pages,
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the Unit… read more
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7. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
By: C.L.R. James
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A classic and impassioned account of the first revolution in the Third World. This powerful, intens… read more
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8. 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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9. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
By: Mike Davis
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
The hidden story of L.A. Mike Davis shows us where the city's money comes from and who controls it … read more
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10. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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11. 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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12. 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
13. 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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"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
14. The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
By: Mike Rothschild
3.84
Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition
This is the real story of QAnon—what it is, what it means, and where it goes. And be warned—none of… read more
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15. 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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16. Old Gods, New Enigmas: Marx's Lost Theory
By: Mike Davis
3.96
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
Marx has returned, but which Marx? Recent biographies have proclaimed him to be an emphatically nin… read more
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17. Socialist Reconstruction: A Better Future for the United States
By: Party for Socialism and Liberation
4.55
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
A vision of the first decade of socialism in the United States. The diverse multinational working c… read more
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18. Soviet Democracy
By: Pat Sloan
4.35
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
"A very great deal is being Said and written nowadays about democracy and dictatorship. We repeated… read more
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19. 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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20. Viviremos: Venezuela Vs. Hybrid War
By: Claudia De La Cruz
4.54
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
Ever since the Bolivarian Revolution began in Venezuela in 1998-99, the United States government - … read more
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21. We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution
By: Geo Maher
3.90
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Since being elected president in 1998, Hugo Chávez has become the face of contemporary Venezuela an… read more
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"Alongside the general fetishism of the state that manifests in the Venezuelan context as a fetishization of Chavez the man, there stands as well an equal and opposite fetish of what has been called “…"-Geo Maher, We Created Chávez: A People’s History of the Venezuelan Revolution
