We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party
By: Mumia Abu-Jamal
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote…
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1. Women, Race & Class
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.58
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the wom… read more
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"White women—feminists included—have revealed a historical reluctance to acknowledge the struggles of household workers. They have rarely been involved in the Sisyphean task of ameliorating the condit…"-Angela Y. Davis, Women, Race & Class
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. Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair
By: Sarah Schulman
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
From intimate relationships to global politics, Sarah Schulman observes a continuum: that inflated … read more
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4. 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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5. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
By: Alex Haley , Malcolm X
4.36
Format: 466 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688 Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became … read more
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"We all like chicken"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"كانت حياتي سلسة من التحولات"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"لا يدرك الناس أن كتابا واحدا قد يغير حياة انسان"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
"I Used the Word 'Negro' and I was Firmly Corrected"-Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
6. Blood in My Eye
By: George L. Jackson
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Blood In My Eye was completed only days before its author was killed. George Jackson died on August… read more
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7. Salt Houses
By: Hala Alyan
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. … read more
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8. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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9. History of the Russian Revolution
By: Leon Trotsky , Max Eastman , Ahmed Shawki
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
"During the first two months of 1917 Russia was still a Romanov monarchy. Eight months later the Bo… read more
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10. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
By: Michelle Alexander
3.77
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"As the United States celebrates the nation's 'triumph over race' with the election of Barack Obama… read more
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11. Palestine's Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories
By: غسان كنفاني , Barbara Harlow , Ghassan Kanafani , None
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Short stories describing the Palestinian experience of the Middle East conflict. Each involves a ch… read more
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12. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
By: Vladimir Lenin
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Globalisation' is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitali… read more
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"Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"As long as capitalism remains what it is, surplus capital will never be utilised for the purpose of raising the standard of living of the masses in a given country, for this would mean a decline in p…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
13. Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
By: Jean Genet , George L. Jackson , None
3.71
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brotheris an outspoken condemnation of the r… read more
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14. 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
15. Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire
By: Jehad Abusalim
4.70
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Imagining the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and Apartheid, Light in Gaza is a p… read more
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16. Thick: And Other Essays
By: Tressie McMillan Cottom
4.44
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
Smart, humorous, and strikingly original thoughts on race, beauty, money, and more—by one of today'… read more
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"I fix myself, even when it causes great pain to do so, because I know that I cannot fix the way the world sees me."-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays
"Indeed, any system of oppression must allow exceptions to validate itself as meritorious. How else will those who are oppressed by the system internalize their own oppression?"-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays
"Smart is only a construct of correspondence between one's abilities, one's environment, and one's moment in history. I am smart in the right way, in the right time, on the right end of globalization."-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays
"The networks of capital, be they politics or organizations, work most effeciently when your lowedst status characteristic is assumed. And once these gears are in motion, you can never be competent en…"-Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays
17. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
By: Ronen Bergman
4.40
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more
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"The divide between the combat-sated generals, who once had "a knife between their teeth" but later grasped the limits of force, and the majority of the people of Israel, is the sad reality in which M…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Indeed, in many respects the story of Israel’s intelligence community as recounted in this book has been one of a long string of impressive tactical successes, but also disastrous strategic failures.…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
18. Terminal Boredom: Stories
By: Izumi Suzuki
3.59
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
Seven punky and pitch-black stories offer English-language readers an overdue introduction to Izumi… read more
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"INSUFFICIENT VEGETABLE OIL,’ quoth the replicator."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"And having four kids? Giving birth to them naturally? What is she, an animal?"-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"When we first met, Reiko still had something of a wrecked beauty. Now, not even those ruins remained."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
"I’m a sucker for trends. I don’t have much in the way of agency. I always want to try whatever’s popular."-Izumi Suzuki, Terminal Boredom: Stories
19. Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
By: Katja Hoyer
4.23
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For o… read more
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"Some of the “songs"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart,"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"From 1971, the rates paid were means-tested, allowing working class families with children privileged access. A four-person household in West Germany spent around 21 percent of their net income on re…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
"In other fields too, female ambition had become the norm. By 1988, over 90% of East German women fought their own battles in the workplace. The GDR had reached the highest rate of female employment i…"-Katja Hoyer, Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
20. Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side
By: Eve L. Ewing
4.39
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools.” That’s how Eve L. Ewing ope… read more
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21. We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
By: Mariame Kaba
4.67
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring… read more
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"That does not mean, however, there should be no consequences. It means real consequences. Consequences that really matter. It means transforming the conditions that exist in the first place for this …"-Mariame Kaba, We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
22. The End of Policing
By: Alex S. Vitale
4.19
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself Recent years have seen an explosion of pr… read more
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"Our standard of living is not declining because of migrants but because of unregulated neoliberal capitalism, which has allowed corporations and the rich to avoid paying taxes or decent wages. It is …"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"There is no question that American police use their weapons more than police in any other developed democracy. Unfortunately, we don’t have fully accurate information about the number or nature of ho…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"As Jeffrey Reiman points out in the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, the criminal justice system excuses and ignores crimes of the rich that produce profound social harms while intensely crim…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
"Heavy-handed immigration policing will not build a worker’s movement, it will shatter it. One of the mistakes that Trump supporters make is imagining that their own economic conditions will be improv…"-Alex S. Vitale, The End of Policing
23. Romance in Marseille (Penguin Classics)
By: Claude McKay
3.60
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The pioneering novel of physical disability, transatlantic travel, and black international politics… read more
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24. Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine
By: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
4.58
Format: 75 pages, ebook
This classic small book provides the outline of the strategy and overall vision of the Popular Fron… read more
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25. Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution
By: Walter Rodney
4.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A previously unpublished collection of Rodney's essays on Marxism, spanning his engagement with of … read more
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26. Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis
By: Nick Bano
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A radical new intervention into the housing debate in the UK, and what we can do about it Why do l… read more
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27. One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA
By: Daniel Finn
3.94
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
A history of “the Troubles”: the radical politics of RepublicanismThe conflict in Northern Ireland … read more
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28. Return to the Source: Selected Speeches of Amílcar Cabral
By: Amílcar Cabral
4.44
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Amilcar Cabral, who was the Secretary-General of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea a… read more
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"Always remember that the people are not fighting for ideas, nor for what is in men’s minds. The people fight and accept the sacrifices demanded by the struggle in order to gain material advantages, t…"-Amílcar Cabral, Return to the Source: Selected Speeches of Amílcar Cabral
29. We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party
By: Mumia Abu-Jamal
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In his youth Mumia Abu-Jamal helped found the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, wrote… read more
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30. A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism
By: Esther Farmer
4.68
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
A collection of personal stories, history, poetry, and art A Land With a People is a book of stori… read more
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31. Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat
By: Hannah Proctor
4.32
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
In the struggle for a better world, setbacks are inevitable. Defeat can feel overwhelming at times,… read more
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