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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 194 times as activism)
avg rating 4.44 — 35,918 ratings — published 2015
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as activism)
avg rating 4.36 — 119,598 ratings — published 2019
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as activism)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,440 ratings — published 2019
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as activism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,015,151 ratings — published 2017
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 117,609 ratings — published 2010
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Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as activism)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,909 ratings — published 2004
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 117 times as activism)
avg rating 4.48 — 107,898 ratings — published 2018
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 117 times as activism)
avg rating 4.39 — 331,759 ratings — published 2012
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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 3,007 ratings — published 2023
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0)
by (shelved 105 times as activism)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,999 ratings — published 2017
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as activism)
avg rating 4.36 — 63,530 ratings — published 2020
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 100 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 172,405 ratings — published 2018
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Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)
by (shelved 99 times as activism)
avg rating 4.27 — 5,942 ratings — published 2020
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as activism)
avg rating 3.74 — 8,638 ratings — published 1971
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as activism)
avg rating 4.49 — 25,693 ratings — published 2018
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We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as activism)
avg rating 4.63 — 5,995 ratings — published 2021
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as activism)
avg rating 4.53 — 41,054 ratings — published 1984
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 101,090 ratings — published 2017
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We Are Water Protectors We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as activism)
avg rating 4.48 — 8,924 ratings — published 2020
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,758 ratings — published 2014
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 292,206 ratings — published 1965
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as activism)
avg rating 4.51 — 30,326 ratings — published 2003
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 5,130 ratings — published 2018
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 625,232 ratings — published 2012
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as activism)
avg rating 4.40 — 367,671 ratings — published 2015
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as activism)
avg rating 4.59 — 34,716 ratings — published 1981
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as activism)
avg rating 4.30 — 39,358 ratings — published 1968
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as activism)
avg rating 3.92 — 119,053 ratings — published 2014
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as activism)
avg rating 4.33 — 30,437 ratings — published 2020
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as activism)
avg rating 4.60 — 31,541 ratings — published 1987
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as activism)
avg rating 4.29 — 109,075 ratings — published 2017
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as activism)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,655 ratings — published 2021
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 61 times as activism)
avg rating 4.55 — 122,172 ratings — published 1963
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March: Book One (March, #1) March: Book One (March, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as activism)
avg rating 4.35 — 57,378 ratings — published 2013
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as activism)
avg rating 4.34 — 169,894 ratings — published 2019
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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as activism)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,448 ratings — published 2007
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as activism)
avg rating 3.83 — 87,892 ratings — published 2014
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 28,432 ratings — published 2000
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Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,670 ratings — published 2020
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as activism)
avg rating 4.62 — 262,867 ratings — published 2014
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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as activism)
avg rating 4.47 — 4,711 ratings — published 2017
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We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as activism)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,230 ratings — published 2020
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This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century This Is an Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as activism)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,289 ratings — published 2016
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as activism)
avg rating 4.51 — 174,591 ratings — published 2013
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A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as activism)
avg rating 4.09 — 266,937 ratings — published 1980
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as activism)
avg rating 4.11 — 197,742 ratings — published 2018
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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as activism)
avg rating 4.55 — 12,742 ratings — published 2020
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as activism)
avg rating 3.85 — 27,846 ratings — published 2019
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 162,187 ratings — published 2020
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 73,469 ratings — published 2018
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