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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 207,911 ratings — published 1848
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 43,645 ratings — published 2009
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The State and Revolution The State and Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 20,132 ratings — published 1917
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 34,601 ratings — published 1961
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 40,766 ratings — published 1968
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 55,967 ratings — published 2007
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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.41 — 11,131 ratings — published 1997
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 31,715 ratings — published 2003
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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)
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avg rating 4.09 — 272,837 ratings — published 1980
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,477 ratings — published 1988
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,608 ratings — published 1880
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,145 ratings — published 1971
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 11,698 ratings — published 1917
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 8,495 ratings — published 1884
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Reform or Revolution Reform or Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,312 ratings — published 1900
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 14,959 ratings — published 1867
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What Is to Be Done? What Is to Be Done? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 5,922 ratings — published 1902
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Capital in the Twenty First Century Capital in the Twenty First Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 35,283 ratings — published 2013
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 28,191 ratings — published 2011
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The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics) The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics)
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avg rating 4.06 — 10,315 ratings — published 1892
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 24,328 ratings — published 1967
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 36,417 ratings — published 1981
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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)
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avg rating 4.44 — 37,414 ratings — published 2015
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The Principles of Communism The Principles of Communism (ebook)
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avg rating 4.13 — 6,294 ratings — published 1847
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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.56 — 15,387 ratings — published 2004
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A Brief History of Neoliberalism A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 7,508 ratings — published 2005
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.37 — 298,466 ratings — published 1965
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Why Marx Was Right Why Marx Was Right (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.88 — 5,691 ratings — published 2011
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 28,109 ratings — published 2014
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Anarchism and Other Essays Anarchism and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 7,396 ratings — published 1910
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 7,921 ratings — published 1938
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 4,173 ratings — published 1891
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Dialectical and Historical Materialism Dialectical and Historical Materialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 2,387 ratings — published 1938
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Chomsky On Anarchism Chomsky On Anarchism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 11,835 ratings — published 2005
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks Selections from the Prison Notebooks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,354 ratings — published 1947
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 33,185 ratings — published 1987
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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 9,715 ratings — published 2002
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The Soul of Man Under Socialism The Soul of Man Under Socialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 6,671 ratings — published 1891
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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)
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avg rating 4.52 — 120,072 ratings — published 2010
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 29,463 ratings — published 1971
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Liberalism: A Counter-History Liberalism: A Counter-History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,206 ratings — published 2005
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Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 8,653 ratings — published 2018
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The End of Policing The End of Policing (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 12,668 ratings — published 2017
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Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 74,982 ratings — published 1938
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Washington Bullets Washington Bullets (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.34 — 2,587 ratings — published 2020
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.61 — 20,220 ratings — published 2020
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Blood in My Eye Blood in My Eye (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.56 — 2,825 ratings — published 1972
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Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 4,706 ratings — published 1844
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 36,668 ratings — published 2018
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“It is obvious that [leftists] are not cool-headed logicians systematically analyzing the foundations of knowledge. They are deeply involved emotionally in their attack on truth and reality.”
Theodore Kaczynski

Carrie Ryan
“Is that all we have left? Is that all we are? Lights on a map that are slowly dying, hanging on for nothing?”
Carrie Ryan, The Dead-Tossed Waves

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