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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 28 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.44 — 35,370 ratings — published 2015
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.34 — 32,022 ratings — published 1961
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,959 ratings — published 1968
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.60 — 31,001 ratings — published 1987
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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 15 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.64 — 5,950 ratings — published 2021
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0)
by (shelved 14 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,929 ratings — published 2017
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.55 — 119,831 ratings — published 1963
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.51 — 29,837 ratings — published 2003
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.37 — 290,014 ratings — published 1965
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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,208 ratings — published 2022
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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 12 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,686 ratings — published 2020
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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 12 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.52 — 116,846 ratings — published 2010
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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 11 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,665 ratings — published 2020
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.59 — 34,263 ratings — published 1981
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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 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.52 — 2,877 ratings — published 2023
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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 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.36 — 62,845 ratings — published 2020
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.49 — 34,334 ratings — published 2020
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.36 — 119,179 ratings — published 2019
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.01 — 133,427 ratings — published 1999
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Blood in My Eye Blood in My Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.56 — 2,624 ratings — published 1972
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Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,547 ratings — published 1983
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Discourse on Colonialism Discourse on Colonialism (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.44 — 7,841 ratings — published 1950
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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 8 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.51 — 170,135 ratings — published 2013
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.40 — 364,614 ratings — published 2015
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Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction Saving Our Own Lives: A Liberatory Practice of Harm Reduction (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.47 — 289 ratings — published 2022
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.42 — 8,311 ratings — published 1971
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The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.56 — 8,498 ratings — published 2018
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.52 — 160,216 ratings — published 2020
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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 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.47 — 4,695 ratings — published 2017
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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.24 — 6,426 ratings — published 2019
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.52 — 5,074 ratings — published 2018
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An Autobiography An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.44 — 10,745 ratings — published 1974
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Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.47 — 1,686 ratings — published 2005
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.26 — 18,959 ratings — published 1952
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The Message The Message (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.50 — 40,110 ratings — published 2024
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Poverty, by America Poverty, by America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.27 — 60,633 ratings — published 2023
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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.35 — 29,509 ratings — published 2003
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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 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.16 — 171,726 ratings — published 2018
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.53 — 38,333 ratings — published 2016
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The End of Policing The End of Policing (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.18 — 12,258 ratings — published 2017
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As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.45 — 606 ratings — published 2018
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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 3.68 — 196,189 ratings — published 1848
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,362 ratings — published 2019
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Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,368 ratings — published 2018
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.50 — 19,073 ratings — published 1981
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Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle Women's Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.48 — 1,914 ratings — published 1990
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Stone Butch Blues Stone Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.54 — 36,286 ratings — published 1993
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Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.44 — 12,767 ratings — published 1994
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The Souls of Black Folk The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.31 — 44,781 ratings — published 1903
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This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as liberation)
avg rating 4.60 — 5,570 ratings — published 2022
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Paulo Freire
“The oppressors do not favor promoting the community as a whole, but rather selected leaders.”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire
“Looking at the past must only be a means of understanding more clearly what and who they are so that they can more wisely build the future.”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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