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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 206,388 ratings — published 1848
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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 — 37,189 ratings — published 2015
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 34,276 ratings — published 1961
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,497 ratings — published 1880
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 29,518 ratings — published 2000
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The Communist Hypothesis The Communist Hypothesis (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.55 — 823 ratings — published 2009
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1968: The Year that Rocked the World 1968: The Year that Rocked the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 3,469 ratings — published 2003
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Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 8,782 ratings — published 1971
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God and the State God and the State (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 5,469 ratings — published 1882
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 40,525 ratings — published 1968
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 6,105 ratings — published 1852
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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 — 14,846 ratings — published 1867
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Against the Loveless World Against the Loveless World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 33,331 ratings — published 2019
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Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 2,348 ratings — published 2021
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 36,338 ratings — published 2018
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Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People Jesus and the Abolitionists: How Anarchist Christianity Empowers the People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 41 ratings — published
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 9,291 ratings — published 2021
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The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 49 ratings — published 2020
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The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 5,606 ratings — published 1846
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The ABC of Anarchism The ABC of Anarchism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 1,675 ratings — published 1929
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Socialism: A Very Short Introduction Socialism: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 1,337 ratings — published 2005
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The State and Revolution The State and Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 19,893 ratings — published 1917
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Eat the Document Eat the Document (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.66 — 2,992 ratings — published 2006
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Jailbreak Out of History: The Re-Biography of Harriet Tubman Jailbreak Out of History: The Re-Biography of Harriet Tubman (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 75 ratings — published 2000
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From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 64 ratings — published 2007
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Class, Race, and Marxism Class, Race, and Marxism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.40 — 162 ratings — published 2017
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Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 184 ratings — published 2011
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American Woman American Woman (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 1,888 ratings — published 2003
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Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin & the Great Depression Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin & the Great Depression (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 534 ratings — published 1982
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The Teachings of Karl Marx The Teachings of Karl Marx (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 564 ratings — published 1915
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The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics) The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics)
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avg rating 4.06 — 10,252 ratings — published 1892
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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 — 11,569 ratings — published 1917
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The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues (City Lights Open Media) The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues (City Lights Open Media)
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avg rating 4.47 — 839 ratings — published 2009
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Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.59 — 44 ratings — published 2008
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Culture and Imperialism Culture and Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 5,924 ratings — published 1993
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The Peasants War in Germany (Illustrated) The Peasants War in Germany (Illustrated)
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avg rating 3.67 — 9 ratings — published 1969
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The Old Regime and the French Revolution The Old Regime and the French Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 2,684 ratings — published 1856
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Love, Anarchy, & Emma Goldman: A Biography Love, Anarchy, & Emma Goldman: A Biography (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 125 ratings — published 1983
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 31,489 ratings — published 2003
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 30,961 ratings — published 1978
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Rights of Man Rights of Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 10,514 ratings — published 1791
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The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 973 ratings — published 1957
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Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.46 — 3,013 ratings — published 2013
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Cosmopolitanism and the Geographies of Freedom (The Wellek Library Lectures) Cosmopolitanism and the Geographies of Freedom (The Wellek Library Lectures)
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avg rating 4.06 — 51 ratings — published 2009
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Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 4,679 ratings — published 1844
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 20,292 ratings — published 1989
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Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences) Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader (Contemporary Studies in Philosophy and the Human Sciences)
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avg rating 4.19 — 390 ratings — published 1972
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Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-1938 Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-1938 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 301 ratings — published 1973
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Labor and Freedom Labor and Freedom
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avg rating 4.24 — 265 ratings — published 1916
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Richard Hofstadter
“To those who suspect that intellect is a subversive force in society, it will not do to reply that intellect is really a safe, bland, and emollient thing. In a certain sense, the suspicious Tories and militant philistines are right: intellect is dangerous. Left free, there is nothing it will not reconsider, analyze, throw into question. "Let us admit the case of the conservative," John Dewey once wrote. "If we once start thinking no one can guarantee what will be the outcome, except that many objects, ends and institutions will be surely doomed. Every thinker puts some portion of an apparently stable world in peril, and no one can wholly predict what will emerge in its place." Further, there is no way of guaranteeing that an intellectual class will be discreet and restrained in the use of its influence; the only assurance that can be given to any community is that it will be far worse off if it denies the free uses of the power of intellect than if it permits them. To be sure, intellectuals, contrary to the fantasies of cultural vigilantes, are hardly ever subversive of a society as a whole. But intellect is always on the move against something: some oppression, fraud, illusion, dogma, or interest is constantly falling under the scrutiny of the intellectual class and becoming the object of exposure, indignation, or ridicule.”
Richard Hofstadter, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

Frederick Douglass
“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
Frederick Douglass

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