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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 191 times as activism)
avg rating 4.44 — 35,322 ratings — published 2015
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 150 times as activism)
avg rating 4.36 — 119,147 ratings — published 2019
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 134 times as activism)
avg rating 4.23 — 9,361 ratings — published 2019
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 132 times as activism)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,004,603 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 122 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 116,808 ratings — published 2010
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as activism)
avg rating 4.48 — 107,759 ratings — published 2018
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 115 times as activism)
avg rating 4.39 — 327,980 ratings — published 2012
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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 115 times as activism)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,758 ratings — published 2004
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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 — 9,925 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 101 times as activism)
avg rating 4.36 — 62,802 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 98 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 171,686 ratings — published 2018
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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 95 times as activism)
avg rating 4.49 — 25,626 ratings — published 2018
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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 95 times as activism)
avg rating 3.74 — 8,591 ratings — published 1971
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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 94 times as activism)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,673 ratings — published 2020
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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 93 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 2,858 ratings — published 2023
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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 84 times as activism)
avg rating 4.64 — 5,949 ratings — published 2021
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We Are Water Protectors We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as activism)
avg rating 4.49 — 8,838 ratings — published 2020
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as activism)
avg rating 4.53 — 40,712 ratings — published 1984
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,630 ratings — published 2014
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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 75 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 100,725 ratings — published 2017
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 289,860 ratings — published 1965
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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 73 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 619,855 ratings — published 2012
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as activism)
avg rating 4.40 — 364,358 ratings — published 2015
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 5,073 ratings — published 2018
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as activism)
avg rating 4.51 — 29,795 ratings — published 2003
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as activism)
avg rating 4.59 — 34,231 ratings — published 1981
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as activism)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,922 ratings — published 1968
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as activism)
avg rating 3.92 — 118,725 ratings — published 2014
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as activism)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,402 ratings — published 2021
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March: Book One (March, #1) March: Book One (March, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as activism)
avg rating 4.35 — 57,141 ratings — published 2013
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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 60 times as activism)
avg rating 4.33 — 30,348 ratings — published 2020
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as activism)
avg rating 4.60 — 30,958 ratings — published 1987
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as activism)
avg rating 4.55 — 119,647 ratings — published 1963
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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 58 times as activism)
avg rating 4.34 — 165,862 ratings — published 2019
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as activism)
avg rating 3.83 — 86,969 ratings — published 2014
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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 — 2,438 ratings — published 2007
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as activism)
avg rating 4.28 — 99,025 ratings — published 2017
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 28,013 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 — 1,666 ratings — published 2020
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as activism)
avg rating 4.62 — 260,035 ratings — published 2014
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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 4.29 — 3,178 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 48 times as activism)
avg rating 4.47 — 4,693 ratings — published 2017
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as activism)
avg rating 4.11 — 194,171 ratings — published 2018
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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 46 times as activism)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,278 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 46 times as activism)
avg rating 4.51 — 169,777 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 46 times as activism)
avg rating 4.09 — 264,689 ratings — published 1980
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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 — 160,085 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 44 times as activism)
avg rating 3.85 — 27,709 ratings — published 2019
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as activism)
avg rating 4.01 — 133,072 ratings — published 1999
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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 44 times as activism)
avg rating 4.50 — 19,057 ratings — published 1981
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Dr. Seuss
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