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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 186 times as activism)
avg rating 4.45 — 32,462 ratings — published 2015
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 148 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 117,537 ratings — published 2019
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as activism)
avg rating 4.46 — 967,378 ratings — published 2017
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as activism)
avg rating 4.24 — 8,940 ratings — published 2019
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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 118 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 113,388 ratings — published 2010
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as activism)
avg rating 4.49 — 106,806 ratings — published 2018
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 110 times as activism)
avg rating 4.40 — 314,171 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 107 times as activism)
avg rating 3.98 — 11,009 ratings — published 2004
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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 100 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 58,111 ratings — published 2020
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0)
by (shelved 99 times as activism)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,442 ratings — published 2017
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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 95 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 168,722 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 94 times as activism)
avg rating 3.74 — 8,340 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 93 times as activism)
avg rating 4.50 — 24,999 ratings — published 2018
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 26,931 ratings — published 2014
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as activism)
avg rating 4.59 — 31,817 ratings — published 1981
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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 77 times as activism)
avg rating 4.33 — 4,448 ratings — published 2020
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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 76 times as activism)
avg rating 4.38 — 99,015 ratings — published 2017
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as activism)
avg rating 4.53 — 38,784 ratings — published 1984
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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 75 times as activism)
avg rating 4.65 — 5,640 ratings — published 2021
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We Are Water Protectors We Are Water Protectors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as activism)
avg rating 4.50 — 8,350 ratings — published 2020
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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 — 605,025 ratings — published 2012
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 27,691 ratings — published 2003
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as activism)
avg rating 4.37 — 280,642 ratings — published 1965
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 69 times as activism)
avg rating 4.40 — 351,477 ratings — published 2015
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as activism)
avg rating 4.54 — 4,659 ratings — published 2018
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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 66 times as activism)
avg rating 4.58 — 1,956 ratings — published 2023
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as activism)
avg rating 4.30 — 37,005 ratings — published 1968
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Bad Feminist Bad Feminist (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as activism)
avg rating 3.92 — 116,593 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 60 times as activism)
avg rating 4.34 — 29,876 ratings — published 2020
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March: Book One (March, #1) March: Book One (March, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as activism)
avg rating 4.35 — 56,440 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 4.35 — 145,497 ratings — published 2019
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as activism)
avg rating 4.59 — 29,027 ratings — published 1987
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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 59 times as activism)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,401 ratings — published 2007
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as activism)
avg rating 3.95 — 7,072 ratings — published 2021
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as activism)
avg rating 4.55 — 111,124 ratings — published 1963
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Men Explain Things to Me Men Explain Things to Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as activism)
avg rating 3.83 — 83,475 ratings — published 2014
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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as activism)
avg rating 4.16 — 26,402 ratings — published 2000
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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 51 times as activism)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,233 ratings — published 2016
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Just Mercy Just Mercy (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as activism)
avg rating 4.63 — 248,943 ratings — published 2014
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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 49 times as activism)
avg rating 4.54 — 1,595 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 49 times as activism)
avg rating 4.48 — 4,541 ratings — published 2017
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The Overstory The Overstory (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as activism)
avg rating 4.12 — 178,951 ratings — published 2018
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as activism)
avg rating 4.24 — 79,302 ratings — published 2017
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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 — 17,910 ratings — published 1981
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No Logo No Logo (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as activism)
avg rating 3.89 — 32,147 ratings — published 2000
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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 43 times as activism)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,986 ratings — published 2020
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as activism)
avg rating 4.53 — 152,163 ratings — published 2020
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as activism)
avg rating 4.47 — 53,023 ratings — published 2020
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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 43 times as activism)
avg rating 4.52 — 148,333 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 43 times as activism)
avg rating 4.08 — 255,489 ratings — published 1980
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Malcolm X
“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
Malcolm X

Kurt Cobain
“The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.”
Kurt Cobain

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