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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 — 42,498 ratings — published 2009
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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 204,774 ratings — published 1848
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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 — 10,612 ratings — published 1997
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The State and Revolution The State and Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 19,620 ratings — published 1917
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 27,753 ratings — published 2021
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,380 ratings — published 1880
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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 — 19,220 ratings — published 2020
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 11,399 ratings — published 1917
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The End of Policing The End of Policing (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.18 — 12,567 ratings — published 2017
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 31,227 ratings — published 2003
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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 — 14,840 ratings — published 2004
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.30 — 40,220 ratings — published 1968
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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution October: The Story of the Russian Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 6,964 ratings — published 2017
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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)
by (shelved 6 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,319 ratings — published 1884
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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 — 270,640 ratings — published 1980
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If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 2,985 ratings — published 2023
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The Principles of Communism The Principles of Communism (ebook)
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avg rating 4.12 — 6,052 ratings — published 1847
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Reform or Revolution Reform or Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,185 ratings — published 1900
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 33,894 ratings — published 1961
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Selections from the Prison Notebooks Selections from the Prison Notebooks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 5,326 ratings — published 1947
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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 — 55,333 ratings — published 2007
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.60 — 32,661 ratings — published 1987
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No Shortcuts No Shortcuts (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.41 — 1,448 ratings — published 2016
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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 — 25,225 ratings — published 1988
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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 — 27,998 ratings — published 2014
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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 — 27,788 ratings — published 2011
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A Brief History of Neoliberalism A Brief History of Neoliberalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 7,462 ratings — published 2005
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Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,766 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 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.34 — 32,698 ratings — published 2003
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Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,055 ratings — published 1849
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 3.93 — 9,162 ratings — published 2021
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What Is to Be Done? What Is to Be Done? (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,762 ratings — published 1902
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Das Kapital Das Kapital (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 12,556 ratings — published 1867
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 30,696 ratings — published 1978
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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 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.44 — 36,960 ratings — published 2015
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,040 ratings — published 1967
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The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 2,871 ratings — published 1999
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The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics) The Conquest of Bread (Working Classics)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,174 ratings — published 1892
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 35,946 ratings — published 2018
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How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,202 ratings — published 2019
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Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,206 ratings — published 1982
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.21 — 7,190 ratings — published 1998
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Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 3.61 — 1,676 ratings — published 2015
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Ten Days that Shook the World Ten Days that Shook the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,061 ratings — published 1919
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Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,104 ratings — published 1992
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 3.88 — 40,105 ratings — published 2005
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.31 — 27,608 ratings — published 2016
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Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals Hegemony How-To: A Roadmap for Radicals (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 4.23 — 445 ratings — published 2017
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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)
by (shelved 4 times as lefty)
avg rating 3.98 — 8,402 ratings — published 2018
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A History of America in Ten Strikes A History of America in Ten Strikes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 1,150 ratings — published 2018
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Jeffrey Eugenides
“Lefty, who'd been observing all the ways Greece had been handed down to America, arrived now at where the transmission stopped. In other words: the future. He stepped off to meet it. Desdemona, having no alternative, followed. ”
Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex