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A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Hadas Thier
Economists regularly promote Capitalism as the greatest system ever to grace the planet. With the same breath, they implore us to leave the job of understanding the magical powers of the market to the “experts.” Despite the efforts of these mainstream commentators to convince us otherwise, many of us have begun to question why this […]
After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back
Juliet Schor
When the “sharing economy” launched a decade ago, proponents claimed that it would transform the experience of work—giving earners flexibility, autonomy, and a decent income. It was touted as a cure for social isolation and rampant ecological degradation. But this novel form of work soon sprouted a dark side: exploited Uber drivers, neighborhoods ruined by […]
Rethinking America’s Past: Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States in the Classroom and Beyond
Robert Cohen, Sonia Murrow
No introductory work of American history has had more influence over the past forty years than Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, which since its publication in 1980 has sold more than three million copies. Zinn’s iconoclastic critique of American militarism, racism, and capitalism has drawn bitter criticism from the Right, most recently […]
Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations About A People’s History
Howard Zinn
Truth Has a Power of Its Own is an engrossing collection of conversations with the late Howard Zinn and “an eloquently hopeful introduction for those who haven’t yet encountered Zinn’s work” (Booklist). Here is an unvarnished, yet ultimately optimistic, tour of American history—told by someone who was often an active participant in it. Viewed through the […]
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
James Loewen
“Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself.” —Howard Zinn What started out as a survey of the twelve leading American history textbooks has ended up being what the San […]
Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions
Astra Taylor
“Astra Taylor’s crystalline writing is on full display in this collection of penetrating and profound essays, curated and necessary for these troubled times.” —Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz “Whenever I read Astra Taylor, I never want to stop. Affable and curious, she invites readers with her on a relentless exploration of the most crucial questions facing the left, […]
Men Explain Things To Me
Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit’s comic, scathing essay, “Men Explain Things to Me,” went viral and inspired the word mansplaining. She took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the […]
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Rebecca Solnit
A book as powerful and influential as Rebecca Solnit‘s Men Explain Things to Me, her Hope in the Dark was written to counter the despair of radicals at a moment when they were focused on their losses and had turned their back to the victories behind them and the unimaginable changes soon to come. In it, she makes a […]
Whose Story Is This?: Old Conflicts, New Chapters
Rebecca Solnit
“In these times of political turbulence and an increasingly rabid and scrofulous commentariat, the sanity, wisdom and clarity of Rebecca Solnit’s writing is a forceful corrective. Whose Story Is This? is a scorchingly intelligent collection about the struggle to control narratives in the internet age.” —Alex Preston, The Guardian New feminist essays for the #MeToo era from the […]
Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays)
Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including the international bestseller Men Explain Things to Me. Called “the voice of the resistance” by the New York Times, she has emerged as an essential guide to our times, through her incisive commentary on feminism, violence, ecology, hope, and everything in between. In this powerful and […]
The Mother of All Questions
Rebecca Solnit
“There’s a new feminist revolution – open to people of all genders – brewing right now and Rebecca Solnit is one of its most powerful, not to mention beguiling, voices.” –Barbara Ehrenreich In a timely follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers indispensable commentary on women who refuse to be […]
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
This updated and expanded edition of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s groundbreaking book features a new chapter and a foreword by Angela Davis. The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law […]

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