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  • Zombie Capitalism

    by Chris Harman
    An incisive and devastating critique of capitalism, sounding the alarm that the system poses a threat to human well-being.

  • Marx in Soho (Audio CD)

    by Howard Zinn
    America's leading historian Howard Zinn brings Karl Marx back to life for a new generation.

  • The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution

    by Harold Isaacs
    The story of how China's modern development rests on the tragically suppressed struggle for true socialism.

  • The Case for Socialism (Updated Edition)

    by Alan Maass
    A clear, bold case for a socialist alternative to democratically meet people's needs here and abroad.

  • War on War

    by R. Craig Nation
    World War One divided the socialist movement internationally: collaboration or resistance? Here is the resisters' story.

  • Revolutionary Rehearsals

    Edited by Colin Barker
    Five times in the last 40 years, the working class has posed a radical alternative to the status quo.

  • History of the Russian Revolution

    by Leon Trotsky
    The definitive account of the Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky, its leader and key historian.

  • The Comintern

    by Duncan Hallas
    The Comintern, from its years as a school of strategy and tactics, to its Stalinist demise.

  • The Revolution and the Civil War in Spain

    by Pierre Broué and Émile Témime
    An outstanding history that shows how a promising workers' movement ended in a fascist victory.

  • Revolution and Counterrevolution

    by Kevin Murphy
    An exciting contribution to the discussion about class and the Russian Revolution.

  • The Essential Rosa Luxemburg

    by Rosa Luxemburg
    A new, authoritative introduction to Rosa Luxemburg's most important works.

  • The Party

    by Barry Sheppard
    An inspiring memoir by a leading activist in the antiwar and socialist movement in the 1960s.

  • The Communist Manifesto

    by Frederick Engels and Karl Marx
    An authoritative introduction to history's most important political document, with the full text of the Manifesto.

  • The Meek and the Militant

    by Paul N. Siegel
    An invaluable critical analysis of how religion shapes politics, encouraging both submission and, at times, revolution.

  • The American Socialist Movement 1897-1912

    by Ira Kipnis

    “This is the epic story of the struggle to build a mass socialist movement in ragtime America. Kipnis was a brilliant historian, and this is...

  • What is the Real Marxist Tradition?

    by John Molyneux

    Trotsky makes the case that the rise of Stalinism was not the inevitable consequence of Leninism, but rather its negation.

  • Trotsky's Marxism and Other Essays

    by Duncan Hallas

    In this introduction to the politics of Leon Trotsky, British activist Duncan Hallas analyzes his thinking and its relevance for today in clear,...

  • Building the Party

    by Tony Cliff
    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the pivotal events in world history, and the Russian Bolshevik Party played a central role in that...