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  • 101 Changemakers

    Edited by Michele Bollinger and Dao X Tran
    101 profiles of social justice leaders that changed the world, made accessible for students in grades 5-9.

  • 1919

    by Eve L. Ewing

    Reflections on race, class, violence, segregation, and the hidden histories that shape our divided urban landscapes.

  • Aftershocks of Disaster

    Edited by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBrón

    An in-depth look at Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the preexisting crisis that conditioned this historic disaster.

  • All Our Relations

    by Winona LaDuke
    A beautiful and daring vision of political, spiritual, and ecological transformation.

  • Always on Strike

    by Arnold Stead
    A history of the Industrial Workers of the World's golden years as lived by one of its guiding lights.

  • American Insurgents

    by Richard Seymour
    From Mark Twain to the movement against the war in Vietnam, this is the story of ordinary Americans challenging empire.

  • 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 his...

  • The Anti-Inauguration

    by Anand Gopal, Owen Jones, et al.
    The Anti-Inauguration ebook presents an initial discussion of what resistance should look like in the age of Trump.

  • Be Realistic

    by Mike Davis
    Mike Davis delivers a brilliant defense of the Occupy movement and offers pragmatic advice to the 99%.

  • The Bending Cross

    by Ray Ginger
    The classic biography of Debs, one of the most important thinkers and activists in US.

  • Berkeley

    by Hal Draper

    Brimming with lessons still relevant for today's activists, Berkeley: The Student Revolt is a classic of on-the-ground historical reportage.

  • Black Power Afterlives

    Edited by Diane Fujino and Matef Harmachis

    A powerful and wide-ranging collection examining the persistent impact of the Black Panther Party on subsequent liberation struggles.

  • Border and Rule

    by Harsha Walia

    An urgent, global account of the migration crisis and the function of borders across political, social, cultural, and economic systems.

  • Breaking the Sound Barrier (audiobook)

    by Amy Goodman
    Amy Goodman gives voice to the heroic stories of people the corporate media exclude and ignore.

  • Call Them by Their True Names

    by Rebecca Solnit
    Rebecca Solnit unearths the roots of our contemporary crises, countering the despair of our age with a dose of solidarity, creativity, and hope.

  • Can't Pay, Won't Pay

    by Debt Collective

    A Powerful Guide to Action for People in Debt.

  • Capitalism and Disability

    by Marta Russell

    This book comprises a collection of groundbreaking writings by Marta Russell on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism.

  • City of Women Poster

    by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and Rebecca Solnit
    This 20" x 20" map, created by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and originally featured in their New York atlas Nonstop Metropolis, reimagines New York City’s subway stations named after great women.

  • Class Struggle and the Color Line

    by Paul Heideman
    A thoughtful collection of original documents highlighting the deep, early roots of Black radicalism in the US from 1900-1930.

  • Class War, USA

    by Brandon Weber
    An engaging collection of riveting stories about working people in United States history fighting back in the darkest times.

  • Confronting Empire

    by Eqbal Ahmad and David Barsamian
    Brilliant and insightful political analyses of key political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century.

  • Demand the Impossible!

    by Bill Ayers
    Demand the Impossible is a manifesto for movement-makers and an invitation to join hands and make history together.

  • The Democrats

    by Lance Selfa

    "A smart, readable history of the Democrats that reminds us of the party's allegiance to capital."—Indypendent

  • Digging Our Own Graves

    by Barbara Ellen Smith

    This fully updated edition of a classic work from one of the leading scholars of Appalachia documents a community 's struggle against the deadly black lung disease.