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Viramma

by Viramma

An intensely personal and moving self-portrait of a woman living at the very margins of Indian society, informed by a sense of profound social change.

2 posts
America's Kingdom

by Robert Vitalis
A groundbreaking account of Aramco as a microcosm of the colonial order.
5 posts
In Defence of the Terror

by Sophie Wahnich
Provocative reassessment of the Great Terror as a price worth paying
14 posts
The Red Years: Theory, Politics, and Aesthetics in the Japanese ’68

Edited by Gavin Walker

The story of Japan’s forgotten radical 1968

1 post

Latin

by Françoise Waquet

A highly original and accessible history of Latin between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Beach Beneath the Street

by McKenzie Wark

The acclaimed, readable history of the Situationist International by the author of A Hacker Manifesto

62 posts
Molecular Red

by McKenzie Wark

Radical new critical theory for the twenty-first century

65 posts
The Spectacle of Disintegration

by McKenzie Wark

Acclaimed author follows the work of the Situationist International after May 1968.

40 posts

The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations

by Max Weber

In his neglected masterpiece, Weber brings sociology to bear on civilizations as diverse as Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome

1 post
Homage to Chiapas

by Bill Weinberg
Vividly depicts the grassroots struggles for land and local autonomy.
1 post
The Contours of American History

by William Appleman Williams

Chosen by The Modern Library as one of the best one hundred nonfiction books of the twentieth century.

4 posts
Elegy for Mary Turner

by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams

A lyrical and haunting depiction of American racial violence and lynching, evoked through stunning full-color artwork

3 posts

Making the Revolution Global

by Theo Williams

How black radicals reshaped the British left

5 posts
May Day Manifesto 1968

Edited by Raymond Williams

Anniversary edition of the classic political manifesto

9 posts
Resources of Hope

by Raymond Williams
Collected essays and talks from one of Britain’s great thinkers, ranging across political and cultural theory.
6 posts
The Eitingons

by Mary-Kay Wilmers

A family history that explores the KGB, the fur trade, Freud and the assassination of Trotsky

4 posts

Changing Venezuela by Taking Power

by Gregory Wilpert

Venezuela under Hugo Chávez could be a model for peaceful revolution—or it could all be undone by the specters of the past.

4 posts
A Common Treasury

by Gerrard Winstanley

Some of the earliest examples of communist thought, introduced by Tony Benn.

16 posts
Benjamin and Brecht

by Erdmut Wizisla
A fascinating account of the friendship between two of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century
8 posts
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft

A renowned historian introduces Mary Wollestonecraft’s seminal feminist tract

17 posts

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