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The Hidden Injuries of Class

by Jonathan Cobb and Richard Sennett

How to find dignity and a meaningful life in the modern city
Red Friends: Internationalists in China's Struggle for Liberation

by John Sexton

The story of the friends and allies of the Chinese Revolution
Communism and Strategy: Rethinking Political Mediations

by Isabelle Garo

Communism is not just a dream of a better world - it is also a theory about how we get there
Class War: A Literary History

by Mark Steven

A bold new history of the global class war

Transclasses: A Theory of Social Non-reproduction

by Chantal Jaquet

How people become "class traitors"

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Bodies Under Siege: How the Far–Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global

by Sian Norris

An exposé of how far-right extremists across Europe use attacks on abortion to introduce broader fascist politics--and their connections to the American far right, from a leading investigative journalist.
The Cost of Living Crisis: (and how to get out of it)

by Costas Lapavitsas, James Meadway, et al.

A myth-busting pamphlet that charts a course out of the current cost of living crisis
What Is Antiracism?: And Why It Means Anticapitalism

by Arun Kundnani

A groundbreaking account of neoliberalism that puts race at the center of the story

Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory

by Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi

A scintillating conversation on capitalism and crisis from two of our most incisive political philosophers
Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge

by Benjamin Y. Fong

A look at drugs through the lens of societal change and a look at social change through the lens of drugs.

Drugs are ubiquitous in the past and present of capitalist society. What can looking at drugs help us to understand about our society?

From coffee to ketamine, drugs are everywhere in contemporary America.
Erasing Palestine: Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom

by Rebecca Ruth Gould

How the redefinition of antisemitism has functioned as a tactic to undermine Palestine solidarity
How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against Imprisonment

by Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché

What is prison abolition?

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Democracy or Bonapartism: Two Centuries of War on Democracy

by Domenico Losurdo

How democracy became a form of soft authoritarian rule
The Invisible History

by Karma Nabulsi

How our contemporary counter-terrorism practices reveal the persistence of Empire