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Feminist Radical Thinkers

by Michèle Barrett, Mary McIntosh, et al.
A collection of extracts from leading second-wave feminists, including Michèle Barrett, Mary McIntosh, Lynne Segal, Sheila Rowbotham and Juliet Mitchell
8 posts
Women’s Oppression Today

by Michèle Barrett

“This book is a school of thought.” – Frigga Haug, Das Argument

28 posts
Racecraft

by Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. Fields

Tackling the myth of a post-racial society.

62 posts
Screened Out

by Jean Baudrillard

“The most influential prophet of the media since Marshall McLuhan.”–i-D Magazine

4 posts

The Future as Cultural Fact

by Arjun Appadurai

Acclaimed author presents a decade's research toward creating an anthropology of the future.

5 posts
Lockdown High

by Annette Fuentes

25 posts
Freudianism

by Valentin Voloshinov
Early critique of Freud from a Marxist and linguistic perspective.
5 posts
Green Gone Wrong

by Heather Rogers

Trenchant exposé of the myths of “green capitalism”.

11 posts

Rationality and Irrationality in Economics

by Maurice Godelier
An analysis of social and economic systems and why they appear and disappear throughout history.
6 posts
Sex-pol

by Wilhelm Reich
The role of sexual repression in class domination, and the struggle for sexual liberation.
11 posts
The Invention of the White Race, Volume 1

by Theodore W. Allen
Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.
29 posts
The Invention of the White Race, Volume 2

by Theodore W. Allen
Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.
25 posts

Mapping Subaltern Studies and the Postcolonial

Edited by Vinayak Chaturvedi
Part of Verso’s classic Mapping series that collects the most important writings on key topics in a changing world
9 posts
School Wars

by Melissa Benn
The story of the struggle for Britain’s schools, and a passionate call for education as a public good.
18 posts
Border Vigils

by Jeremy Harding
Searing reportage and analysis of the new politics of immigration in both Europe and America.
27 posts
News For All the People

by Juan González and Joseph Torres

Bestselling narrative history of American media that puts race at the center of the story.

17 posts