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The World Is Not for Sale

by José Bové and François Dufour

Recounts the dramatic events of their famous demonstration against McDonald’s and examines the issues behind the resulting campaign.
The World in a Selfie

by Marco d’Eramo

A spirited critique of the cultural politics of sightseeing. Or, why we are all tourists who hate tourists
Work

by Andrea Komlosy

Tracing the complexity and contradictory nature of work throughout history

4 posts
Words & Money

by André Schiffrin

A publishing luminary analyzes the crisis of the media and considers the alternatives.

20 posts

Women’s Work, Men’s Property

Edited by Stephanie Coontz and Peta Henderson

Exploring the sociohistorical roots of gender inequality.

20 posts
Women’s Oppression Today

by Michèle Barrett

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

26 posts
Woman’s Estate

by Juliet Mitchell

Classic statement of socialist feminism, from one of its leading thinkers

37 posts
Woman’s Consciousness, Man’s World

by Sheila Rowbotham

Groundbreaking examination of the birth, development and impact of Feminist consciousness

35 posts

Who Is Rigoberta Menchú?

by Greg Grandin

Leading historian takes on the lies told about Rigoberta Menchú’s bestselling memoir.

4 posts
Where Vultures Feast

by Oronto Douglas and Ike Okonta

A devastating case against the world’s largest oil company.

4 posts
What Should Legal Analysis Become?

by Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Roberto Mangabeira Unger brings together his work in legal and social theory.

2 posts
What Does the Ruling Class Do When It Rules?

by Göran Therborn

The intricate practices of the elite and how they maintain their dominance.

7 posts

The War of Gods

by Michael Löwy

How liberation theology has brought politics and religion together in Latin America.

7 posts
The Wages of Whiteness

by David R. Roediger

An original study of the formative years of working-class racism in the United States.

21 posts
Violent Borders

by Reece Jones

A major new exploration of the refugee crisis, focusing on how borders are formed and policed

49 posts
Understanding Class

by Erik Olin Wright
Leading sociologist examines how different readings of class enrich our understanding of capitalism
7 posts

The Twittering Machine

by Richard Seymour

A brilliant probe into the political and psychological effects of our changing relationship with social media
Twilight of History

by Shlomo Sand

The acclaimed and controversial historian turns his critical gaze on the writing of history today

6 posts
Traces of History

by Patrick Wolfe

How race rose and spread across the globe

25 posts
Towards the Abolition of Whiteness

by David R. Roediger
Counting the costs of whiteness in the American past and present.
13 posts

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