Books
Index & Info
Index & Info
Most books have audio versions linked in the description!
Activism
Anarchism
Class & Capitalism
Communism
Fascism
Government
History
Race
Socialism
Imperialism
Queer
Activism
- by Angela Davis
- Peter Gelderloos
- Audiobook
- Explores following questions:
- Is nonviolence effective at ending systems of oppression?
- Does nonviolence intersect with white privilege and the dominance of North over South?
- How does pacifism reinforce the same power dynamic as patriarchy?
- Ultimately, does nonviolence protect the state?
- by J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, Stephen Healy
- An Ethical Guide for Transforming our Communities
- Full of exercises, thinking tools, and inspiring examples from around the world, Take Back the Economy shows how people can implement small-scale changes in their own lives to create ethical economies. There is no manifesto here, no one prescribed model; rather, readers are encouraged and taught how to take back the economy in ways appropriate for their own communities and context, using what they already have at hand.
- by Angela Davis
- Audiobook
- by Malcom X
Dean Spade
This book is about mutual aid: why it is so important, what it looks like, and how to do it. It provides a grassroots theory of mutual aid, describes how mutual aid has been a part of all larger, powerful social movements, and offers concrete tools for organizing, such as how to work in groups, decision-making process, how to prevent and address conflict, and how to deal with burnout. Mutual aid isn’t charity: it’s a form of organizing where people get to create new systems of care and generosity so we can survive.
Anarchism
by Errico Malatesta
While Malatesta was hiding from the police he regularly went to a cafe in Ancona, Italy. This wasn't an anarchist cafe, but had a variety of customers including the local policeman. The conversations he had here became the basis for this book. For the first time in English, Malatesta, in his usual commonsense and matter-of-fact style, sets out and critically analyses the arguments for and against anarchism. This is a classic defence of anarchism that anticipates the rise of nationalism, fascism and communism.
- by Peter Kropotkin
- Audiobook
- Born a Russian prince, Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921) rejected his title and wealth to spend his life in pursuit of social justice and equality. His last major work, The Conquest of Bread, surveys economic methods for the satisfaction of human needs. The 1892 treatise also outlines the revolutionary path to his vision of utopia: an anarchist communist society.
- by Ruth Kinna
- Link 1
- by Noam Chomsky
- Audio Link
A Paradise Built in Hell
A Paradise Built in Hell
Rebecca Solnit
Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities?
Economy, Class & Capitalism
- by David Graeber
- a comic book explaining capitalism
- by Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski
- Audiobook Version
- For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the ultimate expressions of free-market capitalism. Their remarkable success appears to vindicate the old idea that modern society is too complex to be subjected to a plan. And yet, as Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue, much of the economy of the West is centrally planned at present. Not only is planning on vast scales possible, we already have it and it works. The real question is whether planning can be democratic. Can it be transformed to work for us?
- Yanis Varoufakis, Jacob Moe
- Vijay Prashad
- by Terry Eagleton
- Easy read and very funny take on Karl Marx's philosophy and current events
- Refutes the 10 most common arguments against communism
Communism
The Principles of Communism
The Principles of Communism
- Marx & Engels
- a comic book explaining Marxism
- by Terry Eagleton
- Easy read and very funny take on Karl Marx's philosophy and current events
- Refutes the 10 most common arguments against communism
- by CrimeInc.
- by Michael Wayne
- illustrated graphic comic, super easy read but big ideas
Fascism & Antifascism
- by Mark Bray
- historian and former Occupy Wall Street organizer Mark Bray surveys history of anti-fascism from its origins to the present day — the first transnational history of postwar anti-fascism in English. Based on interviews with anti-fascists from around the world, Antifa details the tactics of the movement and the philosophy behind it
- Stuart Hood and Litza Jansz
Gender & Sexuality
- by Morgan Potts
- dictionary guide will help to dispel the anxiety around using the "wrong" words, while explaining the weight of using certain labels and providing individuals with a vocabulary for personal identification.
- by Archie Bongiovanni
- short and fun comic guide that explains what pronouns are, why they matter, and how to use them. They also include what to do if you make a mistake, and some tips-and-tricks for those who identify outside of the binary to keep themselves safe in this binary-centric world
- by Angela Chen
- An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that's obsessed with sexual attraction, and what we can all learn about desire and identity by using an ace lens to see the world What exactly is sexual attraction and what is it like to go through the world not experiencing it?
- by Mady G & J.R. Zuckerberg
- the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples.
- by Meg-John Barker & Julia Scheele
- by Anneliese Singh
- How can you build unshakable confidence and resilience in a world still filled with ignorance, inequality, and discrimination? The Queer and Transgender Resilience Workbook will teach you how to challenge internalized negative messages, handle stress, build a community of support, and embrace your true self.
- by Mitchell Saundra
- From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier, to two girls falling in love while mourning the death of Kurt Cobain, forbidden love in a sixteenth-century Spanish convent or an asexual girl discovering her identity amid the 1970s roller-disco scene, All Out tells a diverse range of stories across cultures, time periods and identities, shedding light on an area of history often ignored or forgotten.
- By Alex Lantaffi
- This down-to-earth guide is for anybody who wants to know more about gender, from its biology, history and sociology, to how it plays a role in our relationships and interactions with family, friends, partners and strangers. It looks at practical ways people can express their own gender, and will help you to understand people whose gender might be different from your own.
Government & Power
- By Angela Davis
- Audiobook
- A short, impassioned, argument for abolition. Davis eloquently points out that mass incarceration has had little or no effect on crime, how disproportionate numbers of the poor and minorities end up in prison, and the obscene profits the system generates.
- by The Invisible Committee
- Audiobook
- A call to arms by a group of French intellectuals that rejects leftist reform and aligns itself with younger, wilder forms of resistance.
- Alex S. Vitale
- Policing, how we got here, and what we need to do to end police brutality
- Audiobook Link
- by Paulo Freire
- Semi Advanced!
- Audiobook Link
History
- by Howard Zinn
- Audiobook
- Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of America's greatest battles - the fights for fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality - were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.
- by James W. Loewen
- Audiobook
Socialism
Race
- by Michelle Alexander
- Audiobook Version
- By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control—relegating millions to a permanent second-class status—even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness.
- by Dr. Beverly Tatum
Imperialism
John Perkins
- by Kevin Danaher
- Audiobook
- A veritable "Globalization for Dummies," 10 Reasons to Abolish the IMF & World Banklays bare the most common myths of globalization in a clear and understandable way.
- Conceived as an effort to educate the public about how international institutions of "free trade" are widening the gap between the rich and poor globally, Danaher reveals how the lending policies of the IMF and the World Bank fail to benefit Third World peoples, and instead line the pockets of undemocratic rulers and western corporations while threatening local democracies and forcing cuts to social programs.
- By Joel Andreas
- "This is the most important comic book ever written. . . . It is my hope that you read this book and pass it along to as many people as you can."—Woody Harrelson, actor
- Updates include Barack Obama's drone wars, Chelsea Manning and wikileaks, statistics on military spending;,and the ongoing costs and consequences of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.