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China on Strike
Edited by Eli Friedman, Zhongjin Li, et al. -
The Class Strikes Back
Edited by Dario Azzellini and Michael G. Kraft -
Always on Strike
by Arnold Stead -
Striking to Survive
by Ellen Friedman and Eli Friedman -
Song of the Stubborn One Thousand
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Set the Earth on Fire
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Flying Kites
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Dangerous Anarchist Strikers
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This Is How We Win
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Revolution in Seattle
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When Workers Shot Back
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I Didn't Come Here to Lie
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The Veiled Prophet
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Revolutionary Teamsters
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The Essential Rosa Luxemburg
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Class Action
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US Trotskyism 1928–1965 Part II: Endurance
Edited by Thomas Bias, Paul Le Blanc, et al. -
Berkeley
by Hal Draper -
Abolish Rent
by Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis -
Rank and File [Haymarket Classics]
Edited by Alice Lynd and Staughton Lynd -
“Some people call us heroes”
The Watsonville Canning strike of 1985-87 was a dramatic show of the power of women workers, whose struggle became a rallying point for the Chicano movement.
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When We Fight: Voices from the Los Angeles Teachers Strike
Go behind the scenes of the LA teacher's strike with a sneak peak of the movie, When We Fight, and conversation with producers and strikers.
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Women's Liberation reading guide from Haymarket Books
In solidarity with the Women's Strike on International Women's Day, we offer a reading guide on the history and politics of women's liberation, to learn from past struggles, and to prepare for the many struggles to come.
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How Women Workers in Russia Sparked a Revolution
One of the greatest lessons the Russian state learned on March 8, 1917 was never to underestimate the women of Petrograd. On that fateful morning, International Women’s Day, women workers threw down their tools and walked out of the factories and into the streets. -
The U.S. Working Class Has a Radical History
A Haymarket Books reading list on the radical history of the U.S. working class.
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Teachers on Strike are Still Teaching: Union Power & the Fight for Democracy
Education activists discuss the power of teachers unions and the fight for racial justice, equitable funding and democracy.
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Robin D. G. Kelley: Organized Labor and the Black Worker
Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981 is historian Philip Foner's classic, radical history of Black workers' contribution to the American labor movement. Here, we present an excerpt from scholar Robin D. G. Kelley's foreword to the Haymarket edition.
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The Death Agony of the Monarchy: Russia on the Eve of Revolution
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated a hundred years ago today, bringing to an end three centuries of Romanov rule. In this extract from his History of the Russian Revolution, Trotsky describes the final days of Imperial Russia. Incompetent, vain, and almost comically ignorant of the historic events unfolding around it, the Tsarist regime fell, in Trotsky's words, "like rotten fruit." -
The Great Depression and the Labor Movement: A 1930s Reading List
A reading list dealing with the history and context of the labor and radical organizing of the 1930s. All of these books are currently 30% Off.
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Insurrection as Art: the Legacy of Blanqui
The recently released Communist Insurgent tells the life story of French revolutionary Louis-Auguste Blanqui, and with it the history of a period of extraordinary social and political upheaval. Haymarket Books interviewed the author, Doug Enaa Greene, to understand the relevance of an often maligned or neglected figure. We publish this interview to mark the anniversary of Blanqui's death on 1 January 1881.
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Mike Davis on Trump’s America
Behind the bluster, what does Donald Trump’s presidency actually represent? Mike Davis—a world renowned American scholar, and author of several books—was interviewed by Seán Mitchell for Rebel, about the state of Trump’s America.
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Class War Reading List
In celebration of May Day and the radical history of the working class, we’ve put together this Class War Reading List. All of these books are 40% Off until the end of May!
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State, Power, Socialism
A reading list of books that deal with topics related to the state, power, and socialism across the globe and throughout history—bringing together classic Marxist interventions on reform and revolution, important historical treatments, and conjunctural arguments about strategy and tactics.
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Voices from the Front Line: Health Care Workers and the Fight Against Covid
Front line health care workers discuss waging an intersectional, anti-racist fight against Covid-19.
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What's Happening in Iran?
Join a panel of analysts to discuss the current protests and class struggle in Iran and the political dynamics of the region.
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Their Side Is Organized; We Need to Be Organized, Too
A reading list of key books to help inform ongoing efforts to build and sustain durable organizations, and forge effective strategies, for both short term survival and long term social transformation.
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2016 highlights: 25% off for UK customers
25% off some of our 2016 highlights for UK customers until the end of December. Just in time for Christmas!
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Join Haymarket Books at the Historical Materialism Conference
Haymarket Books is proud to be a co-sponsor of this year’s Historical Materialism New York conference, “Resurgent Radicalism In a Polarizing World.” -
"Nothing Happened as Expected": Reflections on the French Elections
Haymarket Books interviews Clément Petitjean, a contributor to the recently published Europe in Revolt, for a critical perspective on the recent French election.
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Haymarket Books for Latinx Liberation
In celebration of the radical, intersectional histories of struggles for Latinx Liberation, we're offering 40% off all the books on our Latinx Liberation Reading List. Get a free Ebook (where available) and free shipping on orders over $25 inside the US and £20 inside the UK.
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Learning Together (while staying apart): Online Event Schedule
Join Haymarket Books for a series of online events hosted in the context of the current crisis, and watch past events.
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System in Crisis: A Working-Class Vision for the Future
Leading labor voices Sara Nelson, Stacy Davis Gates and Sarah Jaffe discuss how we can build a radical working class response to the current crisis.
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Radical Organizing in the Depression Era
"...the train of developments that connects changes in social conditions to a changed consciousness is not simple. People, including ordinary people, harbor somewhere in their memories the building blocks of different and contradictory interpretations of what it is that is happening to them, of who should be blamed, and what can be done about it..."
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The Left was Right: Radical Politics and Labor Militancy 1945-2020
A discussion about the possibilities of radical change and remaking the Democratic Party with authors Toni Gilpin and John Nichols.
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When We Fight: Voices from the 2019 Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike
September 8, 2020
Live-stream
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When We Fight: Voices from the 2019 Los Angeles Teachers’ Strike
September 8, 2020 - September 9, 2020
Live-stream
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Set the Earth on Fire: The Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902 and the Birth of the Police
September 17, 2024
Online
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Long-Haul Presents: Strike Power in the University
April 28, 2026
Online
United States -
Heat The Ground Up with Starbucks Workers United
February 27, 2026
Haymarket House and Online
Chicago, IL -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 24, 2018
The People's Forum
New York, NY -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 21, 2018
Ives Faculty Wing, #281, Doherty Lounge
Ithaca, New York -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 24, 2018
Room 502, Keller Building
State College, PA -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 25, 2018
CUNY
New York, NY -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 26, 2018
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 27, 2018
Mergenthaler Hall Room 526
Baltimore, MD -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 27, 2018
Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
Baltimore, MD -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
October 9, 2018
Pegasus Bookstore
Berkeley, CA -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
October 7, 2018
Niebyl-Proctor Library
Oakland, CA -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
October 10, 2018
DeAnza College
Cupertino, CA -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
October 10, 2018
Green Arcade Books
San Francisco, CA -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
October 11, 2018
Asian American Activities Center
Stanford, CA -
Chinese Worker-Activist Speaking Tour
September 29, 2018
Columbia College
Chicago, IL -
What's Happening in Iran?
August 18, 2021
Online Teach-in
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Class Struggle Unionism
October 29, 2022
Haymarket House
Chicago, IL -
Dialogues of Liberation: Solidarity and Culture, from Ireland to Palestine
October 6, 2023
Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich
Belfast -
What's Happening in Myanmar?
September 20, 2021
Online Teach-in
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Class Struggle Unionism
March 2, 2022
Online Teach-in
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Breaking the Impasse: Class Struggle, Unions, & the Democratic Party
May 23, 2022
Online Teach-in
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