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  • The New Authoritarians

    by David Renton

    An original and compelling analysis of how a newly emboldened and radicalizing right has come to global political ascendance in the years after 9/11, culminating in the victories of Trump and Brexit.

  • The United States, Southeast Asia, and Historical Memory

    Edited by Caroline Luft and Mark Pavlick
    Exposes the horrifying criminality of United States policy in Indochina during the Vietnam war.

  • The Debt System

    by Éric Toussaint

    This compelling, provocative, and accessible volume offers a rejoinder to the prevailing wisdom that views debt as holy writ.

  • Culture and Resistance

    by David Barsamian and Edward W. Said

  • The Long Honduran Night

    by Dana Frank

    A story of resistance, repression, and US policy in Honduras in the aftermath of a violent military coup.

  • Indefensible

    by Rohini Hensman

    A defence of democracy at national and international levels, and critique of attacks on it in the name of "anti-imperialism."

  • La Batalla Por el Paraíso

    by Naomi Klein

    Entre los escombros del huracán Maria, los puertorriqueños y los “Puertopians” ultra-ricos están atrapados en una...

  • A Nation Unmade by War

    by Tom Engelhardt

    From the election from hell to the future according to Donald Trump, A Nation Unmade by War surveys American exceptionalism in the age of absurdity.

  • Islam in a Post-Secular Society

    by Dustin J. Byrd
    Byrd uses Critical Theory to reject the ‘clash-of-civilizations’ thesis, and compellingly argue for the compatibility of Islam and secularism.

  • Imperialism and War

    by Nikolai Bukharin and V. I. Lenin
    The two founding texts of the analysis of capitalism and imperialism in one volume, with annotation.

  • Power and Resistance

    by James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer
    Two of the left’s most important academics analyze the politics and economics of US imperialism’s relationship with Latin America.

  • Impossible Revolution

    by Yassin al-Haj Saleh
    Saleh urges us to oppose intervention of imperialist powers in Syria, and reject the tyranny of the Assad regime.

  • In the Shadows of the American Century

    by Alfred W. McCoy
    Explores the distinctive instruments of American ascent to global domination and hegemony--including covert intervention, client elites, psychological torture, and surveillance.

  • Optimism over Despair

    by Noam Chomsky and C.J. Polychroniou
    Wide-ranging interviews on war, power, and politics with Noam Chomsky, the world's leading critic of US foreign policy.

  • The Violent American Century

    by John W. Dower
    The Violent “American Century” addresses the U.S.-led transformations in war conduct and strategizing that followed 1945.

  • Concerning Violence

    Edited by Göran Olsson and Sophie Vukovic
    A beautiful photographic exploration of the revolutionary movements in Africa in the '60s and 70's.

  • War, Capital, and the Dutch State (1588-1795)

    by Pepijn Brandon
    An account of the rise and fall of the Dutch Republic, drawn from original-source material and rich in theoretical insights

  • Confronting Empire

    by Eqbal Ahmad and David Barsamian
    Brilliant and insightful political analyses of key political events and movements of the second half of the twentieth century.

  • The Forging of the American Empire

    by Sidney Lens
    This classic book is the first truly comprehensive history of American imperialism.

  • Things that Can and Cannot Be Said

    by John Cusack and Arundhati Roy
    In this rich dialogue on surveillance, empire, and power, Roy and Cusack describe meeting NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden in Moscow.

  • The End of Imagination

    by Arundhati Roy
    Brings together five of Arundhati Roy's acclaimed books of essays into one comprehensive volume for the first time.

  • Cataclysm 1914

    Edited by Alexander Anievas
    This collection argues that the First World War—and its consequences—was perhaps the defining moment of 20th century world-politics.

  • Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead

    by Nick Turse
    In fast-paced and dramatic fashion, Turse reveals the harsh reality of modern warfare in the developing world.

  • Tomas Young's War

    by Mark Wilkerson
    An Iraq war veteran's powerful testament to the true cost of war.