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  • Marx in Soho

    by Howard Zinn
    Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx's life, his analysis of society, and his passion for radical change.

  • Marx in Soho (Audio CD)

    by Howard Zinn
    America's leading historian Howard Zinn brings Karl Marx back to life for a new generation.

  • Fighting Fascism

    by Clara Zetkin
    Clara Zetkin’s report and resolution on fascism at the June 1923 enlarged plenum of the Communist International’s Executive Committee.

  • Marxism and the Oppression of Women

    by Lise Vogel
    Decades after initial publication, Vogel's book remains an essential contribution to the development of a materialist theory of gender oppression.

  • Trotsky on Lenin

    by Leon Trotsky
    Combining Young Lenin and On Lenin in one volume, this is a fascinating political biography by fellow revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

  • The Red International of Labour Unions (RILU) 1920 - 1937

    by Reiner Tosstorff
    The first major scholarly account of one of the international communist movement’s most important organizations.

  • The Gramscian Moment

    by Peter D Thomas
    Though claimed by disparate schools of thought, Peter Thomas shows Gramsci is best understood as deepening the classical Marxist tradition.

  • Detroit: I Do Mind Dying

    by Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin
    Black autoworkers fight back against exploitation and oppression on the shop floors in the '60s and '70s.

  • Marx's Capital Illustrated

    by David Smith
    This beginners guide to Capital illustrates the key concepts, humour, and immense vitality to be enjoyed in Marx's great work.

  • Women and Socialism (Revised and Updated Edition)

    by Sharon Smith
    A socialist perspective on women's oppression and liberation, exploring the connection between women's rights and equality for all.

  • The Meek and the Militant

    by Paul N. Siegel
    An invaluable critical analysis of how religion shapes politics, encouraging both submission and, at times, revolution.

  • The Party

    by Barry Sheppard
    An inspiring memoir by a leading activist in the antiwar and socialist movement in the 1960s.

  • Revolution In Danger

    by Victor Serge
    Assailed by counter-revolution from within and without, Victor Serge brings to life the unwavering revolutionary commitment of red Petrograd.

  • Witness to the German Revolution

    by Victor Serge
    In 1923 history stood at a cross roads. Serge unapologetically lent his pen to those fighting for international workers' revolution.

  • Communards and Other Cultural Histories

    by Adrian Rifkin
    A wide-ranging collection of essays from Adrian Rifkin, covering cultural production, urbanism, and social conflict from a critical Marxist perspective.

  • Theories of Ideology

    by Jan Rehmann
    Theories of Ideology is sure to become the point of reference for all future scholarly attempts to understand ideology.

  • The Bolsheviks Come to Power

    by Alexander Rabinowitch
    A classic work depicting the early months of the Russian Revolution. With a new introduction for the Revolution's centenary.

  • The Preobrazhensky Papers: Archival Documents and Materials

    by Evgenii Alexeyevich Preobrazhensky
    The documents in this volume, newly discovered and translated into English for the first time, reveal a previously unknown Preobrazhensky.

  • Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy

    Edited by William A Pelz
    Key writings and speeches by one of the major figures of the labor movement of the 19th century.

  • War on War

    by R. Craig Nation
    World War One divided the socialist movement internationally: collaboration or resistance? Here is the resisters' story.

  • Revolution and Counterrevolution

    by Kevin Murphy
    An exciting contribution to the discussion about class and the Russian Revolution.

  • Marxism and the Party

    by John Molyneux
    The question of party organization has been a central concern of Marxists for more than a century.

  • What is the Real Marxist Tradition?

    by John Molyneux

    Trotsky makes the case that the rise of Stalinism was not the inevitable consequence of Leninism, but rather its negation.

  • C. L. R. James and Revolutionary Marxism

    Edited by Paul Le Blanc and Scott McLemee
    CLR James and Revolutionary Marxism collects some of the most important, but difficult to obtain, articles from the legendary Trinidadian-Marxist.