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  • Zombie Capitalism

    by Chris Harman
    An incisive and devastating critique of capitalism, sounding the alarm that the system poses a threat to human well-being.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Why Bad Governments Happen to Good People

    by Danny Katch
    A sharp-witted indictment of our broken political system and a vision for a socialist alternative that is truly by and for the people.

  • 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.

  • We Cannot Escape History

    by Neil Davidson
    The latest collection of essays from the Deutscher Prize winning Marxist scholar, Neil Davidson.

  • War on War

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

  • Unfinished Leninism

    by Paul Le Blanc
    A stimulating collection of essays on the revolutionary socialist Vladimir Lenin that survey fierce controversies over his life and ideas.

  • Trotskyism in the United States

    Edited by George Breitman, Paul Le Blanc, et al.
    An outstanding set of informative essays, providing an unsurpassed account of the dynamic revolutionary socialist current known as American Trotskyism.

  • Trotsky's Marxism and Other Essays

    by Duncan Hallas

    In this introduction to the politics of Leon Trotsky, British activist Duncan Hallas analyzes his thinking and its relevance for today in clear,...

  • 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 Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution

    by Harold Isaacs
    The story of how China's modern development rests on the tragically supressed struggle for true socialism.

  • Theory As History

    by Jairus Banaji
    Forty years of research in historiography and marxism focused on the concept of 'modes of production.'

  • 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.

  • State and Revolution

    by Todd Chretien and V. I. Lenin
    As both historical document and political statement, State and Revolution's importance can hardly be exaggerated.

  • The Stalinist Legacy

    Edited by Tariq Ali
    Tariq Ali, Isaac Deutscher, Ernest Mandel, and others analyze the nature of Stalinism, and its continuing impact on world politics.

  • The Spectre of Babeuf

    by Ian Birchall
    Gracchus Babeuf has long been recognized as an important precursor of the revolutionary socialist tradition.

  • Socialism . . . Seriously

    by Danny Katch
    A funny and accessible introduction to socialism.

  • Selections from Cultural Writings

    by Antonio Gramsci
    The most comprehensive collection of Antonio Gramsci's writings on the relationship between culture and politics available in the English language.

  • Revolutionary Studies

    by Paul Le Blanc
    Explores relevance of Marxism to emancipatory politics through critical examination of core concepts and key twentieth-century revolutionary figures and movements.

  • Revolutionary Rehearsals

    Edited by Colin Barker
    Five times in the last 40 years, the working class has posed a radical alternative to the status quo.

  • The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx

    by Alex Callinicos
    An accessible, enlightening, and compelling introduction to Karl Marx's ideas, with an emphasis on their enduring relevance.

  • Revolutionary Democracy

    by Soma Marik
    Complete with a new introduction, Revolutionary Democracy argues that Marxism, including pre-revolution Bolshevism, has historically been firmly aligned with democracy.