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  • Border and Rule

    by Harsha Walia

    An urgent, global account of the migration crisis and the function of borders across political, social, cultural, and economic systems.

  • Palestine: A Socialist Introduction

    Edited by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean

    This edited volume makes an impassioned and informed case for the central place of Palestine in socialist organizing and of socialism in the struggle to free Palestine.

  • On Edward Said

    by Hamid Dabashi

    An intimate intellectual, political and personal portrait of Edward Said, one of the 20th centuries' leading public intellectuals.

  • Text Messages: or How I Found Myself Time Traveling

    by Yassin Al Salman

    Text Messages is a survival guide for our anxious age from Iraqi-Canadian rapper and multi-media artist Yassin 'Narcy ' Alsalman.

  • Syria After the Uprisings

    by Joseph Daher

    Syria has been at the center of world news since 2011, following the beginnings of a popular uprising in the country and its subsequent violent and...

  • Middle East Studies after September 11

    Edited by Tugrul Keskin

    A sweeping, essential analysis of how, following 9/11, Middle Eastern Studies was transformed in the service of Empire

  • Culture and Resistance

    by David Barsamian and Edward W. Said

    Edward W. Said discusses the importance and centrality of popular resistance in the framework of culture, history, and struggle. He reveals...

  • 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."

  • 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.

  • On Antisemitism

    by Jewish Voice for Peace
    The uses and abuses of antisemitism in the 21st Century, collected by Jewish Voice for Peace.

  • 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.

  • A Dialectical Pedagogy of Revolt

    by Brecht De Smet
    Creatively weaving insights from Gramsci and Vygotsky, this volume offers a unique perspective on the Egyptian Revolution.

  • Shell Shocked

    by Mohammed Omer
    Gripping eye-witness account of Operation Protective Edge by only Palestinian reporting in English from Gaza during Israel's 2014 assault.

  • Apartheid Israel

    Edited by Sean Jacobs and Jon Soske
    Eighteen prominent South African scholars reflect on the analogy between apartheid South Africa and contemporary Israel.

  • On Palestine

    by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé
    Chomsky and Pappé discuss the past and future of Palestine.

  • The Battle for Justice in Palestine

    by Ali Abunimah
    Ali Abunimah provides an effective strategy for advancing the struggle for a just, single-state solution in Palestine.

  • Marxism, Orientalism, Cosmopolitanism

    by Gilbert Achcar
    Erudite, incisive, and innovative, the essays provide an insightful examination of key themes in Middle East and Marxist scholarship.

  • Lineages of Revolt

    by Adam Hanieh
    In this illuminating and original work, Adam Hanieh demonstrates that the Arab Spring rebellions are about much more than democracy

  • The Palestine Communist Party 1919-1948

    by Musa Budeiri
    This is the definitive account of a secular party that forged links between Arabs and Jews.

  • The American Way of War

    by Tom Engelhardt
    The creator of TomDispatch takes a scalpel to the American urge to dominate the globe.

  • The Pen and the Sword

    by David Barsamian and Edward W. Said
    Interviews with the late Edward Said, world-renowned literary scholar, cultural critic, and advocate for Palestinian rights.

  • IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq

    by IraqiGirl
    In a country torn apart by war, a teenage girl blogs her story of family, friendship, and life under American occupation.

  • Beyond the Green Zone

    by Dahr Jamail
    The critically acclaimed account of life in Iraq under US occupation with a new afterword.

  • War Without End

    by Michael Schwartz
    Michael Schwartz gets behind the headlines, revealing the real dynamics of the Iraq debacle and its legacy.