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  • The Revolution Besieged

    by Tony Cliff
    The last installment of Tony Cliff's biography of Russian revolutionary V.I. Lenin, available for the first time in the U.S.

  • Rank and File

    by Alice and Staughton Lynd
    The trials and tribulations of firebrand union organizers, from the 1930s—1970s, are brought to life here, in their own words.

  • Rosa Luxemburg

    by Paul Frölich
    The definitive partisan biography of Rosa Luxemburg, as only a contemporary and comrade could know her.

  • Marx in Soho (Audio CD)

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

  • North Star

    by Peter Camejo
    Green Party leader and prominent social justice activist tells the story of his life of struggle.

  • 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.

  • Revolution in Seattle

    by Harvey O'Connor
    Blow-by-blow, an eyewitness account of a hidden chapter in labor history: the Seattle General Strike of 1919.

  • The Old Man

    by Truman Nelson
    The classic historical biography reissued for the 150th anniversary of John Brown's celebrated uprising against slavery.

  • The Road from Ar Ramadi

    by Camilo Mejía
    The inspiring story of a soldier who, after fighting in Iraq, publicly refused to return to the war.

  • The Bending Cross

    by Ray Ginger
    The classic biography of Debs, one of the most important thinkers and activists in US.

  • Exile

    Edited by Nagesh Rao
    Indonesia's most celebrated writer speaks out against tyranny and injustice in a young and troubled nation.

  • The Party

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

  • The Dispossessed

    by Aviva Chomsky and Alfredo Molano
    The stories of ordinary Colombians displaced by war who are struggling, with dignity, to live.

  • All Power to the Soviets

    by Tony Cliff

    Tony Cliff was a lifelong organizer within the international socialist movement. His groundbreaking work established the unique interpretation of...

  • Building the Party

    by Tony Cliff
    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the pivotal events in world history, and the Russian Bolshevik Party played a central role in that...