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Reading List

Karl Marx Was Right: A Reading List

Karl Marx was right about the cruelty and irrationality of the capitalist system, and the economic and political crises inherent to its profit-above-all model.

Marx's writing has helped inspire revolutions, rebellions, and struggle all over the world; we could use a little bit of that inspiration now. We’ve put together this Marx and Marxism reading list to help that effort.

Each book comes with a free ebook (where available), and we offer free shipping inside the US on orders over $35 and inside the UK on orders over £25.

A Spectre, Haunting

A Spectre, Haunting

by China Miéville
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China Miéville's riveting engagement with the Communist Manifesto offers a lyrical introduction and a spirited defense of the modern world's most influential political document. Few written works c...
Marx's Capital Illustrated

Marx's Capital Illustrated

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

The Communist Manifesto

by Frederick Engels and Karl Marx
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The definitive introduction to history’s most influential and controversial political document, updated for a new generation of readers. Since it was first written in 1848, The Communist Manifesto ...
Karl Marx

Karl Marx

by Karl Korsch
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A bracing, concise, and accessible overview of the entirety of Marx’s thought, by a major figure of twentieth-century Western Marxism.
The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx

The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx

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

From Marx to Gramsci

Edited by Paul Le Blanc
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A comprehensive course in the contributions of key figures to the Marxist tradition.
What Was Neoliberalism?

What Was Neoliberalism?

by Neil Davidson
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Eminent scholar-activist Neil Davidson’s brilliance is on full display in this posthumous work, a timely and prescient introduction to the neoliberal era. While it is widely agreed that neoliberali...
Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age

Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age

Edited by Colin Barker, Gareth Dale, et al.
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This indispensable volume surveys revolutionary upheavals across the world between 1989 and 2019, drawing lessons for theorizing revolution today.
Rosa Luxemburg: The Incendiary Spark

Rosa Luxemburg: The Incendiary Spark

by Michael Löwy
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Renowned Marxist scholar Michael Löwy offers an indispensable assessment of an enduringly fascinating revolutionary. Vibrant, insightful, and wide-ranging, Löwy’s essays illuminate the heroic, toug...
Understanding Marxism

Understanding Marxism

by Richard D. Wolff
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Richard D. Wolff masterfully explains why Karl Marx’s analysis of class struggle is fundamental to a proper understanding of capitalism and explores how to build a more sustainable democratic socie...
Understanding Socialism

Understanding Socialism

by Richard D. Wolff
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Socialism is a yearning for justice, community, and the greater realization of human potential. Cornel West calls it “the best accessible and reliable treatment we have of what socialism is, was, a...
Understanding Capitalism

Understanding Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff
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“Why does capitalism fail us?” Richard D. Wolff walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant takedown of an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many. U...
A People's Guide to Capitalism

A People's Guide to Capitalism

by Hadas Thier
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A lively, accessible, and timely guide to Capitalism for those who want to understand and dismantle the world of the 1%
Revolutions

Revolutions

by Michael Löwy
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Revolutions is a unique collection of rare photographs documenting some of the most important revolutionary upheavals, from the 1871 Paris Commune to the Zapatista rebellion of the 1990s.
Revolutionary Collective

Revolutionary Collective

by Paul Le Blanc
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This important volume traces efforts to advance the socialist goal through the organization of revolutionary collectives, engaging with a pantheon of relevant radical thinkers.
Reform, Revolution, and Opportunism

Reform, Revolution, and Opportunism

Edited by Mike Taber
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An essential record from the Second International, expertly curated by Under the Socialist Banner editor Mike Taber. At its height, the Second International (1889-1916) represented the majority of ...
Marx in Paris, 1871

Marx in Paris, 1871

by Olivier Besancenot and Michael Löwy
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An imaginative work of historical fiction places Karl Marx in the thick of the remarkable events of the Paris Commune.
The Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx

The Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx

by Michael Löwy
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The ideas of Marx's early writings come alive in this important examination of their lasting relevance.
Marx and Nature

Marx and Nature

by Paul Burkett
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Marx’s treatment of natural conditions possesses an inner logic, coherence, and analytical power which has not been previously recognized
Marxism and the Oppression of Women

Marxism and the Oppression of Women

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

State and Revolution

by Todd Chretien and V. I. Lenin
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Essential reading for generations of revolutionaries, State & Revolution is made newly accessible in this fully annotated edition
Imperialism and War

Imperialism and War

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

Clara Zetkin

by Clara Zetkin
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Essays and speeches from 1889–1933, long unavailable in the US, on women's equality, labor, peace, and socialism.
The Essential Rosa Luxemburg

The Essential Rosa Luxemburg

by Rosa Luxemburg
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A new, authoritative introduction to Rosa Luxemburg's most important works.
The Living Flame

The Living Flame

by Paul Le Blanc
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A remarkable collection of essays illuminating Rosa Luxemburg's tremendous contributions to revolutionary struggle and enduring relevance.
A Great and Terrible World

A Great and Terrible World

by Antonio Gramsci
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This edition of letters by Antonio Gramsci vividly evokes the 'great and terrible world' in which he lived.
The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

by August H. Nimtz
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Lenin's Electoral Strategy focuses on Lenin's approach to electoral politics and what he and other Marxists terms the institutions of bourgeois democracy, drawing on Bolshevik debates and Marx and Engel's own writings to show this to be a central feature of their revolutionary strategy.
Class, Party, Revolution

Class, Party, Revolution

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An expertly selected collection of articles on class, party, and revolution from one of the world’s most important socialist journals
Capitalism, Technology, Labor

Capitalism, Technology, Labor

Edited by Greg Albo, Leo Panitch, et al.
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This volume offers a radical critique of techno-utopianism, instead seeing innovation as a field of ongoing class struggle.
In the Red Corner

In the Red Corner

by Mike Gonzalez
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The first English-language biography of one of Latin America’s most important, innovative, and enduringly relevant, Marxist thinkers.
C. L. R. James and Revolutionary Marxism

C. L. R. James and Revolutionary Marxism

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

Under the Socialist Banner

Edited by Mike Taber
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A collection of all the resolutions adopted by Second International congresses during the movement 's revolutionary Marxist period of 1889-1912.
The Politics of Che Guevara

The Politics of Che Guevara

by Samuel Farber
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A political portrait focused on Guevara’s thought and political record aimed at dispelling many of the myths about the revolutionary.
The Adventures of The Communist Manifesto

The Adventures of The Communist Manifesto

by Hal Draper
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A new, definitive, translation of the Karl Marx and Frederick Engels' Communist Mannifesto by American socialist luminary, Hal Draper.
Voices of Liberation

Voices of Liberation

by Leo Zeilig
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A perfect introduction to one of the most influential figures in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory, and Marxism.
Revolutionary Studies

Revolutionary Studies

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

Revolutionary Democracy

by Soma Marik
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Complete with a new introduction, Revolutionary Democracy argues that Marxism, including pre-revolution Bolshevism, has historically been firmly aligned with democracy.
Holding Fast to an Image of the Past

Holding Fast to an Image of the Past

by Neil Davidson
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Davidson discusses how Marxism can retain a sense of historical tradition without becoming fossilized.
Becoming Marxist

Becoming Marxist

by Ted Stolze
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Marxism, to be truly relevant, must engage in constant critical encounter with contemporary ideas. Stolze shows us how to Become Marxist.
Marx's Economic Manuscript of 1864-1865

Marx's Economic Manuscript of 1864-1865

Edited by Fred Moseley
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With this volume, Marxist scholars can finally compare Engels’s Volume III with Marx’s original manuscript and evaluate the differences.

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