Books

• Alexander Shlyapnikov, 1885-1937

  by Barbara C. Allen

  The first biography—in any language—of Alexander Shlyapnikov, a leader and founder, along with Kollontai, of the Workers’ Opposition.
• Alexandra Kollontai

  by Cathy Porter

  Kollotai was a brilliant and passionate defender of the ideals of the Russian revolution and women's liberation.
• 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...
• Always on Strike

  by Arnold Stead

  A history of the Industrial Workers of the World's golden years as lived by one of its guiding lights.
  

• The Bending Cross

  by Ray Ginger

  The classic biography of Debs, one of the most important thinkers and activists in US.
• 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...
• Communist Insurgent

  by Doug Enaa Greene

  This book discusses the life and political activity of French Communist Louis-Auguste Blanqui and the problems of his political current.
• The Dispossessed

  by Aviva Chomsky and Alfredo Molano

  The stories of ordinary Colombians displaced by war who are struggling, with dignity, to live.

• Exile

  Edited by Nagesh Rao

  Indonesia's most celebrated writer speaks out against tyranny and injustice in a young and troubled nation.
• George Orwell Illustrated

  by David Smith

  George Orwell’s story told in full, with a light touch and copious illustrations
• A Great and Terrible World

  by Antonio Gramsci

  This edition of letters by Antonio Gramsci vividly evokes the 'great and terrible world' in which he lived.
• I Am Troy Davis

  by Troy Davis, Martina Davis-Correia, et al.

  A riveting eyewitness account of the Davis family's courageous struggle against America's flawed criminal justice system.
  

• 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.
• A James Connolly Reader

  by James Connolly

  A stirring collection of James Connolly's most important speeches and writing.
• The John Carlos Story

  by John Wesley Carlos and Dave Zirin

  John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.
  
• Karl Marx

  by Karl Korsch

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

• Leon Trotsky

  by Tariq Ali

  This illustrated introduction's irreverent cartoons will amuse readers, and surprise them with its sophisticated portrait of Trotsky's life and works.
• The Letters of Joe Hill

  by Joe Hill

  The legend of Joe Hill, brought to life through his letters, songs, and writings.
• Life and Death of Leon Trotsky

  by Natalia Ivanovna Sedova and Victor Serge

  A biography of Leon Trotsky by two of his close friends and collaborators
• Lucy Parsons

  by Carolyn Ashbaugh

  The life and times of Lucy Parsons, early American radical and labor organizer, told definitively here.

• 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.
• Marxism in a Lost Century

  by Gary Roth

  The first political and intellectual biography of the founder of the American version of council communism, Paul Mattick
• Mayor 1%

  by Kari Lydersen

  Lydersen lambasts Chicago's nationally recognized mayor for his obedient endorsement of the devastating austerity agenda set forth by the one-percent.