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War, Racism and Economic Injustice, The Global Ravages of Capitalism, by Fidel Castro A damning analysis of the world economic and political order from one of the principal voices of the Third World.
Fidel Castro speaks to those who are demanding an alternative to the global ravages of capitalism: 'People used to talk about apartheid in South Africa.Today we could talk about apartheid throughout the world, where over four billion people are deprived of the most basic rights of all human beings.' MORE INFO |
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Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle Within these pages is flesh-and-blood understanding that the demand for reparations—justice, delayed and denied—is a component of a dynamic struggle for national liberation that has raged since mass kidnappings of millions of people from Africa, the holocaust of the Middle Passage and enslavement. MORE INFO |
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The Roots of Lesbian & Gay Oppression: A Marxist View This ground breaking pamphlet originally published as the Gay Question in 1976, during the first flush of the modern lesbian and gay movement. Its unparalleled achievement was to offer an historical analysis of when, where, why and how lesbian and gay oppression developed. MORE INFO |
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Frederick Engels Ever wonder why there is women’s oppression or why we have a system of private property? Engles traces the roots of oppression to the beginning, the historic overthrow of the matriarchy, the formation of the first "states" and the beginning of the first surpluses of food and supplies in human history.
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Introduction to Marx, Engels, Marxism by V.I. Lenin This little anthology of essays by Lenin serves as a brief introduction to the heritage and guiding ideas of Marxism. An excellent way to begin a life of learning and action to bring about meaningful social change.
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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Frederick Engels An excellent argument for anyone who thinks socialism sounds nice but is too idealistic. Engels describes socialism as the direct product of natural antagonisms existing between exploiting and exploited classes, taking socialism from the utopian realm and putting it into the scientific realm. MORE INFO |
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State and Revolution by V. I. Lenin Are the cops our friends, with just a "few bad apples" or are they part of a system of repression to maintain the status quo? This book answers the question of "why we can't just all get along!"
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Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed The book featured in Warren Beatty's film "Reds." Covering the decisive moment of the Bolshevik revolution, John Reed's first-hand portrayal is a classic of world revolutionary history. MORE INFO |
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Birth of the Communist Manifesto Edited, With Introduction by Dirk J. StruikThe Communist Manifesto appeared in February 1848. Although The Manifesto is over 150 years old, it is as invigorating and as topical as on the day it was written. To understand how the Communist Manifesto came to be written, you have to go back in history. This book contains that history, the text of the Communist Manifesto, all prefaces by Marx and Engels, early drafts by Engels, and other supplementary material. MORE INFO |
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Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by V. I. Lenin Some call it Globalization some call it Imperialism, whatever its name, its major characteristics are defined in this book written in 1916 by the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution, V.I. Lenin. A must-read for today's anti-globalization activists and revolutionaries. MORE INFO |
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Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit by Karl Marx Intimidated by Marx's Capital? Maybe start with these. Since their first appearance as separate brochures Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit have served as popular introductions to the study of political economy, each complementing the other.
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What Is To Be Done? Burning Questions of Our Movement by V.I. Lenin Why was Lenin a "Party animal" and what does that have to do with revolution? Check this one out!
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Manifesto: Three Classic Essays On How To Change The World If you are curious and open to the life around you, if you are troubled as to why, how and by whom political power is held and used, if you sense there must be good intellectual reasons for your unease, if your curiosity and openness drive you toward wishing to act with others, to "do something," you already have much in common with the writers of the three essays in this book.
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Market Elections: How Democracy Serves the Rich Every four years, big money chooses the presidential candidates. Their war chests filled to the brim, they are then packaged by the media as "the people's choice."
It's U.S.-style democracy-of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.
But how do these chosen politicians win the votes of the millions as well as the millionaires? MORE INFO |
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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels Of all the great classics in the treasury of Marxism, The Communist Manifesto unquestionably stands out as the most popular and widely read throughout the world. It presents the materialist conception of history in clear, brilliant language. The Manifesto's diagnosis of capitalist society is at the same time a prognosis of the destruction of capitalism at the hands of what the Manifesto calls the "grave diggers" of capitalism—the revolutionary proletariat. MORE INFO |
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The Bolsheviks and War by Sam Marcy What distinguished the Bolsheviks from the other parties in the Socialist International? Was Lenin's focus on building the party a distraction from the anti-war struggle—or a necessary part of it?Sam Marcy in this book reexamines questions long at issue in the progressive movement ... MORE INFO |
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Capitalism in Crisis: Globalization and World Politics Today Cuban President Fidel Castro adds his voice to the growing international chorus against neoliberalism and globalization. Castro also discusses the major trends in world politics, including NATO’s war in Yugoslavia, the U.S. "drug war" in Colombia and the current state of U.S.-Cuban relations.
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May Day: A Short History 1886 - 1996 This is the story of May Day, a holiday born in the U.S. a hundred years ago and since 1890 celebrated by working people the world over. In this short history, Philip Foner clarifies the dramatic origins of labor's May Day and recounts many highlights of May Day celebrations through the years. A history that continues to be written, in light of the millions strong immigrant rights marches on the first of May, 2006. MORE INFO |