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Book Cover for: How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney
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our side rant about global land justice issues, the institution of capital flight, and my rant on How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney is worth it if I do say so myself https://t.co/zLpTzZROV8

Paperback, 2018

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge, Paul Preston

The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge

Paul Preston
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if you read four books on the spanish civil war and none of them are by Paul Preston, you fucked up https://t.co/s3jbR8R2Sk

Paperback, 2007

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation, Peter Gelderloos

Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation

Peter Gelderloos
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read Seeing Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain by James C Scott, Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation by @PeterGelderloos, and if you have the time, The Dawn of Everything by @davidwengrow and David Graeber, just to get why

Paperback, 2017

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom, Yochai Benkler

The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

Yochai Benkler
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@MagicofAzi @joinzo Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks

Paperback, 2007

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia, James C. Scott

The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia

James C. Scott
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read Seeing Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain by James C Scott, Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation by @PeterGelderloos, and if you have the time, The Dawn of Everything by @davidwengrow and David Graeber, just to get why

Paperback, 2010

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, David Graeber

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

David Graeber
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read Seeing Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain by James C Scott, Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation by @PeterGelderloos, and if you have the time, The Dawn of Everything by @davidwengrow and David Graeber, just to get why

Paperback, 2023

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Operating System: An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State, Eric Laursen

The Operating System: An Anarchist Theory of the Modern State

Eric Laursen
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If you thought The Network State was good I implore you to read _The Operating System: an Anarchist Theory of the Modern State_ so that you get an actual understanding of what you’re up against “Up against” is the operative phrase here https://t.co/iQcGffelEs

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, James C. Scott

Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

James C. Scott
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read Seeing Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain by James C Scott, Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation by @PeterGelderloos, and if you have the time, The Dawn of Everything by @davidwengrow and David Graeber, just to get why

Paperback, 2020

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel Van Der Kolk
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Bessel Van Der Kolk and his work _The Body Keeps The Score_), and he had one feature that made him a great conversationalist but also explains a lot about why he was able to create and sustain cultish movements beyond critique he was a big "yes, and" guy because he was so

Paperback, 2015

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States, James C. Scott

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

James C. Scott
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read Seeing Like a State, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain by James C Scott, Worshiping Power: An Anarchist View of Early State Formation by @PeterGelderloos, and if you have the time, The Dawn of Everything by @davidwengrow and David Graeber, just to get why

Paperback, 2018

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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