Bhaskar Sunkara Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Bhaskar Sunkara is an editor, author, and president of The Nation. President @thenation, founding editor @jacobin, democratic socialist.

The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives
Adolph L. Reed
I would really recommend that people read Adolph Reed’s ... [The South] ... It’s a really excellent discussion about contemporary politics, about also his past growing up in the Jim Crow South, and how it informs his current political worldview.
Paperback, 2025
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Socialism: Past and Future
Michael Harrington
Nick Serpe in the latest @DissentMag concludes his essay with a reminder of why the socialist vision is still so vital. "Socialism offers us, and everyone we hope to inspire and organize, 'not simply a legislative shopping list,' as Michael Harrington once wrote, 'but a vision.'"
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Orientalism
Edward W. Said
As the Left gathers its intellectual resources once again and takes up the challenge of confronting imperial power, an engagement with Edward Said’s Orientalism has to be high on its agenda. https://t.co/EH7JJxxVEg
Paperback, 1979
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Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution
Woody Holton
Eric Foner reviews Woody Holton's "Liberty Is Sweet" and discusses "The Many American Revolutions." https://t.co/2WuMzA5Kn3
Paperback, 2022
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The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon
RT @DukeAAAS: "The Wretched of the Earth is Frantz Fanon’s most radical and influential book: it expresses the contradictions and revolutio…
Paperback, 2021
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Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It
Vivek Chibber
Vivek Chibber's "Confronting Capitalism" book from the Jacobin Series got a nice shoutout in the Times today. https://t.co/IgodXF2uji
Paperback, 2022
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A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
RT @HondaWang: A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn The Socialist Manifesto - Bhaskar Sunkara Bigger Than Bernie - Meagan…
Paperback, 2015
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The ABC of Communism
Nikolai Bukharin
Capitalism was only interested in the protection of public health in so far as this was necessary for its own safety. — Nikolai Bukharin and Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, The ABC of Communism, 1919
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