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Bhaskar Sunkara Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Bhaskar Sunkara is an editor, author, and president of The Nation. President @thenation, founding editor @jacobin, democratic socialist.

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Book Cover for: The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives, Adolph L. Reed

The South: Jim Crow and Its Afterlives

Adolph L. Reed
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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

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Socialism: Past and Future, Michael Harrington

Socialism: Past and Future

Michael Harrington
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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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Book Cover for: Orientalism, Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said
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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

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution, Woody Holton

Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution

Woody Holton
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Eric Foner reviews Woody Holton's "Liberty Is Sweet" and discusses "The Many American Revolutions." https://t.co/2WuMzA5Kn3

Paperback, 2022

$23.99$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon
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RT @DukeAAAS: "The Wretched of the Earth is Frantz Fanon’s most radical and influential book: it expresses the contradictions and revolutio…

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It, Vivek Chibber

Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It

Vivek Chibber
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Vivek Chibber's "Confronting Capitalism" book from the Jacobin Series got a nice shoutout in the Times today. https://t.co/IgodXF2uji

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn
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RT @HondaWang: A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn The Socialist Manifesto - Bhaskar Sunkara Bigger Than Bernie - Meagan…

Paperback, 2015

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The ABC of Communism, Nikolai Bukharin

The ABC of Communism

Nikolai Bukharin
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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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