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Book Cover for: Owning the Future: Power and Property in an Age of Crisis, Mathew Lawrence

Owning the Future: Power and Property in an Age of Crisis

Mathew Lawrence
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Read an excerpt in @lithub from Owning the Future: Power and Property in an Age of Crisis by @adribuller and @DantonsHead https://t.co/32VZeB2hR8

Hardcover, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Paradise Rot, Jenny Hval

Paradise Rot

Jenny Hval
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FRIDAY 10/12 at 7pm @POWERHOUSEArena in Brooklyn: Book Launch of Paradise Rot by Norwegian musician and author Jenny Hval — in conversation with Chelsea Hogue https://www.facebook.com/events/217397112386684/ https://t.co/DW0A0YAFNW

Paperback, 2024

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Leave the World Behind, Rumaan Alam

Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam
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"A dreamy account of one heady summer.. it's an intoxicating book, at once heartbreaking and joyful" - Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind on @marlowetatiana's HAPPY HOUR https://www.versobooks.com/books/3843-happy-hour https://t.co/F1kjDdjR7m

Paperback, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism, Phil Jones

Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism

Phil Jones
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"Let Phil Jones be your guide to the darkest underbelly of work under digitized capitalism!"—@sarahljaffe Download Work Without The Worker by @philjones7771 for FREE until Sunday 18th Sep!

Hardcover, 2021

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?, Brett Christophers

Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?

Brett Christophers
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“A fascinating contribution to the debate on the changing face of British capitalism.” – @graceblakeley Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? by Brett Christophers is out now in paperback!

Paperback, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Family Lexicon, Natalia Ginzburg

Family Lexicon

Natalia Ginzburg
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“It’s true.” sighs Lidia Levy in Natalia Ginzburg’s autobiographical novel Family Lexicon, “If Stalin came to take away my maid, I’d kill him”.

Paperback, 2017

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Paths of Revolution: Selected Essays, Adolfo Gilly

Paths of Revolution: Selected Essays

Adolfo Gilly
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The first English-language anthology of one of Latin America’s pre-eminent Marxist writers. Adolfo Gilly's Paths of Revolution is out now!

Paperback, 2022

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Rising of the Women: Feminist Solidarity and Class Conflict, 1880-1917, Meredith Tax

The Rising of the Women: Feminist Solidarity and Class Conflict, 1880-1917

Meredith Tax
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Verso editor Jessie Kindig remembers socialist feminist activist and author Meredith Tax, and we reprint the 2021 introduction to Tax's classic of socialist feminist labor history, The Rising of the Women.

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia, Ilya Budraitskis

Dissidents Among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia

Ilya Budraitskis
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We're so excited to share that Dissidents among Dissidents by Ilya Budraitskis has been shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize! Grab it at 40% off!

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Is Socialism Possible in Britain?: Reflections on the Corbyn Years, Andrew Murray

Is Socialism Possible in Britain?: Reflections on the Corbyn Years

Andrew Murray
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How do we build a socialist society? Grab a bunch of ebooks that explore just that - all 60% off! Including Our Bloc by @schneiderhome and Is Socialism Possible in Britain by Andrew Murray.

Paperback, 2022

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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