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On Anarchism
The essential primer to the political theory of the thinker the New York Times deemed “arguably the most important intellectual alive”
Prison by Any Other Name
A crucial indictment of widely embraced “alternatives to incarceration” that exposes how many of these new approaches actually widen the net of punishment and surveillance
Usual Cruelty
From an award-winning civil rights lawyer, a profound challenge to our society’s normalization of the caging of human beings, and the role of the legal profession in perpetuating it
A Dangerous Woman
The anarchist and radical hero Emma Goldman, brought to vivid life in a graphic biography by an acclaimed artist with a foreword by Alice Wexler
The New Jim Crow
A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—“one of the most influential books of the past 20 years,” according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author
Hypercapitalism
From the bestselling cartoonist of The Cartoon History of the Universe comes an explosive takedown of capitalism
Strangers in Their Own Land
The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump
Stayin’ Alive
Winner of the 2011 Merle Curti award, an epic account that recasts the 1970s as the key turning point in modern U.S. history, from the renowned historian
A History of America in Ten Strikes
An “entertaining, tough-minded, and strenuously argued” (The Nation) account of ten moments when workers fought to change the balance of power in America
The Essential Chomsky
In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world’s leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his eightieth birthday
Not a Crime to Be Poor
Winner of a special Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the book that Evicted author Matthew Desmond calls “a powerful investigation into the ways the United States has addressed poverty. . . lucid and troubling”
Inventing Latinos
A timely and groundbreaking argument that all Americans must grapple with Latinos’ dynamic racial identity—because it impacts everything we think we know about race in America
The Chomsky-Foucault Debate
Two of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers debate a perennial question
Lies My Teacher Told Me
A new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award winner, with a new preface by the author
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young Readers’ Edition
Now adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18, the national bestseller that makes real American history come alive in all of its conflict, drama, and complexity
When We Fight, We Win!
Real stories of hard-fought battles for social change, with clear lessons and tips for activists to build powerful movements
Cutting School
A “powerful analysis of racism, segregation, poverty” (Diane Ravitch) and a timely indictment of the privatization—and profitability—of separate and unequal schools
Murder in the Garment District
The thrilling and true account of racketeering and union corruption in mid-century New York, when unions and the mob were locked in a power struggle that reverberates to this day
Blood on the River
A breathtakingly original work of history that uncovers a massive enslaved persons’ revolt that almost changed the face of the Americas