Marxist Book Club - hosted by miajakobsen

Race, Politics, and Economy
Examining historical resistance, and other books you might consider classic Marxist texts. Also explores Indigeneity.
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Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

Robyn Maynard

292 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said

Culture and Imperialism

Edward W. Said

380 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race informative reflective medium-paced
The Skin We're in: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole

The Skin We're in: A Year of Black Resistance and Power

Desmond Cole

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire by Tim Harper

Underground Asia: Global Revolutionaries and the Assault on Empire

Tim Harper

864 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced
The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression by Tariq D. Khan

The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression

Tariq D. Khan

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017

Rashid Khalidi

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

9 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur Masalha

Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History

Nur Masalha

458 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights by Omar Barghouti

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights

Ultimate

Omar Barghouti

320 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction politics informative reflective slow-paced