Books for changing the world
Archive of Dana Blanchard
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How Women Workers in Russia Sparked a Revolution
One of the greatest lessons the Russian state learned on March 8, 1917 was never to underestimate the women of Petrograd. On that fateful morning, International Women’s Day, women workers threw down their tools and walked out of the factories and into the streets.
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Zombie-labor and the 'Monstrous Outrages' of Capital
In this extract from Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism, David McNally explains how Marx's frequent summoning of monstrous figures dramatizes the processes whereby capital dehumanizes and sucks the blood from living labor. Happy Halloween!
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Women of the Barricades
Writing in the Guardian, pioneering British feminist Sheila Rowbotham named The Women Incendiaries by Edith Thomas in her top 10 radical history books.
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2016 highlights: 25% off for UK customers
25% off some of our 2016 highlights for UK customers until the end of December. Just in time for Christmas!
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Arundhati Roy to tour with her new novel: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
