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Central America's Forgotten History
by Aviva Chomsky • 2021
Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.
4.06
518
Central America's Forgotten History Summary
Central America's Forgotten History 93%
Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.
by Aviva Chomsky 2021
4.06
518 ratings
Back on the Road (Otra Vez)
by Ernesto Che Guevara • 2000
Guatemala fell while he watched. In Mexico, Castro asked him to join a revolution.
3.72
861
Back on the Road (Otra Vez) Summary
Back on the Road (Otra Vez) 93%
Guatemala fell while he watched. In Mexico, Castro asked him to join a revolution.
by Ernesto Che Guevara 2000
3.72
861 ratings
Mexico
by enrique-krauze • 1997
Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.
4.27
659
Mexico Summary
Mexico 93%
Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.
by enrique-krauze 1997
4.27
659 ratings
LatinoLand
by Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
4.31
610
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand 92%
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
by Marie Arana 2024
4.31
610 ratings
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
4.12
188
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 92%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn • 1980
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
4.09
268k+
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States 92%
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
by Howard Zinn 1980
4.09
268k+ ratings
America's Social Arsonist
by Gabriel Thompson • 2016
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
4.54
50
America's Social Arsonist Summary
America's Social Arsonist 91%
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
by Gabriel Thompson 2016
4.54
50 ratings
La Guerra De Los Zetas
by Diego Enrique Osorno • 2012
A president's personal war made military deserters the deadliest cartel and normalized mass killing.
3.88
145
La Guerra De Los Zetas Summary
La Guerra De Los Zetas 91%
A president's personal war made military deserters the deadliest cartel and normalized mass killing.
by Diego Enrique Osorno 2012
3.88
145 ratings
Why David Sometimes Wins
by Marshall Ganz • 2008
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
3.99
177
Why David Sometimes Wins Summary
Why David Sometimes Wins 91%
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
by Marshall Ganz 2008
3.99
177 ratings
Vanishing Frontiers
by Andrew Selee • 2018
While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.
3.88
129
Vanishing Frontiers Summary
Vanishing Frontiers 91%
While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.
by Andrew Selee 2018
3.88
129 ratings
Choice Theory
by William Glasser • 1999
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
4.01
4k+
Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory 91%
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
by William Glasser 1999
4.01
4k+ ratings
"They Take Our Jobs!"
by Aviva Chomsky • 2007
We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.
4.06
623
"They Take Our Jobs!" Summary
"They Take Our Jobs!" 91%
We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.
by Aviva Chomsky 2007
4.06
623 ratings
Mexifornia
by Victor Davis Hanson • 2003
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
3.93
760
Mexifornia Summary
Mexifornia 91%
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
by Victor Davis Hanson 2003
3.93
760 ratings
Let Me Speak
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara • 1978
Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.
4.25
424
Let Me Speak Summary
Let Me Speak 91%
Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.
by Domitila Barrios de Chungara 1978
4.25
424 ratings
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
by Howard Zinn • 1994
History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.
4.34
4k+
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train 91%
History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.
by Howard Zinn 1994
4.34
4k+ ratings
Fire and Blood
by T.R. Fehrenbach • 1973
Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.
3.93
662
Fire and Blood Summary
Fire and Blood 91%
Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.
by T.R. Fehrenbach 1973
3.93
662 ratings
How the South Won the Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
4.31
5k+
How the South Won the Civil War Summary
How the South Won the Civil War 91%
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2020
4.31
5k+ ratings
I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu
by Rigoberta Menchú • 1984
Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.
3.86
7k+
I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu Summary
I, Rigoberta Menchu / Who Is Rigoberta Menchu? by Rigoberta Menchu 91%
Her brother was tortured. She learned Spanish and the Bible to build a peasant uprising.
by Rigoberta Menchú 1984
3.86
7k+ ratings
Undoing Border Imperialism
by Harsha Walia • 2013
Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.
4.51
525
Undoing Border Imperialism Summary
Undoing Border Imperialism 91%
Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.
by Harsha Walia 2013
4.51
525 ratings
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
by Daniel Hernandez • 2011
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
3.61
657
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Summary
Down and Delirious in Mexico City 90%
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
by Daniel Hernandez 2011
3.61
657 ratings
Fifth Sun
by Camilla Townsend • 2019
They saw steel, horses, and smallpox, not gods. The Aztec annals rewrite their own conquest.
4.08
6k+
Fifth Sun Summary
Fifth Sun 90%
They saw steel, horses, and smallpox, not gods. The Aztec annals rewrite their own conquest.
by Camilla Townsend 2019
4.08
6k+ ratings
Midnight in Mexico
by Alfredo Corchado • 2013
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
3.78
2k+
Midnight in Mexico Summary
Midnight in Mexico 90%
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
by Alfredo Corchado 2013
3.78
2k+ ratings
The Threshold of Dissent
by Marjorie Feld • 2024
American Jewish unity on Israel was never a consensus. It was enforced, and the critics erased.
3.98
66
The Threshold of Dissent Summary
The Threshold of Dissent 90%
American Jewish unity on Israel was never a consensus. It was enforced, and the critics erased.
by Marjorie Feld 2024
3.98
66 ratings
Forgotten Continent
by Michael Reid • 2007
The underachieving region that may decide the future of democratic capitalism worldwide.
3.89
767
Forgotten Continent Summary
Forgotten Continent 90%
The underachieving region that may decide the future of democratic capitalism worldwide.
by Michael Reid 2007
3.89
767 ratings
Los mitos que nos dieron traumas
by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui • 2012
Mexico's trauma isn't the conquest. It's refusing to admit that day was its birth.
3.95
1k+
Los mitos que nos dieron traumas Summary
Los mitos que nos dieron traumas 90%
Mexico's trauma isn't the conquest. It's refusing to admit that day was its birth.
by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui 2012
3.95
1k+ ratings
They Came Before Columbus
by Ivan Van Sertima • 2003
Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.
4.46
3k+
They Came Before Columbus Summary
They Came Before Columbus 90%
Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.
by Ivan Van Sertima 2003
4.46
3k+ ratings
Demanding the Impossible
by Peter H. Marshall • 1992
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
4.12
1k+
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible 90%
Self-rule predates the state. Anarchist thought from ancient Taoism to the modern era.
by Peter H. Marshall 1992
4.12
1k+ ratings
The Undocumented Americans
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2020
After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.
4.37
28k+
The Undocumented Americans Summary
The Undocumented Americans 90%
After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020
4.37
28k+ ratings
Amexica
by Ed Vulliamy • 2010
Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.
3.86
649
Amexica Summary
Amexica 90%
Drugs north, guns south: the border is its own nation, and the cartels are its government.
by Ed Vulliamy 2010
3.86
649 ratings
A Renegade History of the United States
by Thaddeus Russell • 2010
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
3.81
2k+
A Renegade History of the United States Summary
A Renegade History of the United States 90%
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
by Thaddeus Russell 2010
3.81
2k+ ratings
Killing Hope
by William Blum • 1995
For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.
4.27
2k+
Killing Hope Summary
Killing Hope 90%
For forty years, the CIA overthrew governments across the globe. The full ledger is in one book.
by William Blum 1995
4.27
2k+ ratings
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
by Barbara E. Mundy • 2015
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
4.11
71
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City Summary
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City 90%
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
by Barbara E. Mundy 2015
4.11
71 ratings
A Fish in the Water
by Mario Vargas Llosa • 1993
Peru, 1990. A novelist campaigns for president while the boy who discovered books haunts his memory.
4.02
1k+
A Fish in the Water Summary
A Fish in the Water 90%
Peru, 1990. A novelist campaigns for president while the boy who discovered books haunts his memory.
by Mario Vargas Llosa 1993
4.02
1k+ ratings
This Is an Uprising
by Mark Engler • 2016
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
4.20
1k+
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising 90%
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
by Mark Engler 2016
4.20
1k+ ratings
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 90%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
Red Skin, White Masks
by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
4.46
941
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks 90%
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
Days of Rage
by Bryan Burrough • 2015
Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.
3.98
3k+
Days of Rage Summary
Days of Rage 90%
Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.
by Bryan Burrough 2015
3.98
3k+ ratings
The Republic for Which It Stands
by Richard White • 2017
America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.
4.16
2k+
The Republic for Which It Stands Summary
The Republic for Which It Stands 90%
America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.
by Richard White 2017
4.16
2k+ ratings
Los señores del narco
by Anabel Hernández • 2010
Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.
4.04
2k+
Los señores del narco Summary
Los señores del narco 90%
Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.
by Anabel Hernández 2010
4.04
2k+ ratings
Conquistador
by Buddy Levy • 2008
An emperor greeted invaders as gods. A woman translated their words. A virus did the rest.
4.31
5k+
Conquistador Summary
Conquistador 90%
An emperor greeted invaders as gods. A woman translated their words. A virus did the rest.
by Buddy Levy 2008
4.31
5k+ ratings
Unhumans
by Jack Posobiec • 2024
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
3.99
1k+
Unhumans Summary
Unhumans 90%
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
by Jack Posobiec 2024
3.99
1k+ ratings
Red Nation Rising
by Nick Estes • 2021
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
4.38
159
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising 90%
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
by Nick Estes 2021
4.38
159 ratings
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 90%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
Consequences of Capitalism
by Noam Chomsky • 2020
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
4.33
2k+
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism 90%
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
by Noam Chomsky 2020
4.33
2k+ ratings
The Silenced Majority
by Amy Goodman • 2012
The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.
4.06
251
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority 90%
The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.
by Amy Goodman 2012
4.06
251 ratings
The Age of Entitlement
by Christopher Caldwell • 2020
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
4.04
2k+
The Age of Entitlement Summary
The Age of Entitlement 90%
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
by Christopher Caldwell 2020
4.04
2k+ ratings
Black Folk
by Blair L.M. Kelley • 2023
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
4.49
417
Black Folk Summary
Black Folk 90%
Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.
by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023
4.49
417 ratings
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane • 2011
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
4.15
434
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House 90%
Enslaved laborers built the White House. The racial reckoning inside its walls has never stopped.
by Clarence Lusane 2011
4.15
434 ratings
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky • 2022
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
4.30
405
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance 90%
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
by Noam Chomsky 2022
4.30
405 ratings
Static
by Amy Goodman • 2006
When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.
4.05
384
Static Summary
Static 90%
When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.
by Amy Goodman 2006
4.05
384 ratings
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