50 Books like Except for Palestine

A Genocide Foretold

by Chris Hedges • 2025

Gaza: not a war but the predictable endpoint of settler colonialism, backed by American billions.

4.57

542

🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Palestinian Resistance 🇺🇸 US Foreign Policy ⚖️ Genocide Studies 📢 War Propaganda

A Genocide Foretold 97%

Gaza: not a war but the predictable endpoint of settler colonialism, backed by American billions.

by Chris Hedges 2025

4.57

542 ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Palestinian Resistance 🇺🇸 US Foreign Policy ⚖️ Genocide Studies 📢 War Propaganda

Gaza in Crisis

by Ilan Pappé • 2010

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

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2k+

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ One State Solution 📜 Revisionist History

Gaza in Crisis 96%

Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.

by Ilan Pappé 2010

4.15

2k+ ratings

📍 Israel-Palestine 💔 Nakba 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ One State Solution 📜 Revisionist History

Culture and Resistance

by Edward W. Said • 2003

Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.

4.10

419

🇵🇸 Palestinian History ⚔️ Israel Palestine 🗣️ Language And Power 📰 Media Criticism ✊ Cultural Resistance

Culture and Resistance 96%

Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.

by Edward W. Said 2003

4.10

419 ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian History ⚔️ Israel Palestine 🗣️ Language And Power 📰 Media Criticism ✊ Cultural Resistance

Palestine

by Jimmy Carter • 2006

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

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5k+

🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories 🔗 Us-Israel Relations 🌐 Liberal Internationalism

Palestine 96%

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

by Jimmy Carter 2006

3.92

5k+ ratings

🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories 🔗 Us-Israel Relations 🌐 Liberal Internationalism

Ten Myths About Israel

by Ilan Pappé • 2017

Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.

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6k+

🇵🇸 Israel-Palestine 🏴 Settler Colonialism 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ New Historians 🚨 Ethnic Cleansing

Ten Myths About Israel 96%

Ten founding myths of Israel, debunked: the land wasn't empty and the flight wasn't voluntary.

by Ilan Pappé 2017

4.40

6k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Israel-Palestine 🏴 Settler Colonialism 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏛️ New Historians 🚨 Ethnic Cleansing

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine

by Rashid Khalidi • 2020

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

4.49

36k+

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🪖 Military Occupation

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine 95%

Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.

by Rashid Khalidi 2020

4.49

36k+ ratings

🗺️ Settler Colonialism 🇵🇸 Palestinian History 💥 Ethnic Cleansing ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🪖 Military Occupation

Our Palestine Question

by Geoffrey Phillip Levin • 2023

Declassified files expose Israel's covert campaign to suppress American Jewish dissent on Palestine.

4.17

📜 American Jewish History 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🌐 Diaspora Politics 📢 Jewish Anti-Zionism ⚖️ Palestinian Rights

Our Palestine Question 95%

Declassified files expose Israel's covert campaign to suppress American Jewish dissent on Palestine.

by Geoffrey Phillip Levin 2023

4.17

99 ratings

📜 American Jewish History 🕊️ Israel-Palestine Conflict 🌐 Diaspora Politics 📢 Jewish Anti-Zionism ⚖️ Palestinian Rights

The Killing of Gaza

by Gideon Levy • 2024

October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.

4.21

178

🔥 Israeli Occupation 📰 War Journalism 🧱 Apartheid Critique 👁️ Dehumanization 🚨 Humanitarian Crisis

The Killing of Gaza 95%

October 7th was the price of a 75-year siege. The response: a nation's moral collapse.

by Gideon Levy 2024

4.21

178 ratings

🔥 Israeli Occupation 📰 War Journalism 🧱 Apartheid Critique 👁️ Dehumanization 🚨 Humanitarian Crisis

Goliath

by Max Blumenthal • 2012

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

4.26

843

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🎖️ Militarism

Goliath 95%

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

by Max Blumenthal 2012

4.26

843 ratings

🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🎖️ Militarism

The Other Side of Israel

by Susan Nathan • 2005

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

4.08

274

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening 🚧 Occupation Realities 🗝️ Nakba And Memory

The Other Side of Israel 94%

A Zionist settles among Israel's Arab citizens. What she discovers overturns a lifetime of belief.

by Susan Nathan 2005

4.08

274 ratings

🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔎 Post-Zionism 💡 Political Awakening 🚧 Occupation Realities 🗝️ Nakba And Memory

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

🕎 American Jewish History ⚖️ Zionism And Anti-Zionism 💡 Intellectual Dissent 🌏 Anticolonial Thought 🇵🇸 Palestinian Solidarity

The Threshold of Dissent 94%

American Jewish unity on Israel was never a consensus. It was enforced, and the critics erased.

by Marjorie Feld 2024

3.98

66 ratings

🕎 American Jewish History ⚖️ Zionism And Anti-Zionism 💡 Intellectual Dissent 🌏 Anticolonial Thought 🇵🇸 Palestinian Solidarity

Who Rules the World?

by Noam Chomsky • 2014

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

4.05

13k+

🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🔫 State Violence ☢️ Nuclear Threat

Who Rules the World? 94%

A superpower that tortures, invades, and sabotages democracy while the world calls it humanitarian.

by Noam Chomsky 2014

4.05

13k+ ratings

🏛️ American Empire 🕊️ Israel-Palestine 📢 Propaganda Analysis 🔫 State Violence ☢️ Nuclear Threat

The Least of All Possible Evils

by Eyal Weizman • 2012

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

4.19

224

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

The Least of All Possible Evils 94%

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

by Eyal Weizman 2012

4.19

224 ratings

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

Palestine

by Nur Masalha • 2018

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

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1k+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗑️ Cultural Erasure ✊ Indigenous Resistance

Palestine 94%

Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.

by Nur Masalha 2018

4.03

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Middle Eastern History 🏺 Ancient Palestine 🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗑️ Cultural Erasure ✊ Indigenous Resistance

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer • 2006

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

4.12

4k+

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict 📺 Media Influence 🎓 Realism

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy 94%

How a single interest group has reshaped U.S. Middle East policy, often against American interests.

by John J. Mearsheimer 2006

4.12

4k+ ratings

🌍 Foreign Policy 🤝 Political Lobbying ⚔️ Middle East Conflict 📺 Media Influence 🎓 Realism

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappé • 2006

Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.

4.55

11k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian History 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🌍 Ethnic Cleansing 🌍 Settler Colonialism 📚 Historical Revisionism

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 93%

Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.

by Ilan Pappé 2006

4.55

11k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian History 🇮🇱 Israeli History 🌍 Ethnic Cleansing 🌍 Settler Colonialism 📚 Historical Revisionism

On Democracies and Death Cults

by Douglas Murray • 2025

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

4.41

5k+

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare 🗣️ Political Polemic 🛡️ Counterterrorism

On Democracies and Death Cults 93%

Hamas filmed their massacre. The West protested Israel. The ideology that fuels both.

by Douglas Murray 2025

4.41

5k+ ratings

🌍 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 🔍 Anti-Semitism 🎯 Proxy Warfare 🗣️ Political Polemic 🛡️ Counterterrorism

The Palestine Laboratory

by Antony Loewenstein • 2023

Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.

4.43

3k+

🏭 Defense Industry 📡 Surveillance State 🧱 Border Militarization 🗺️ Ethnonationalism 🔫 Arms Trade

The Palestine Laboratory 93%

Palestine is a live testing ground. The weapons perfected there now police the world.

by Antony Loewenstein 2023

4.43

3k+ ratings

🏭 Defense Industry 📡 Surveillance State 🧱 Border Militarization 🗺️ Ethnonationalism 🔫 Arms Trade

The Palestinian Delusion

by Robert Spencer • 2019

The conflict is religious, not territorial. There is no solution, only management.

4.01

506

🕊️ Israel-Palestine 🏛️ Middle East Politics ☪️ Islam Criticism ⚔️ Religious Warfare 🔥 Jihad Ideology

The Palestinian Delusion 93%

The conflict is religious, not territorial. There is no solution, only management.

by Robert Spencer 2019

4.01

506 ratings

🕊️ Israel-Palestine 🏛️ Middle East Politics ☪️ Islam Criticism ⚔️ Religious Warfare 🔥 Jihad Ideology

I Shall Not Hate

by Izzeldin Abuelaish • 2010

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

4.32

8k+

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 💔 Grief And Forgiveness ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance

I Shall Not Hate 93%

A tank shell kills his daughters. Live on Israeli TV, a Palestinian doctor refuses to hate.

by Izzeldin Abuelaish 2010

4.32

8k+ ratings

🇵🇸 Palestinian Voices 🏕️ Refugee Memoirs 🕊️ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 💔 Grief And Forgiveness ✌️ Nonviolent Resistance

Power, Politics and Culture

by Edward W. Said • 2001

The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.

4.26

613

🏛️ Postcolonial Theory 🕌 Middle Eastern Politics 🗺️ Cultural Imperialism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals 📖 Literary Criticism

Power, Politics and Culture 93%

The scholar who revealed how Western learning became a tool of empire, in his own words.

by Edward W. Said 2001

4.26

613 ratings

🏛️ Postcolonial Theory 🕌 Middle Eastern Politics 🗺️ Cultural Imperialism 🎙️ Public Intellectuals 📖 Literary Criticism

The Great War for Civilisation

by Robert Fisk • 2005

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

4.41

6k+

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

The Great War for Civilisation 93%

One reporter's fifty-year witness to the West's century-long war on the Middle East.

by Robert Fisk 2005

4.41

6k+ ratings

🌍 Modern Middle East 🎤 Conflict Reporting 🎯 Western Intervention 👀 War Witnessing 🏛️ Imperial Legacy

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

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

The Silenced Majority 92%

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

by Amy Goodman 2012

4.06

251 ratings

📻 Independent Media 📺 Media Criticism 🔍 Investigative Journalism ✊ Grassroots Movements 💸 Economic Inequality

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 92%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Notes on Resistance

by Noam Chomsky • 2022

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

4.30

405

🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

Notes on Resistance 92%

Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.

by Noam Chomsky 2022

4.30

405 ratings

🌍 Us Foreign Policy 🏛️ American Politics ✊ Political Resistance 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📰 Media Criticism

The Muslims Are Coming!

by Arun Kundnani • 2014

The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.

4.33

601

🛡️ Counterterrorism Policy ⚖️ Muslim Civil Rights 🔍 Islamophobia Studies 👁️ State Surveillance 🎯 Racial Profiling

The Muslims Are Coming! 92%

The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.

by Arun Kundnani 2014

4.33

601 ratings

🛡️ Counterterrorism Policy ⚖️ Muslim Civil Rights 🔍 Islamophobia Studies 👁️ State Surveillance 🎯 Racial Profiling

The Management of Savagery

by Max Blumenthal • 2019

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

4.29

807

🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change 📢 War Propaganda ☪️ Political Islam

The Management of Savagery 92%

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

by Max Blumenthal 2019

4.29

807 ratings

🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change 📢 War Propaganda ☪️ Political Islam

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

4.02

996

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories 92%

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

by Nesrine Malik 2021

4.02

996 ratings

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

The Drone Eats with Me

by Atef Abu Saif • 2015

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

4.40

452

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

The Drone Eats with Me 92%

War from the kitchen table: Gazan father's diary of feeding his family while the bombs fall.

by Atef Abu Saif 2015

4.40

452 ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Memoir 📓 War Diaries ⛓️ Occupation Literature 🛸 Drone Warfare 🛡️ Civilian Survival

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

by Walter Russell Mead • 2004

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

3.67

108

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace

Power, Terror, Peace, and War 92%

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

by Walter Russell Mead 2004

3.67

108 ratings

🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace

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

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

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

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

No Is Not Enough

by Naomi Klein • 2017

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

4.10

11k+

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

No Is Not Enough 92%

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

by Naomi Klein 2017

4.10

11k+ ratings

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

Static

by Amy Goodman • 2006

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

4.05

384

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Static 92%

When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.

by Amy Goodman 2006

4.05

384 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🤫 Government Secrecy 📢 Whistleblowing

Rise

by Brigitte Gabriel • 2018

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

4.31

100

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

Rise 92%

Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.

by Brigitte Gabriel 2018

4.31

100 ratings

🏛️ Judeo-Christian Values ⚔️ Islamic Radicalism 🗽 Immigration Policy 🤐 Political Correctness 🗣️ Free Speech Defense

The Arab Uprising

by Marc Lynch • 2012

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

3.65

246

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☪️ Islamist Movements 🕊️ Civil Resistance

The Arab Uprising 92%

Arab youth, armed with TV and social media, toppled dictators. Then the counterrevolution began.

by Marc Lynch 2012

3.65

246 ratings

✊ Arab Spring 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☪️ Islamist Movements 🕊️ Civil Resistance

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

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

Red Skin, White Masks 92%

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014

4.46

941 ratings

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

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.

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🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🏭 Class Consciousness

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train Summary

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train 92%

History never stops, and silence is a political act: a memoir of war, racism, and radicalization.

by Howard Zinn 1994

4.34

4k+ ratings

🚩 American Leftism ✊ Civil Disobedience ☮️ Anti-War Activism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🏭 Class Consciousness

Jews Don't Count

by David Baddiel • 2021

When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.

4.19

13k+

🧩 Progressive Blind Spots 💬 Anti-Semitism Debate 🎬 Jewish Representation 💔 Selective Empathy 📺 Media Criticism

Jews Don't Count 92%

When progressives list the oppressed, Jews get left off. A progressive insider asks why.

by David Baddiel 2021

4.19

13k+ ratings

🧩 Progressive Blind Spots 💬 Anti-Semitism Debate 🎬 Jewish Representation 💔 Selective Empathy 📺 Media Criticism

Rogue State

by William Blum • 2000

The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.

3.97

926

🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy 🦅 American Imperialism 🕵️ Covert Operations 📢 Propaganda Critique 💣 Military Intervention

Rogue State 92%

The world's leading democracy has overthrown forty governments since 1945, calling it freedom.

by William Blum 2000

3.97

926 ratings

🏛️ U.S. Foreign Policy 🦅 American Imperialism 🕵️ Covert Operations 📢 Propaganda Critique 💣 Military Intervention

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+

📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

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

📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

Propaganda and the Public Mind

by Noam Chomsky • 1998

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

4.06

1k+

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

Propaganda and the Public Mind 92%

How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.

by Noam Chomsky 1998

4.06

1k+ ratings

📡 Propaganda Studies 🎙️ Media Criticism 🧠 Mass Persuasion 🗣️ Doublespeak 🏛️ State Capture

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp • 1993

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

3.83

2k+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence 🏗️ Movement Building 🏛️ Civil Society

From Dictatorship to Democracy 92%

Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.

by Gene Sharp 1993

3.83

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance 🗳️ Democracy Movements 📊 Strategic Nonviolence 🏗️ Movement Building 🏛️ Civil Society

Undoing Border Imperialism

by Harsha Walia • 2013

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

4.51

525

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Prison-Industrial Complex 👷 Migrant Labor

Undoing Border Imperialism 92%

Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.

by Harsha Walia 2013

4.51

525 ratings

🚫 Border Abolition ✊ Migrant Justice 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Prison-Industrial Complex 👷 Migrant Labor

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+

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 91%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

"They Take Our Jobs!"

by Aviva Chomsky • 2007

We blame immigrants for problems that trade deals and colonial extraction actually created.

4.06

623

📋 Immigration Policy 🚧 Border Militarization 🌍 Global Inequality ⛓️ Labor Exploitation 🪜 Racial Hierarchies

"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

📋 Immigration Policy 🚧 Border Militarization 🌍 Global Inequality ⛓️ Labor Exploitation 🪜 Racial Hierarchies

Against the Web

by Michael Brooks • 2020

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

4.10

2k+

🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

Against the Web 91%

Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.

by Michael Brooks 2020

4.10

2k+ ratings

🐘 Right-Wing Ideology 💻 Internet Intellectuals 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Socialist Critique 🏭 Economic Democracy

Against White Feminism

by Rafia Zakaria • 2021

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

4.30

5k+

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Against White Feminism 91%

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

by Rafia Zakaria 2021

4.30

5k+ ratings

🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • 2016

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

4.47

2k+

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 91%

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016

4.47

2k+ ratings

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

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+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

This Is an Uprising 91%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

Imperial Hubris

by Michael Scheuer • 2004

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

3.81

2k+

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics 🕌 Islamist Movements 🌐 Realist Foreign Policy

Imperial Hubris 91%

Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.

by Michael Scheuer 2004

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎯 Counterterrorism ⚔️ Counterinsurgency 🔥 Blowback Politics 🕌 Islamist Movements 🌐 Realist Foreign Policy

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