50 Books like To Catch a Fascist

The Hate Next Door

by Matson Browning • 2023

An undercover cop infiltrates white supremacy. The scariest part: how ordinary it looks.

4.16

577

🕳️ White Supremacy 🕵️ Undercover Investigation 🧠 Radicalization ⚖️ Law Enforcement Critique ✊ Antiracist Activism

The Hate Next Door 95%

An undercover cop infiltrates white supremacy. The scariest part: how ordinary it looks.

by Matson Browning 2023

4.16

577 ratings

🕳️ White Supremacy 🕵️ Undercover Investigation 🧠 Radicalization ⚖️ Law Enforcement Critique ✊ Antiracist Activism

How to Stop Fascism

by Paul Mason • 2021

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

4.05

390

🏛️ History Of Fascism ⚡ Far-Right Ideology 🧠 Ideological Analysis 💻 Online Radicalization 🕸️ Conspiracy Theories

How to Stop Fascism 95%

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

by Paul Mason 2021

4.05

390 ratings

🏛️ History Of Fascism ⚡ Far-Right Ideology 🧠 Ideological Analysis 💻 Online Radicalization 🕸️ Conspiracy Theories

Bloody Nasty People

by Daniel Trilling • 2012

The far right didn't storm the gates. Mainstream politicians opened them, one dog whistle at a time.

3.88

143

🗳️ Far-Right Politics ✊ Anti-Fascism 🎯 Dog-Whistle Politics 🎭 Cultural Racism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing

Bloody Nasty People 94%

The far right didn't storm the gates. Mainstream politicians opened them, one dog whistle at a time.

by Daniel Trilling 2012

3.88

143 ratings

🗳️ Far-Right Politics ✊ Anti-Fascism 🎯 Dog-Whistle Politics 🎭 Cultural Racism 🌱 Grassroots Organizing

Going Mainstream

by Julia Ebner • 2023

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

3.74

468

💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 📰 Disinformation ⚔️ Culture Wars

Going Mainstream 93%

How extremist ideas conquered the mainstream, one online subculture at a time.

by Julia Ebner 2023

3.74

468 ratings

💻 Online Radicalization ⚡ Far-Right Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Theories 📰 Disinformation ⚔️ Culture Wars

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 93%

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

Disaster Nationalism

by Richard Seymour • 2024

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

4.06

597

🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

Disaster Nationalism 93%

The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.

by Richard Seymour 2024

4.06

597 ratings

🏴 Far-Right Politics 💻 Digital Extremism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 💼 Neoliberal Critique 🔗 Online Radicalization

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 93%

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

Meme Wars

by Joan Donovan • 2022

From Gamergate to the Capitol riot: how the web's design builds the road to radicalization.

3.98

483

🕸️ Online Radicalization ⚔️ Culture Wars 🐸 Meme Culture 🎭 Media Manipulation 👁️ Conspiracy Theories

Meme Wars 93%

From Gamergate to the Capitol riot: how the web's design builds the road to radicalization.

by Joan Donovan 2022

3.98

483 ratings

🕸️ Online Radicalization ⚔️ Culture Wars 🐸 Meme Culture 🎭 Media Manipulation 👁️ Conspiracy Theories

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

4.21

1k+

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 93%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

Butler

by Salena Zito • 2025

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

4.32

1k+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Butler 93%

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

by Salena Zito 2025

4.32

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Unhumans

by Jack Posobiec • 2024

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

3.99

1k+

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Unhumans 93%

The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.

by Jack Posobiec 2024

3.99

1k+ ratings

📜 Communist History ⚔️ Political Warfare 🚫 Anti-Communism 🚮 Cancel Culture 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Devil's Bargain

by Joshua Green • 2017

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

3.80

6k+

🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Devil's Bargain 93%

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

by Joshua Green 2017

3.80

6k+ ratings

🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 93%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

A Fever in the Heartland

by Timothy Egan • 2023

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

4.35

50k+

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

A Fever in the Heartland 93%

In 1920s Indiana, the Klan was the law. One woman's dying declaration exposed the regime.

by Timothy Egan 2023

4.35

50k+ ratings

👻 Klan History 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔪 True Crime History 📰 Exposé Journalism ⚖️ Legal Reckoning

On Fascism

by Matthew C. Macwilliams • 2020

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

3.96

738

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

On Fascism 93%

Forty percent of Americans carry latent authoritarianism, waiting for fear to flip the switch.

by Matthew C. Macwilliams 2020

3.96

738 ratings

🏛️ American Politics 📏 Authoritarian Personality 😨 Fear-Based Politics 🏚️ Democratic Erosion ⚖️ Civil Liberties

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+

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Fbi History ✊🏿 Black Power Movement ☮️ New Left 🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare

Days of Rage 92%

Nearly five bombings a day. The decade young radicals tried to overthrow America and failed.

by Bryan Burrough 2015

3.98

3k+ ratings

💣 Domestic Terrorism 🕵️ Fbi History ✊🏿 Black Power Movement ☮️ New Left 🏙️ Urban Guerrilla Warfare

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

The Second

by Carol Anderson • 2021

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

4.31

1k+

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness ⚖️ Legal History 💔 Racial Violence

The Second 92%

The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.

by Carol Anderson 2021

4.31

1k+ ratings

🎯 American Gun Politics 📜 Constitutional History 🖤 Anti-Blackness ⚖️ Legal History 💔 Racial Violence

We Are Anonymous

by Parmy Olson • 2012

The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.

3.97

3k+

🏴 Hacktivist History 🌐 Digital Insurgency 🎭 Online Anonymity ✊ Networked Protest 🕵️ Undercover Operations

We Are Anonymous 92%

The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.

by Parmy Olson 2012

3.97

3k+ ratings

🏴 Hacktivist History 🌐 Digital Insurgency 🎭 Online Anonymity ✊ Networked Protest 🕵️ Undercover Operations

Rebellion

by Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

4.39

664

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

Rebellion 92%

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

by Robert Kagan 2024

4.39

664 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Political History 🔗 White Supremacy ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⚡ Political Polarization

The Quiet Damage

by Jesselyn Cook • 2024

QAnon preys on loneliness and trauma more than politics. Five families show the wreckage it leaves.

4.43

7k+

🖥️ Digital Radicalization 💔 Family Estrangement 🌐 Internet Subcultures 🔄 Echo Chambers 📰 Misinformation

The Quiet Damage 92%

QAnon preys on loneliness and trauma more than politics. Five families show the wreckage it leaves.

by Jesselyn Cook 2024

4.43

7k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Radicalization 💔 Family Estrangement 🌐 Internet Subcultures 🔄 Echo Chambers 📰 Misinformation

These Truths

by Jill Lepore • 2018

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

4.40

14k+

🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

These Truths 92%

American politics is a 500-year argument over who counts as a person and whose truth prevails.

by Jill Lepore 2018

4.40

14k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Paradox 📜 National Founding Myths 🔍 Truth In Politics 📰 Media And Democracy ⛓️ Slavery And Freedom

Copaganda

by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

4.49

582

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Copaganda 92%

The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.

by Alec Karakatsanis 2025

4.49

582 ratings

🎥 Media Criticism ⚖️ Criminal Justice 🔒 Mass Incarceration 🗞️ News Manipulation 😨 Fear Politics

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance 92%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

National Security Cinema

by Matthew Alford • 2017

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

3.81

113

📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

National Security Cinema 92%

The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.

by Matthew Alford 2017

3.81

113 ratings

📢 Propaganda Studies 🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex 📺 Media Manipulation 📜 Historical Revisionism 🏢 Media Consolidation

Strangers in Their Own Land

by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2016

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

4.12

18k+

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

Strangers in Their Own Land 92%

Conservative voters do not lack facts. They hold a different story about who cuts the line.

by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016

4.12

18k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Conservatism 🧱 Political Polarization 🏭 Environmental Justice 👷 Working Class Politics 🧠 Motivated Reasoning

The Plot to Seize the White House

by Jules Archer • 1973

Wall Street plotted a fascist coup against FDR. The general they recruited was the wrong man.

4.03

974

🏛️ American Politics 🕰️ 1930s America ⚠️ Fascism In America 💼 Corporate Power ⚡ Democracy Under Threat

The Plot to Seize the White House Summary

The Plot to Seize the White House 92%

Wall Street plotted a fascist coup against FDR. The general they recruited was the wrong man.

by Jules Archer 1973

4.03

974 ratings

🏛️ American Politics 🕰️ 1930s America ⚠️ Fascism In America 💼 Corporate Power ⚡ Democracy Under Threat

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+

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Age of Entitlement 92%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

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

How Change Happens

by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

3.74

160

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

How Change Happens 92%

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018

3.74

160 ratings

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

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 92%

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

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+

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

How the South Won the Civil War 92%

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

by Heather Cox Richardson 2020

4.31

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

Killing the Dream

by Gerald Posner • 1998

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

4.09

220

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

Killing the Dream 92%

No government plot, no mob hit. A racist drifter's meticulous path to a Memphis balcony.

by Gerald Posner 1998

4.09

220 ratings

🔫 Political Assassinations 🕵️ Conspiracy Debunking 📋 Forensic Journalism ✊ Civil Rights History 🎯 Lone Gunman Theory

One Nation Under Blackmail

by Whitney Alyse Webb • 2022

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

4.42

712

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

One Nation Under Blackmail 92%

Seventeen White House visits. The blackmail machine that protected Jeffrey Epstein for decades.

by Whitney Alyse Webb 2022

4.42

712 ratings

🏛️ Political Corruption 🕵️ Intelligence History 🔫 Organized Crime 📹 Surveillance State 🕶️ Modern Espionage

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

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

Reveille for Radicals 92%

Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.

by Saul D. Alinsky 1946

3.84

589 ratings

🤝 Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Democracy 👥 Indigenous Leadership 🎯 Self-Interest Politics ⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst

Basics of Resistance

by Claire Wolfe • 2018

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

4.04

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft 🔐 Security Mindset 🕸️ Clandestine Networks

Basics of Resistance 92%

The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.

by Claire Wolfe 2018

4.04

67 ratings

🪧 Civil Resistance ✊ Direct Action 🕵️ Tradecraft 🔐 Security Mindset 🕸️ Clandestine Networks

United States of Distraction

by Mickey Huff • 2019

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

3.74

114

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

United States of Distraction 92%

Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.

by Mickey Huff 2019

3.74

114 ratings

🗞️ Media Criticism 📰 News Literacy 📡 Propaganda Studies 🏢 Corporate Media 🤥 Disinformation Age

Enemy of the People

by Marvin Kalb • 2018

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

4.13

137

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

Enemy of the People 92%

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

by Marvin Kalb 2018

4.13

137 ratings

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

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 Smear

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2017

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

4.22

1k+

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

The Smear 92%

Billion-dollar industry of leaks, astroturf, and dark money controls the news. Insider shows how.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2017

4.22

1k+ ratings

🎯 Character Assassination 📰 Media Manipulation 🤥 Fake News 💰 Dark Money 📢 Propaganda Techniques

At the Hands of Persons Unknown

by Philip Dray • 2003

For a century, a single phrase in coroners' reports hid the machinery of American racial terror.

4.45

673

🩸 Racial Violence 🚫 Jim Crow Era 📢 Anti-Lynching Activism ✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement ⚖️ Legal History

At the Hands of Persons Unknown 92%

For a century, a single phrase in coroners' reports hid the machinery of American racial terror.

by Philip Dray 2003

4.45

673 ratings

🩸 Racial Violence 🚫 Jim Crow Era 📢 Anti-Lynching Activism ✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement ⚖️ Legal History

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

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

by Joseph Fishkin • 2022

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

4.10

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 92%

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

by Joseph Fishkin 2022

4.10

40 ratings

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

Republic of Lies

by Anna Merlan • 2019

Real scandals, social media, ambitious politicians: the conspiracy loop that captured America.

3.88

2k+

🗳️ American Politics 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📡 Media Manipulation 🔁 Digital Echo Chambers ⚠️ Political Extremism

Republic of Lies 92%

Real scandals, social media, ambitious politicians: the conspiracy loop that captured America.

by Anna Merlan 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

🗳️ American Politics 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📡 Media Manipulation 🔁 Digital Echo Chambers ⚠️ Political Extremism

Marxismo norteamericano

by Mark R. Levin • 2021

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

4.16

4k+

🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

Marxismo norteamericano 92%

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

by Mark R. Levin 2021

4.16

4k+ ratings

🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

The Truce

by Hunter Walker • 2024

Democrats won in 2020 but never settled their internal war. The reckoning still waits.

3.91

114

🏛️ Democratic Party 🗳️ Electoral Politics ⚔️ Party Infighting ✊ Political Movements 🌹 Democratic Socialism

The Truce 92%

Democrats won in 2020 but never settled their internal war. The reckoning still waits.

by Hunter Walker 2024

3.91

114 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Party 🗳️ Electoral Politics ⚔️ Party Infighting ✊ Political Movements 🌹 Democratic Socialism

We Are Bellingcat

by Eliot Higgins • 2021

A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.

4.12

6k+

🗞️ Citizen Journalism 🔍 Open-Source Investigation 📱 Social Media Analysis 🖥️ Digital Forensics 👥 Crowdsourcing

We Are Bellingcat 92%

A jobless blogger proved that public data can expose war crimes, hit squads, and missile launchers.

by Eliot Higgins 2021

4.12

6k+ ratings

🗞️ Citizen Journalism 🔍 Open-Source Investigation 📱 Social Media Analysis 🖥️ Digital Forensics 👥 Crowdsourcing

Buckley

by Carl T. Bogus • 2011

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

3.75

151

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

Buckley 92%

To build the modern American right, one man had to decide who belonged and who did not.

by Carl T. Bogus 2011

3.75

151 ratings

🗽 Modern Conservatism ❄️ Cold War Ideology 📚 Intellectual History 📰 Political Journalism 📖 Magazine History

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

Twitter and Tear Gas

by Zeynep Tufekci • 2017

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

4.08

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🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare 🚪 Media Gatekeeping 🤝 Collective Action

Twitter and Tear Gas 92%

Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.

by Zeynep Tufekci 2017

4.08

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Digital Activism 📢 Attention Economics 🛡️ Information Warfare 🚪 Media Gatekeeping 🤝 Collective Action

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