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Activism

The streets and meeting halls echo with voices demanding change, as organizers and thought leaders share tested strategies for transforming society. These essential works explore both the philosophical foundations of social movements and practical tactics for building power, from grassroots organizing to nonviolent resistance.

Activism Book Summaries

Winter Is Coming
by Garry Kasparov • 2015
Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.
4.04
3k+
🪆 Russian Politics🗺️ Post-Soviet Studies🤦 Foreign Policy Failures⛽ Energy Geopolitics✍️ Dissident Literature
Winter Is Coming Summary
Winter Is Coming
Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.
by Garry Kasparov 2015 290 pages
4.04
3k+ ratings
🪆 Russian Politics🗺️ Post-Soviet Studies🤦 Foreign Policy Failures⛽ Energy Geopolitics✍️ Dissident Literature
Follow the Science
by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024
The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.
4.25
500+
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry🩻 Medical Corruption🏛️ Regulatory Capture📊 Research Misconduct💉 Vaccine Policy
Follow the Science Summary
Follow the Science
The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.
by Sharyl Attkisson 2024 336 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
💊 Pharmaceutical Industry🩻 Medical Corruption🏛️ Regulatory Capture📊 Research Misconduct💉 Vaccine Policy
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman • 1971
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
3.60
4k+
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming🗑️ Freegan Living⚔️ Guerrilla Tactics
Steal This Book Summary
Steal This Book
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
by Abbie Hoffman 1971 352 pages
3.60
4k+ ratings
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming🗑️ Freegan Living⚔️ Guerrilla Tactics
Lifehouse
by Adam Greenfield • 2024
Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.
3.84
86
🌱 Community Organizing🤝 Mutual Aid Networks🌍 Climate Adaptation🗳️ Direct Democracy🌿 Social Ecology
Lifehouse Summary
Lifehouse
Votes and green tech won't stop climate collapse. The real plan: neighbors caring for each other.
by Adam Greenfield 2024 272 pages
3.84
86 ratings
🌱 Community Organizing🤝 Mutual Aid Networks🌍 Climate Adaptation🗳️ Direct Democracy🌿 Social Ecology
Friendship in an Age of Economics
by Todd May • 2012
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
3.72
29
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
Friendship in an Age of Economics Summary
Friendship in an Age of Economics
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
by Todd May 2012 164 pages
3.72
29 ratings
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
Awakening Together
by Larry Yang • 2017
True mindfulness faces outward: why awakening is collective work, and sitting alone is never enough.
4.35
164
🪷 Engaged Buddhism🌍 Collective Liberation🏳️ Inclusive Buddhism✊ Mindful Activism🧘 Mindful Leadership
Awakening Together Summary
Awakening Together
True mindfulness faces outward: why awakening is collective work, and sitting alone is never enough.
by Larry Yang 2017 321 pages
4.35
164 ratings
🪷 Engaged Buddhism🌍 Collective Liberation🏳️ Inclusive Buddhism✊ Mindful Activism🧘 Mindful Leadership
Where White Men Fear to Tread
by Russell Means • 1995
How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.
4.14
1k+
🪶 Lakota Culture✊ Indigenous Activism🏫 Boarding School Legacy🌱 Cultural Reclamation📜 Treaty Rights
Where White Men Fear to Tread Summary
Where White Men Fear to Tread
How a California street kid reclaimed his Lakota identity and led the occupation of Mount Rushmore.
by Russell Means 1995 624 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
🪶 Lakota Culture✊ Indigenous Activism🏫 Boarding School Legacy🌱 Cultural Reclamation📜 Treaty Rights
Ending Parkinson's Disease
by Ray Dorsey • 2020
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
4.31
328
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy⚗️ Chemical Regulation📢 Disease Activism
Ending Parkinson's Disease Summary
Ending Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's is the fastest-growing brain disease, and the chemicals causing it are still legal.
by Ray Dorsey 2020 336 pages
4.31
328 ratings
🌍 Environmental Health🧠 Neurological Disorders📋 Public Health Policy⚗️ Chemical Regulation📢 Disease Activism
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
by John Kay • 2009
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
3.95
500+
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in Summary
The Long and the Short of It - Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Are Not in
Clean energy outcompetes fossil fuels on price. The smart money is shifting; the rest will follow.
by John Kay 2009 241 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
🏭 Decarbonization☀️ Clean Energy💰 Impact Investing✊ Climate Justice🛢️ Climate Denialism
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff • 2019
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
4.01
500+
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy🗳️ Economic Democracy🏭 Post-Capitalism
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
The USSR and China were state capitalism, not socialism. The real thing starts with worker co-ops.
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
🏛️ Democratic Socialism🤝 Worker Cooperatives📊 Political Economy🗳️ Economic Democracy🏭 Post-Capitalism
World Without Mind
by Franklin Foer • 2017
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
3.63
2k+
🏢 Big Tech Critique🧱 Monopoly Power🤖 Algorithmic Control📱 Attention Economy🏪 Cultural Homogenization
World Without Mind Summary
World Without Mind
A counterculture dream of global harmony became a corporate machine for total surveillance.
by Franklin Foer 2017 272 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
🏢 Big Tech Critique🧱 Monopoly Power🤖 Algorithmic Control📱 Attention Economy🏪 Cultural Homogenization
The Care We Dream Of
by Zena Sharman • 2021
Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.
4.37
211
🩺 Health Justice⚖️ Transformative Justice🤝 Mutual Aid♿ Disability Justice✊ Body Liberation
The Care We Dream Of Summary
The Care We Dream Of
Health care was never built for queer and trans people. Here is what comes after.
by Zena Sharman 2021 272 pages
4.37
211 ratings
🩺 Health Justice⚖️ Transformative Justice🤝 Mutual Aid♿ Disability Justice✊ Body Liberation
بی‌حجاب
by Yasmine Mohammed • 2019
Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.
4.36
2k+
🕌 Leaving Islam💍 Forced Marriage⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism💔 Religious Trauma🧠 New Atheism
بی‌حجاب Summary
بی‌حجاب
Married to Al Qaeda against her will, she fled. Then she watched liberals defend her captors.
by Yasmine Mohammed 2019 366 pages
4.36
2k+ ratings
🕌 Leaving Islam💍 Forced Marriage⚠️ Islamic Fundamentalism💔 Religious Trauma🧠 New Atheism
The Cannabis Manifesto
by Steve DeAngelo • 2015
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
4.10
367
🏛️ Drug Policy Reform🌿 Cannabis Wellness⚖️ Racial Justice✊ Civil Rights🛡️ Harm Reduction
The Cannabis Manifesto Summary
The Cannabis Manifesto
A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.
by Steve DeAngelo 2015 230 pages
4.10
367 ratings
🏛️ Drug Policy Reform🌿 Cannabis Wellness⚖️ Racial Justice✊ Civil Rights🛡️ Harm Reduction
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
by Nelson Mandela • 2003
Twenty-seven years in prison. Then he became president of the country that put him there.
4.42
500+
🏴 Apartheid Resistance🔗 Political Imprisonment🇿🇦 South African History✍️ Prison Memoirs🌍 Anti-Colonial Struggle
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2 Summary
Long Walk to Freedom - Volume 2
Twenty-seven years in prison. Then he became president of the country that put him there.
by Nelson Mandela 2003 450 pages
4.42
500+ ratings
🏴 Apartheid Resistance🔗 Political Imprisonment🇿🇦 South African History✍️ Prison Memoirs🌍 Anti-Colonial Struggle
We've Been Too Patient
by L.D. Green • 2019
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
4.15
202
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies🤝 Peer Support🫂 Mutual Aid
We've Been Too Patient Summary
We've Been Too Patient
Psychiatry blames brain chemistry. Survivors argue the model is the wound.
by L.D. Green 2019 264 pages
4.15
202 ratings
🏛️ Anti-Psychiatry🏳️ Mad Pride📚 Mad Studies🤝 Peer Support🫂 Mutual Aid
Kurdish Women's Stories
by Houzan Mahmoud • 2021
Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.
4.40
194
🗺️ Kurdish History⚔️ Women In Conflict🗣️ Oral History🌍 Transnational Feminism✊ Revolutionary Politics
Kurdish Women's Stories Summary
Kurdish Women's Stories
Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.
by Houzan Mahmoud 2021 224 pages
4.40
194 ratings
🗺️ Kurdish History⚔️ Women In Conflict🗣️ Oral History🌍 Transnational Feminism✊ Revolutionary Politics
Power Shift
by Sally Armstrong • 2019
Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.
4.17
253
📜 Women's History🌐 Global Feminism🏛️ Patriarchy Origins💰 Economic Empowerment⚠️ Violence Against Women
Power Shift Summary
Power Shift
Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.
by Sally Armstrong 2019
4.17
253 ratings
📜 Women's History🌐 Global Feminism🏛️ Patriarchy Origins💰 Economic Empowerment⚠️ Violence Against Women
The Myth of Equality
by Ken Wytsma • 2017
Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.
4.32
500+
⚖️ Racial Justice🔗 Systemic Racism🧠 Implicit Bias👁️ White Privilege⛪ White Evangelicals
The Myth of Equality Summary
The Myth of Equality
Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.
by Ken Wytsma 2017 232 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
⚖️ Racial Justice🔗 Systemic Racism🧠 Implicit Bias👁️ White Privilege⛪ White Evangelicals
Compassion (&) Conviction
by Justin Giboney • 2020
The biggest lie in Christian politics is that you must choose between love and truth.
4.31
2k+
🗳️ Faith And Politics📖 Political Theology⛪ Church And State⚖️ Biblical Justice🤝 Racial Reconciliation
Compassion (&) Conviction Summary
Compassion (&) Conviction
The biggest lie in Christian politics is that you must choose between love and truth.
by Justin Giboney 2020 147 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Faith And Politics📖 Political Theology⛪ Church And State⚖️ Biblical Justice🤝 Racial Reconciliation
Join the Club
by Tina Rosenberg • 2011
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
3.49
340
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
by Tina Rosenberg 2011 432 pages
3.49
340 ratings
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
White Poverty
by William J. Barber II • 2024
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
4.28
500+
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths✝️ Prophetic Tradition✊ Civil Rights Legacy
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty
America's poor are mostly white. The lie that says otherwise keeps the working class fractured.
by William J. Barber II 2024 270 pages
4.28
500+ ratings
🏚️ Systemic Poverty🔗 Racial Division💭 Poverty Myths✝️ Prophetic Tradition✊ Civil Rights Legacy
Revolutionary Witchcraft
by Sarah Lyons • 2019
Turn your craft into a direct-action toolkit: how spells, sigils, and rituals can dismantle systems.
3.89
500+
🗳️ Political Witchcraft✨ Ritual Design🕯️ Ancestral Healing🌿 Animist Worldview✊ Spiritual Activism
Revolutionary Witchcraft Summary
Revolutionary Witchcraft
Turn your craft into a direct-action toolkit: how spells, sigils, and rituals can dismantle systems.
by Sarah Lyons 2019 168 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
🗳️ Political Witchcraft✨ Ritual Design🕯️ Ancestral Healing🌿 Animist Worldview✊ Spiritual Activism
The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
3.98
89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003 304 pages
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
Un-Trumping America
by Dan Pfeiffer • 2020
The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.
4.20
2k+
🗳️ Democratic Reform🗳️ Voting Rights📺 Media Strategy💰 Campaign Finance🔧 Labor Unions
Un-Trumping America Summary
Un-Trumping America
The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.
by Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages
4.20
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Democratic Reform🗳️ Voting Rights📺 Media Strategy💰 Campaign Finance🔧 Labor Unions
New Abnormal
by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
4.38
148
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics👁️ Digital Surveillance🔬 Scientism
New Abnormal Summary
New Abnormal
The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.
by Aaron Kheriaty 2022 304 pages
4.38
148 ratings
🏥 Public Health Policy⚖️ Medical Ethics🧬 Biopolitics👁️ Digital Surveillance🔬 Scientism
Oil and Honey
by Bill McKibben • 2013
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
3.90
1k+
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Oil and Honey Summary
Oil and Honey
While he fought pipelines, his beekeeper friend built a different answer to a warming world.
by Bill McKibben 2013 272 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
🌍 Climate Activism📝 Environmental Memoir✊ Grassroots Organizing💰 Fossil Fuel Divestment🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
by John Hope Bryant • 2014
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
3.99
210
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking💸 Predatory Lending💭 Poverty Psychology
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
by John Hope Bryant 2014 176 pages
3.99
210 ratings
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking💸 Predatory Lending💭 Poverty Psychology
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
by James Hoggan • 2016
Why arguing harder backfires, and the listening and framing skills that actually change minds.
3.69
230
🗣️ Public Discourse⚡ Polarization🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Moral Psychology🕊️ Nonviolent Communication
I'm Right and You're an Idiot Summary
I'm Right and You're an Idiot
Why arguing harder backfires, and the listening and framing skills that actually change minds.
by James Hoggan 2016 272 pages
3.69
230 ratings
🗣️ Public Discourse⚡ Polarization🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Moral Psychology🕊️ Nonviolent Communication
All the Young Men
by Ruth Coker Burks • 2020
When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.
4.49
9k+
💔 Aids Crisis🏡 Southern Memoir🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism💜 Chosen Family🏥 Medical Advocacy
All the Young Men Summary
All the Young Men
When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.
by Ruth Coker Burks 2020 304 pages
4.49
9k+ ratings
💔 Aids Crisis🏡 Southern Memoir🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism💜 Chosen Family🏥 Medical Advocacy
Run, Spot, Run
by Jessica Pierce • 2016
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
3.81
236
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond📚 Animal Studies⚖️ Practical Ethics
Run, Spot, Run Summary
Run, Spot, Run
Your beloved pet is part of an industry that breeds suffering and kills the leftovers.
by Jessica Pierce 2016 256 pages
3.81
236 ratings
🧭 Animal Ethics🐾 Animal Welfare🤝 Human-Animal Bond📚 Animal Studies⚖️ Practical Ethics
Freak Kingdom
by Timothy Denevi • 2018
Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.
4.26
500+
🧪 Gonzo Journalism🇺🇸 Us Political History✍️ Literary Biography😞 Political Disillusionment☮️ Counterculture Movement
Freak Kingdom Summary
Freak Kingdom
Hunter S. Thompson spent a deadly serious decade trying to stop America's descent into fascism.
by Timothy Denevi 2018 416 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
🧪 Gonzo Journalism🇺🇸 Us Political History✍️ Literary Biography😞 Political Disillusionment☮️ Counterculture Movement
Medicare for All
by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021
$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.
4.36
349
🏥 Healthcare Reform🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏛️ Single-Payer Systems💰 Health Economics🏢 Corporate Power
Medicare for All Summary
Medicare for All
$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.
by Abdul El-Sayed 2021 368 pages
4.36
349 ratings
🏥 Healthcare Reform🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏛️ Single-Payer Systems💰 Health Economics🏢 Corporate Power
Practical Anarchism
by Shuli Branson • 2022
Steal back your time, break up with what drains you, and build a life outside capitalism.
3.94
298
🏴 Anarchist Living🤝 Mutual Aid🛑 Work Abolition🗣️ Consent Culture🌱 Radical Self-Help
Practical Anarchism Summary
Practical Anarchism
Steal back your time, break up with what drains you, and build a life outside capitalism.
by Shuli Branson 2022 192 pages
3.94
298 ratings
🏴 Anarchist Living🤝 Mutual Aid🛑 Work Abolition🗣️ Consent Culture🌱 Radical Self-Help
Manifesta
by Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000
The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.
3.73
3k+
🌊 Third Wave Feminism💋 Reclaiming Femininity✊ Everyday Activism🔍 Consciousness Raising🤝 Intersectional Feminism
Manifesta Summary
Manifesta
The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.
by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000 416 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
🌊 Third Wave Feminism💋 Reclaiming Femininity✊ Everyday Activism🔍 Consciousness Raising🤝 Intersectional Feminism
Democracy at Work
by Richard D. Wolff • 2012
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
3.95
1k+
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism🛠️ Workers' Self-Management🤝 Cooperative Economics
Democracy at Work Summary
Democracy at Work
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
by Richard D. Wolff 2012 220 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism🛠️ Workers' Self-Management🤝 Cooperative Economics
Claiming the B in LGBT
by Kate Harrad • 2018
Queer spaces often erase bisexuality. How to own your identity and what allies keep getting wrong.
4.07
164
🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Identity📢 Bisexual Advocacy🚫 Biphobia And Erasure🚪 Coming Out Narratives🤝 Lgbt Allyship
Claiming the B in LGBT Summary
Claiming the B in LGBT
Queer spaces often erase bisexuality. How to own your identity and what allies keep getting wrong.
by Kate Harrad 2018 351 pages
4.07
164 ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual Identity📢 Bisexual Advocacy🚫 Biphobia And Erasure🚪 Coming Out Narratives🤝 Lgbt Allyship
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 Summary
Propaganda and the Public Mind
How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.
by Noam Chomsky 1998 256 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
📡 Propaganda Studies🎙️ Media Criticism🧠 Mass Persuasion🗣️ Doublespeak🏛️ State Capture
The Rejected Stone
by Al Sharpton • 2013
What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.
4.18
148
✊🏾 Activist Memoir🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership✊ Modern Civil Rights⛪ Black Church Tradition🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
What a street preacher learned about power after becoming an unlikely White House confidant.
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.18
148 ratings
✊🏾 Activist Memoir🗳️ Civil Rights Leadership✊ Modern Civil Rights⛪ Black Church Tradition🧘🏾 Emotional Discipline
The Long Covid Survival Guide
by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022
A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.
4.30
156
🩺 Chronic Illness🫁 Long Covid🚫 Medical Gaslighting✊ Disability Justice🤝 Community Care
The Long Covid Survival Guide Summary
The Long Covid Survival Guide
A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.
by Fiona Lowenstein 2022 288 pages
4.30
156 ratings
🩺 Chronic Illness🫁 Long Covid🚫 Medical Gaslighting✊ Disability Justice🤝 Community Care
Full Frontal Feminism
by Jessica Valenti • 2007
Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.
3.86
8k+
✊ Third-Wave Feminism📚 Feminist 101🛑 Rape Culture🪞 Body Image⚖️ Reproductive Justice
Full Frontal Feminism Summary
Full Frontal Feminism
Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.
by Jessica Valenti 2007 289 pages
3.86
8k+ ratings
✊ Third-Wave Feminism📚 Feminist 101🛑 Rape Culture🪞 Body Image⚖️ Reproductive Justice
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 Summary
The Silenced Majority
The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.
by Amy Goodman 2012 380 pages
4.06
251 ratings
📻 Independent Media📺 Media Criticism🔍 Investigative Journalism✊ Grassroots Movements💸 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 Summary
Static
When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.
by Amy Goodman 2006 338 pages
4.05
384 ratings
📺 Media Criticism🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy🔍 Investigative Journalism🤫 Government Secrecy📢 Whistleblowing
How Woke Won
by Joanna Williams • 2022
Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.
4.09
175
🏛️ Identity Politics⚔️ Culture Wars🎓 Academic Freedom🗣️ Free Speech😢 Victimhood Culture
How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won
Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.
by Joanna Williams 2022 305 pages
4.09
175 ratings
🏛️ Identity Politics⚔️ Culture Wars🎓 Academic Freedom🗣️ Free Speech😢 Victimhood Culture
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
by Heidi Boghosian • 2021
Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.
3.64
191
🛰️ Mass Surveillance🔒 Digital Privacy🏢 Corporate Surveillance👮 Predictive Policing🔐 Encryption Politics
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.
by Heidi Boghosian 2021 240 pages
3.64
191 ratings
🛰️ Mass Surveillance🔒 Digital Privacy🏢 Corporate Surveillance👮 Predictive Policing🔐 Encryption Politics
Activist Theology
by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza • 2019
You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.
3.96
81
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theology✊ Liberation Theology🕊️ Faith In Action🌍 Spiritual Activism⛪ Progressive Christianity
Activist Theology Summary
Activist Theology
You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.
by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza 2019 137 pages
3.96
81 ratings
🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theology✊ Liberation Theology🕊️ Faith In Action🌍 Spiritual Activism⛪ Progressive Christianity
One Dress. One Year.
by Bethany Winz • 2016
One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.
3.32
180
🔗 Human Trafficking✊ Teen Activism🙏 Faith In Action👕 Everyday Activism💔 Perfectionism
One Dress. One Year. Summary
One Dress. One Year.
One girl, one dress, 365 days: a fight against trafficking that unraveled her first.
by Bethany Winz 2016 160 pages
3.32
180 ratings
🔗 Human Trafficking✊ Teen Activism🙏 Faith In Action👕 Everyday Activism💔 Perfectionism
Campaign Manager
by Catherine M. Shaw • 1996
Precinct by precinct, dollar by dollar: the field manual for running a local campaign that wins.
3.94
207
🗂️ Campaign Management🏛️ Local Elections🎯 Voter Targeting💰 Political Fundraising📣 Campaign Messaging
Campaign Manager Summary
Campaign Manager
Precinct by precinct, dollar by dollar: the field manual for running a local campaign that wins.
by Catherine M. Shaw 1996 448 pages
3.94
207 ratings
🗂️ Campaign Management🏛️ Local Elections🎯 Voter Targeting💰 Political Fundraising📣 Campaign Messaging
Unleashing the Soul of Money
by Lynne Twist • 2006
Money fear isn't about your balance. We inherit a mindset of never-enough; the exit is sufficiency.
3.74
336
🧠 Money Mindset🙏 Spiritual Finance🔒 Scarcity Mindset🌊 Abundance Mindset✊ Spiritual Activism
Unleashing the Soul of Money Summary
Unleashing the Soul of Money
Money fear isn't about your balance. We inherit a mindset of never-enough; the exit is sufficiency.
by Lynne Twist 2006 0 pages
3.74
336 ratings
🧠 Money Mindset🙏 Spiritual Finance🔒 Scarcity Mindset🌊 Abundance Mindset✊ Spiritual Activism
Paint Your Town Red
by Matthew Brown • 2021
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
3.71
173
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
Paint Your Town Red Summary
Paint Your Town Red
38 million to 111 million: the spending shift that rebuilt a town.
by Matthew Brown 2021 176 pages
3.71
173 ratings
🏘️ Localism🗳️ Economic Democracy🤝 Worker Cooperatives🛒 Local Procurement🗣️ Participatory Democracy
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