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As We Have Always Done
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson • 2017
Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.
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As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous freedom is not given by states; it is lived through land, body, and refusal.
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017
4.57
1k+ 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.
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A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States
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
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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Ten Myths About Israel Summary
Ten Myths About Israel
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
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
State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014
4.46
941 ratings
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.
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Summary
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
Palestine 1917-2017: how a settler-colonial war dispossessed a people, and why they still resist.
by Rashid Khalidi 2020
4.49
36k+ ratings
Original Sins
by Eve L. Ewing • 2025
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
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Original Sins Summary
Original Sins
Schools perfected America's founding crimes on Black and Native children.
by Eve L. Ewing 2025
4.46
2k+ ratings
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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Gaza in Crisis Summary
Gaza in Crisis
Five hundred villages erased, seventy years before October 7: the history the peace process buries.
by Ilan Pappé 2010
4.15
2k+ ratings
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappé • 2006
Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Summary
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Before the 1948 war, Zionist planners mapped every village. The goal: remove the native population.
by Ilan Pappé 2006
4.55
11k+ ratings
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
by Ilan Pappé • 2024
Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.
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A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict Summary
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
Not two equal claims to one land, but one population replacing another, the removal never stopped.
by Ilan Pappé 2024
4.37
6k+ ratings
The Afrikaners
by Hermann Giliomee • 2003
Three centuries of one people's making: from diverse origins to apartheid and the reckoning after.
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136
The Afrikaners Summary
The Afrikaners
Three centuries of one people's making: from diverse origins to apartheid and the reckoning after.
by Hermann Giliomee 2003
4.18
136 ratings
The Truth About Stories
by Thomas King • 2003
How colonial narratives invented 'the Indian' to justify erasure, and how Native stories fight back.
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The Truth About Stories Summary
The Truth About Stories
How colonial narratives invented 'the Indian' to justify erasure, and how Native stories fight back.
by Thomas King 2003
4.33
4k+ ratings
We Are Dancing for You
by Cutcha Risling Baldy • 2018
Colonialism targeted Indigenous women's power; reviving a puberty ceremony is the counteroffensive.
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171
We Are Dancing for You Summary
We Are Dancing for You
Colonialism targeted Indigenous women's power; reviving a puberty ceremony is the counteroffensive.
by Cutcha Risling Baldy 2018
4.51
171 ratings
On Palestine
by Noam Chomsky • 2015
The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.
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On Palestine Summary
On Palestine
The peace process masks land theft; only a democratic single state can break the cycle.
by Noam Chomsky 2015
4.26
13k+ 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
Borders create the displacement they pretend to prevent, then turn survivors into cheap labor.
by Harsha Walia 2013
4.51
525 ratings
Power Systems
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
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Power Systems Summary
Power Systems
The American empire playbook: erase the natives, crush foreign democracy, silence the home front.
by Noam Chomsky 2012
4.12
3k+ ratings
The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2024
He built a reparations model on Israel. Visiting Palestine exposed the victims his blueprint erased.
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The Message Summary
The Message
He built a reparations model on Israel. Visiting Palestine exposed the victims his blueprint erased.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2024
4.49
45k+ ratings
Choice Theory
by William Glasser • 1999
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
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Choice Theory Summary
Choice Theory
How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.
by William Glasser 1999
4.01
4k+ ratings
The Wages of Destruction
by Adam Tooze • 2007
Germany's real enemy was Detroit. Hitler's war was an economic gamble he could never win.
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The Wages of Destruction Summary
The Wages of Destruction
Germany's real enemy was Detroit. Hitler's war was an economic gamble he could never win.
by Adam Tooze 2007
4.54
3k+ ratings
Disaster Nationalism
by Richard Seymour • 2024
The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.
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597
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The new far right feeds on catastrophe, not economics. Its fuel is resentment and scapegoating.
by Richard Seymour 2024
4.06
597 ratings
Palestine
by Nur Masalha • 2018
Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.
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Palestine Summary
Palestine
Palestine's name and people stretch back three millennia. That history was deliberately buried.
by Nur Masalha 2018
4.03
1k+ ratings
Not Stolen
by Jeff Fynn-Paul • 2023
Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.
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463
Not Stolen Summary
Not Stolen
Genocide, stolen land, settler colonialism: a historian says the common story gets all three wrong.
by Jeff Fynn-Paul 2023
4.13
463 ratings
Red Nation Rising
by Nick Estes • 2021
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
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159
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising
Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.
by Nick Estes 2021
4.38
159 ratings
Goliath
by Max Blumenthal • 2012
How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.
4.26
843
Goliath Summary
Goliath
How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.
by Max Blumenthal 2012
4.26
843 ratings
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.
by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014
4.37
21k+ ratings
Trail of Tears
by John Ehle • 1988
A written language, a newspaper, a Supreme Court win. None of it stopped the removal.
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Trail of Tears Summary
Trail of Tears
A written language, a newspaper, a Supreme Court win. None of it stopped the removal.
by John Ehle 1988
4.12
5k+ ratings
Except for Palestine
by Marc Lamont Hill • 2021
Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.
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Except for Palestine Summary
Except for Palestine
Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.
by Marc Lamont Hill 2021
4.19
4k+ ratings
Unworthy Republic
by Claudio Saunt • 2020
Eighty thousand deported. A ledger-obsessed bureaucracy. The hidden cost behind the Trail of Tears.
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Unworthy Republic Summary
Unworthy Republic
Eighty thousand deported. A ledger-obsessed bureaucracy. The hidden cost behind the Trail of Tears.
by Claudio Saunt 2020
4.22
2k+ ratings
The Great Contradiction
by Joseph J. Ellis • 2025
To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.
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The Great Contradiction Summary
The Great Contradiction
To create a nation, the founders protected slavery. Indian removal was the other price of union.
by Joseph J. Ellis 2025
4.20
1k+ ratings
Culture and Resistance
by Edward W. Said • 2003
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
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419
Culture and Resistance Summary
Culture and Resistance
Peace rebranded, occupation maintained: dismantling the language hiding Palestinian dispossession.
by Edward W. Said 2003
4.10
419 ratings
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
by Mohammed El-Kurd • 2025
The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.
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Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal Summary
Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal
The sympathy economy demands Palestinians be broken, blameless, and silent about who broke them.
by Mohammed El-Kurd 2025
4.77
6k+ ratings
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