Links to PDFs of 96 left-wing books
Here's a list (taken from wrightswriting.com) of some good leftist books. Click on the titles for the PDFs. It's a somewhat arbitrary list, but I tried to keep it confined to fairly easy-to-read books, not overly theoretical or abstruse ones that might leave the beginning reader bewildered. I've been unable to find PDFs of certain excellent works, unfortunately. You can also check out the extraordinary footnotes to Chomsky's Understanding Power, which have informative excerpts from hundreds of books. .
Thoughts on overcoming despair
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. But perhaps even some cautious optimism of the intellect, too?
Worker Cooperatives and Revolution: History and Possibilities in the United States
This book, published in 2014, attempts to bring Marxism and the solidarity economy together in both theory and practice.
The American oligarchy
A review of a book that investigates the moral rot corroding U.S. society from the top down.
Our passive society
Submitted by Marx-lover on Aug 23 2018 07:55
A short history of how our society became so rife with collective passiveness.
Imprisoned for a day: a personal reflection
Your perspective on the world changes from inside a jail cell.
Back to the Future: Rebranding Social Democracy
Submitted by Internationalis... on Apr 12 2018 12:43
There are two ways to read Inventing the Future. One is a fairly innocent critique of the “post-68 left”, and an outline of how to build a desirable post-capitalist future through a flawed Gramscian framework. The other is a critique of working class self-activity, and a call for a benevolent class of technocrats who can gradually reform capitalism for the masses.
Containing the Crisis: A History of Mass Incarceration and Rebellion in the Rustbelt
A text from Michigan Abolition and Prisoner Solidarity. "To understand the 2016 Kinross Rebellion, and to build a stronger movement of resistance to state violence, we must look at the history of the rise of mass incarceration in the Rustbelt region and analyze the specific reasons for this growth of State control and repression."
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