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Socialist & Anarchist Foundations
21 booksThe foundational texts of class analysis and stateless cooperation — from the Manifesto to Kropotkin, Bakunin, and the utopian socialists.
What is Property?
Proudhon
1840
What is Property?
Proudhon
The Condition of the Working-Class in England
Engels
1845
The Condition of the Working-Class in England
Engels
The Communist Manifesto
Marx & Engels
1848
The Communist Manifesto
Marx & Engels
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Marx
1852
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
Marx
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
Marx
1859
A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
Marx
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism: "Anti-Duehring"
Engels
1878
Landmarks of Scientific Socialism: "Anti-Duehring"
Engels
Progress and Poverty
George
1879
Progress and Poverty
George
Socialism, Utopian and Scientific
Engels
1880
Socialism, Utopian and Scientific
Engels
God and the State
Bakunin
1882
God and the State
Bakunin
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Engels
1884
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Engels
A Dream of John Ball
Morris
1888
A Dream of John Ball
Morris
Feuerbach: The Roots of the Socialist Philosophy
Engels
1888
Feuerbach: The Roots of the Socialist Philosophy
Engels
Labor & the Industrial Exposé
11 booksThe working class, industrial capitalism, and the muckrakers who put poverty on the page.
Mary Barton
Gaskell
1848
Mary Barton
Gaskell
Hard Times
Dickens
1854
Hard Times
Dickens
Life in the Iron-Mills
Davis
1861
Life in the Iron-Mills
Davis
Germinal
Zola
1885
Germinal
Zola
How the Other Half Lives
Riis
1890
How the Other Half Lives
Riis
The Octopus: A Story of California
Norris
1901
The Octopus: A Story of California
Norris
The People of the Abyss
London
1903
The People of the Abyss
London
The History of the Standard Oil Company
Tarbell
1904
The History of the Standard Oil Company
Tarbell
The Jungle
Sinclair
1906
The Jungle
Sinclair
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Tressell
1914
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
Tressell
King Coal
Sinclair
1917
King Coal
Sinclair
Women's Liberation
23 booksThe argument for equality, made before it was won — from Wollstonecraft to the New Woman novel.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Wollstonecraft
1792
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Wollstonecraft
Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman
Wollstonecraft
1798
Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman
Wollstonecraft
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Fuller
1845
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Fuller
The Subjection of Women
Mill
1869
The Subjection of Women
Mill
An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony
Anthony
1874
An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony
Anthony
A Doll's House
Ibsen
1879
A Doll's House
Ibsen
The Story of an African Farm
Schreiner
1883
The Story of an African Farm
Schreiner
The Yellow Wallpaper
Gilman
1892
The Yellow Wallpaper
Gilman
The Heavenly Twins
Grand
1893
The Heavenly Twins
Grand
The Daughters of Danaus
Caird
1894
The Daughters of Danaus
Caird
The Woman's Bible
Stanton
1895
The Woman's Bible
Stanton
Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897
Stanton
1898
Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897
Stanton
Black Liberation
27 booksFirsthand accounts of bondage, freedom, and the long fight for full citizenship.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Equiano
1789
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Equiano
Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World
Walker
1829
Walker's Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World
Walker
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Douglass
1845
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Douglass
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Truth
1850
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
Truth
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Brown
1853
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter
Brown
The Heroic Slave
Douglass
1853
The Heroic Slave
Douglass
Twelve Years a Slave
Northup
1853
Twelve Years a Slave
Northup
My Bondage and My Freedom
Douglass
1855
My Bondage and My Freedom
Douglass
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Wilson
1859
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Wilson
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Jacobs
1861
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Jacobs
Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Keckley
1868
Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Keckley
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Douglass
1881
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Douglass
Revolution, Rights & Empire
9 booksDemocratic revolution, the rights of man, civil disobedience, and the case against empire.
Utopia
More
1516
Utopia
More
The Social Contract
Rousseau
1762
The Social Contract
Rousseau
Common Sense
Paine
1776
Common Sense
Paine
Rights of Man
Paine
1791
Rights of Man
Paine
The Age of Reason
Paine
1794
The Age of Reason
Paine
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Thoreau
1849
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Thoreau
Walden
Thoreau
1854
Walden
Thoreau
The Casement Report
Casement
1904
The Casement Report
Casement
King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule
Twain
1905
King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule
Twain
Power & Propaganda
8 booksFiction and argument on how states control language, memory, and thought.
Erewhon
Butler
1872
Erewhon
Butler
Caesar's Column
Donnelly
1890
Caesar's Column
Donnelly
When the Sleeper Wakes
Wells
1899
When the Sleeper Wakes
Wells
Erewhon Revisited
Butler
1901
Erewhon Revisited
Butler
A Modern Utopia
Wells
1905
A Modern Utopia
Wells
The Iron Heel
London
1908
The Iron Heel
London
The Machine Stops
Forster
1909
The Machine Stops
Forster
We
Zamyatin
1924
We
Zamyatin