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History 101

A People's History of the Planet: Books to read in order to gain a general understanding of the world as it is and how it came to be this way. Let History's lessons empower us so that we not only avoid mistakes of the past, but repeat successes of the past as well.
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A People's History of the World (Chris Harman)
A People's History of the World
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Chris Harman
A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
A People's History of the United States
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Howard Zinn
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (Vijay Prashad)
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
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Vijay Prashad
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
A People's History of the French Revolution (Eric Hazan)
A People's History of the French Revolution
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Eric Hazan
A Disability History of the United States (Kim E. Nielson)
A Disability History of the United States
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Kim E. Nielson
Open Veins of Latin America (Eduardo Galeono)
Open Veins of Latin America
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Eduardo Galeono
Imperium (Ryszard Kapuściński)
Imperium
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Ryszard Kapuściński
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
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Yuval Noah Harari
Guns, Germs and Steel (Jared Diamond)
Guns, Germs and Steel
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Jared Diamond
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Walter Rodney)
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
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Walter Rodney
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things a Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Pl (Jason W. Moore and Raj Patel)
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things a Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Pl
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Jason W. Moore and Raj Patel
African Anarchism (Sam Mbah)
African Anarchism
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Sam Mbah
African Perspectives on Colonialism (Albert Adu Boahen)
African Perspectives on Colonialism
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Albert Adu Boahen
The American Crucible (Robin Blackburn)
The American Crucible
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Robin Blackburn
American Fascists (Chris Hedges)
American Fascists
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Chris Hedges
And the Weak Suffer What They Must? (Yanis Varoufakis)
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
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Yanis Varoufakis
The Angel of Grozny (Åsne Seierstad)
The Angel of Grozny
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Åsne Seierstad
Another Day of Life (Ryszard Kapuscinski)
Another Day of Life
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Ryszard Kapuscinski
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
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Angela Y. Davis
The Art of Freedom: A Brief History of the Kurdish Liberation Struggle (Havin Guneser)
The Art of Freedom: A Brief History of the Kurdish Liberation Struggle
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Havin Guneser
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century (George Katsiaficas)
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 1: South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century
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George Katsiaficas
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 2: People Power in the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Ban (George Katsiaficas)
Asia's Unknown Uprisings Volume 2: People Power in the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Ban
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George Katsiaficas
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Malcolm X
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories (Ilan Pappe)
The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories
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Ilan Pappe
The Black Jacobins (C.L.R. James)
The Black Jacobins
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C.L.R. James
Blackwater (Jeremy Scahill)
Blackwater
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Jeremy Scahill
Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence (Sonali Kolhatkar, James Ingalls)
Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence
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Sonali Kolhatkar, James Ingalls
The Bloodless Revolution (Tristram Stuart)
The Bloodless Revolution
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Tristram Stuart
The Bookseller of Kabul (Asne Seierstad)
The Bookseller of Kabul
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Asne Seierstad
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Dee Brown)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
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Dee Brown
Camus at "Combat": Writing 1944–1947 (Albert Camus)
Camus at "Combat": Writing 1944–1947
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Albert Camus
Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain (George Monbiot)
Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain
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George Monbiot
China's Twentieth Century (Wang Hui)
China's Twentieth Century
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Wang Hui
A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistance (Claudio Pavone)
A Civil War: A History of the Italian Resistance
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Claudio Pavone
The Corporation: Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (Joel Balan)
The Corporation: Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
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Joel Balan
Decolonizing Anarchism: An Antiauthoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle (Maia Ramnath)
Decolonizing Anarchism: An Antiauthoritarian History of India's Liberation Struggle
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Maia Ramnath
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield (Jeremy Scahill)
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield
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Jeremy Scahill
Don't Mourn, Balkanize! (Andrej Grubačić)
Don't Mourn, Balkanize!
39
Andrej Grubačić
Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century (Sheila Rowbotham)
Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century
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Sheila Rowbotham
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