Reading List
Under capitalism, man exploits man.
Under communism, it’s just the opposite. J.K.Galbraith
Jason Stanley
How Fascism Works
Jason Stanley
Yale Professor of Philosophy, Jason King, has written a fascinating and ground-breaking analysis of fascism — a much used and frequently misunderstood word. A worthy successor to his earlier book, How Propaganda Works, both of which have been widely praised by reviewers.
David Graeber
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
David Graeber
Despite late 20th Century predictions, average working hours have actually increased. Across the developed world, three quarters of all jobs are in services, finances or admin . Most of them are pointless, according to the author; a Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics.
The Utopia of Rules
David Graeber
Pierre Bourdieu
Acts of Resistance
Pierre Bourdieu
One of the twentieth century’s most acclaimed social scientists steps into the political arena to attack the dismantling of public welfare in the name of globalisation.
Bruce Levine
Resisting Illegitimate Authority
Bruce Levine
Michael Hudson
J IS FOR JUNK ECONOMICS
Michael Hudson
James Meek
Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else
James Meek
A devastating account of the privatisation dogma of the past 25 years … As demolition jobs go, this can hardly be bettered — John Kampfner, Observer
Owen Jones
The Establishment: And how they get away with it
Owen Jones
A forensic critique of the political, economic and social forces that have benefitted the few at the expense of the many.
Thomas Piketty
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty
A sweeping meditation on the massive inequality in contemporary capitalism, and widespread indifference to its implications
Howard Zinn
A Peoples’ History of the United States
Howard Zinn
Naomi Klein
This Changes Everything
Naomi Klein
A convincing case for the overhauling of the global economic system as the only means of combatting climate change
Dan Wakefield
The hijacking of Jesus: How the Religious Right Distorts Christianity and Promotes Prejudice and Hate
Dan Wakefield
Noam Chomsky
On Western Terrorism: from Hiroshima to Drone Warfare
Noam Chomsky and Andre Vltchek
Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges of US Empire
Noam Chomsky
Edward Said
Orientalism
Edward Said
Culture and Imperialism
Edward Said
Landmark work on the largely overlooked connection between western imperial endeavour and the culture that reinforces it
Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures
Edward Said
A sweeping series of essays exploring the intellectual’s age-old responsibility to remain a dissenter
Chris Hedges
The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress
Chris Hedges
Glenn Greenwald
With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Justice and Protect the Powerful
Glenn Greenwald
Colin Crouch
The Strange Non-Death of Neo-Liberalism
Colin Crouch
Morris Berman
A Question of Values
Morris Berman
Kevin Alexander Gray, Jeffrey St Clair and Joshua Frank (editors)
Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion
Kevin Alexander Gray, Jeffrey St Clair and Joshua Frank (editors)
Those who feel that like lemmings they are being led over a cliff would be well-advised not to read this book. They may discover that they are right. — Noam Chomsky
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
The Spirit Level
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Well researched and widely-acclaimed book that argues that inequality is at the roots of many of society’s ills