Books
Detroit celebrates Red Books Day, marks Communist Manifesto anniversary
February 21, 2023The event was a public reading, book exchange, and organizers’ get-together all in one.
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Ruling class still trembling as ‘Communist Manifesto’ turns 175
February 21, 2023On #RedBooksDay2023, why not read the reddest book of them all?
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Albert Maltz’s ‘A Tale of One January’ finally published in the U.S.
February 10, 2023To celebrate the rediscovery of Albert Maltz and the republication of A Tale of One January, Alma Books caught up with literature professor Patrick Chura.
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Despite the ban, queers made important contributions to U.S. Communist movement
December 1, 2022Bettina Aptheker knows whereof she speaks. The daughter of Party leader Herbert Aptheker, and a 17-year member of the Party herself, she adopts the “new journalism” approach to history.
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Working-class tribune Barbara Ehrenreich exposed inequality and capitalism’s positive thinking cult
September 23, 2022The late Nickel and Dimed author also laid bare the “positive thinking” industry that put a smiley face on inequality.
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