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[Poll] What are your favorite leftist books? (hexbear.net)
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Let's build a go-to list of leftist books everyone should know about. Contribute one book per comment so the most popular titles are easy to spot.

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  3. Upvote what you love — boost the books that deserve wider readership.

What’s your pick?

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[–] erik@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

I would say this is the book that took me from somewhat well read, well meaning liberal that supported welfare and the New Deal and what not to full fledged leftist. It's a bit of a doorstopper, but it's so good. Bullshit Jobs might be better for a more casual liberal, if nothing else because it's shorter, but it also speaks in more readily observable terms rather than the more academic feel of Debt.