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The title of @yanisiqbal.bsky.social's 'Sword and the Neck' is taken from a Kanafani quote, and reminds us of the need for militant action. Print, and free digital editions: www.iskrabooks.org/books/p/the-...

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In the early 1970s Ghassan Kanafani, along with Majed Abu Sharar and Kamal Nasser, formed the Palestine Liberation Organization’s information office. You can read some of those publications in The Historical Documents of the PLO Print, and free digital editions: www.iskrabooks.org/books/p/hist...

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Kanafani wrote many of the important early documents of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which can be found in our collection: Historical Documents of the Popular Front Print, and free digital editions: www.iskrabooks.org/books/p/hist...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Today is Ghassan Kanafani's birthday. "The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinian's only." Every day we our inspired by his writings, as are some of our books:

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Teaching the Actuality of Revolution - Derek Ford "Exploring the nexus between aesthetics, pedagogy, and politics ... [it] provides an extensive new set of concepts, practices, and readings for revolutionaries to better plan, enact, reflect on, and refine our organizing efforts."

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Iskra Books is excited to launch our new journal project - Red Horizons! This scholarly, radical journal will be in the service of global liberation movements—a site for cutting-edge theory, translations, art, and poetry.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

On Saturday, Iskra Books will be selling books in-person at @briztransformed—a festival of radical politics, arts, and culture. 📆 Sat 4th April 📍 Bristol, England 🎟️ Tickets: hdfst.uk/e145672

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Iskra books at the Unequal Exchange in the 21st Century conference for the next 3 days. unequalexchange.org/2025/08/25/a... With activists, academics, and anti-imperialists from all over the world studying and applying the work of Arghiri Emmanuel.

Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Book launch event : 📍Eastside Arts Cultural Centre, Oakland, CA 📅Jan 23, 8pm 📷Arlene Eisen, Nadya Tannous, Kara Young, and more!

Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Selected Works of Jose Carlos Mariátegui An innovator of Latin American Marxist thought, whose important writings on the revolutionary potential of the peasantry and Indigenous peoples (among other things) are collected here.    FREE PDF, and print edition - www.iskrabooks.org/selected-wor...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Book launch event:   Eastside Arts Cultural Centre, Oakland, CA Jan 23, 8pm Arlene Eisen, Nadya Tannous, Kara Young, and more!

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

One week today!   Our first book of the year  ! In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women by Arlene Eisen. Free PDF, and print edition available Jan 23!   The book can be preordered here - www.iskrabooks.org/worldwide-family

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

On Jan 29 - 31 we will be attending The Political Economy of Imperialism conference in Amsterdam, organised by Arghiri Emmanuel Association and Anti-Imperialist.Net. We will be selling books & Torkil Lauesen will be giving a talk on his new book, Unequal Exchange: Past, Present, and Future.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Reading in Al-Mushtarak An exploration of revolutionary theory through a lens of Arab-Islamic history and socialist thought. An essential guide for those seeking to understand the intersections of Islamic philosophy and Marxist thought, advocating for a collaborative, democratic future.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

🚨Book launch event! To launch Arlene Eisen's new book: In the Worldwide Family of Militant Women 📍Eastside Arts Cultural Centre, Oakland, CA 📅 Jan 23, 8pm 🗣️ Arlene Eisen, Nadya Tannous, Kara Young, and more! 🔗The book can be preordered - iskrabooks.org/worldwide-fa...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

"The hallmark of a Marxist is to have an analysis, strategy, and praxis for the context in which one is situated. The communists in the Global North must include the anti-imperialist struggle, and thereby the struggle against their own states’ imperialism, as a centerpiece in their strategy."

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🚨Release Day!🚨 📕Unequal Exchange: Past, Present, and Future-Torkil Lauesen. 📖A sweeping and authoritative study of Arghiri Emmanuel’s theory of unequal exchange, tracing its origins, evolution, and contemporary relevance. 🔗FREE PDF, and print editions available: iskrabooks.org/ue-past-pres...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📖From the latest Peace, Land, and Bread Journal. 🟥By reading the works of Marx, Engels, and Luxemburg, Nolan Long argues it becomes clear that revolutionary defeat is something from which to learn. ➡️ Available now in beautiful softcover and free digital editions at: iskrabooks.org/plb6

Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🌎Out on Friday! 📘For Land - Capital as Extinction By @prolekult.bsky.social 🌴An annotated and expanded version of the script of Prolekult's essential documentary on land use and misuse in contemporary capitalism. Also includes practical study guides and more. 🔗Doc: youtube.com/watch?v=f-P4...

Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

📖From the latest Peace, Land, & Bread. 🇨🇳A clear explanation of "three explanations and five characteristics" that have driven the success of the People's Republic of China, by @kyletrainemoji.bsky.social ➡️Available now in beautiful softcover and free digital editions at: iskrabooks.org/plb6

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

📕Announcement!📕 We're excited to announce the release date for Yanis Iqbal 's 'The Sword and the Neck: Reading the al-Aqsa Flood' will be November 21st!

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📕Our newest book!📕 🇵🇸Marking 2 years since the world-historic events of October 7th, we’re excited to release the Historical Documents of the Popular Front. 🔗FREE PDF, and print editions available - iskrabooks.org/popularfront 🍉All profits from sales go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

📕1 week today! "By virtue of our determination, struggle and sacrifices, the PFLP will be a contributing force in a glorious and historical revolutionary process aimed at liberat[ion]... Let the banner of liberation, democracy, socialism and unity be raised high." FREE PDF, and print - Oct 7th!

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A reminder that these events and others are covered in the upcoming Historical Documents of the Popular Front - due out on October 7th!

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

28th September marked the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the Second Intifada (also known as the al-Aqsa Intifada). The Second Intifada represents ongoing resistance to the decades-long oppression of the Palestinian people and a continuing refusal to submit to the status quo.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Educational Potentialities: Collected Talks on Revolutionary Education, Organizing, and Aesthetics! This book is a must-read for workers, organizers, educators, and students working on the intersection of education and art. FREE PDF, and print edition: www.iskrabooks.org/educational-...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

"Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved,.. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in revolution." George Jackson, born on this day in 1941.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

At its very core, the United States is a white supremacist society. Its history rests on slavery & Indigenous genocide; its culture celebrates imperialist warfare and bloodshed; and its policies and legislations codify an insidious hyper-racism, a political chauvinism, & an ongoing social regression

Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

📘Announcement!📘 We're excited to announce the upcoming release of For Land - Capital as Extinction By @Prolekult.bsky.social 📅Free PDF, and print edition out Nov 14th. An annotated and expanded version of the script of the essential documentary on land (mis)use in contemporary capitalism.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🚨REMINDER🚨 📝 Registration for the Inaugural Conference of the Society for Peace, Internationalism, and Ecology (SPINE) is OPEN! Use the link below to get tickets! Organised with @CTW_ATC October 18, 2025 at Villanova University. www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-confe...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Remembering Amílcar Cabral, West African revolutionary and theorist, born 101 years ago today. "The national liberation of a people is the regaining of the historical personality of that people, its return to history through the destruction of the imperialist domination to which it was subjected."

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🚨Announcement: We're excited to reveal the cover and release date of an upcoming book: 📙'Phenomenology of the Capitalist Eternisation' by João Romeiro Hermeto. ⏲️An investigation into capitalism's effect on our relationship with time. 📅Released on November 7 as FREE pdf and print edition.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We're super excited to reveal the cover the 'Peace, Land, and Bread #6'! As always featuring revolutionary art, poetry, and articles, including texts from Paweł Wargan, Kyle Ferrana,, Dr. Gerald Horne & Anthony Ballas, and many more! FREE pdf, and print edition - Oct 25th!

Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Remembering the Great Helmsman, Mao Zedong, who died on this day in 1976. Mao, along with his comrades and the Chinese people as a whole, set the path which is continuing to be followed today. “It is right to Rebel!"

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

2025 HAMPTON READER! Edited by Colin Jenkins of Hampton Institute, this powerhouse collection bridges theory and practice, offering critical insights into revolutionary struggle, history, and working-class liberation. ➡️ iskrabooks.org/hampton-reader

Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Party work is the core work we should undertake in service of the revolution. Be wary of those who—instead of organizing with the parties—use their voices to tear down the parties, to steer work away from the parties, and to promote celebritism over real organizational work.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

For a proper debunking of this garbage and other anti-communist "history" writing, check out For a Few Canards More - Aymeric Monville FREE PDF, and print edition: iskrabooks.org/for-a-few-ca...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

📕Announcement!📕 We are excited to announce we will be releasing The Historical Documents of the Popular Front on October 7th! Through their own publications, the collection charts the history and organizational and ideological development of the Popular Front.

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

You can now buy Building a People's Art at the best little book cafe in Southeast Asia—'Bookworm Hanoi'—and get ready to celebrate National Day on Sep 2nd. Not in Hanoi? You can also get a FREE PDF or beautiful print editions here - www.iskrabooks.org/building-a-p...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

"The labor song was not just sung for fun or entertainment. Through common labor, these songs united the efforts of the workers, giving their actions harmony, cadence, and cohesion. It was, therefore, a means of organizing collective action. [Art] retains this value even now." Aleksander Bodganov

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

📘"Marx and Engels noted that, by replacing permanent revolution in France... by a permanent war across Europe, [Bonaparte] 'perfected' the system of Terror, in other words, he shed infinitely more blood than the regime of Robespierre." Free PDF and print editions: www.iskrabooks.org/how-paris-ma...

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Iskra Books @iskrabooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

“NATO's brutal military alliance has become the most perfidious instrument of repression known in the history of humankind.” -Fidel Castro