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Robin D. G. Kelley: Hammer and Hoe (Paperback, 1990, University of North Carolina Press) No rating

Hammer and Hoe

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Between 1929 and 1941, the Communist Party organized and led a radical, militantly antiracist movement in Alabama -- the center of Party activity in the Depression South. Hammer and Hoe documents the efforts of the Alabama Communist Party and its allies to secure racial, economic, and political reforms. Sensitive to …

Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con (Hardcover, 2023, Verso)

The Internet Con

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Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate): Shroud (2025, Orbit)

Shroud

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Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con (AudiobookFormat, 2023, Cordoc-Co LLC)

The Internet Con

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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.

The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extraction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard …