In Labor’s Cause
Review of David Brody’s book on the main themes in the history of American workers.
Eugene Genovese on Slavery
Eugene Genovese argues that slaves as a social class laid the foundation for black national culture while enriching US culture. Slave rebellions prior to the late 1700s largely did not seek to do away with the entire slave system, but later slave rebellions were revolutionary attempts to topple slavery.
The Anti-Authoritarianism of Fredy Perlman
Fredy Perlman’s Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! is an accessible anarcho-primitivist interpretation of human history. Not all of its arguments are valid, but it is nonetheless worth reading.