Revolutionaries and activists books
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Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Peter KropotkinA major early anarchist autobiography, covering the author's youth, scientific work, imprisonment and exile, and his views on revolutionary organization.
The Motorcycle Diaries
Che GuevaraDiaries from a 1951-52 journey through South America, published posthumously, that are often read as the start of the author's political formation.
I, Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta MenchúA testimony, recorded with the anthropologist Elisabeth Burgos, about violence against Maya communities in Guatemala and the author's activism; it is a landmark of the testimonio form, and its accuracy has been disputed.
Fire in the Minds of Men
James H. BillingtonA history of revolutionary ideas and movements from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century, useful for placing individual memoirs in a longer context.
The Black Jacobins
C. L. R. JamesA history of the Haitian Revolution and its leader Toussaint Louverture, written as a study of revolutionary leadership and mass action.
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