04. 11. 2023 A statement from Publishers for Palestine calling for a ceasefire and denouncing repression of Palestinian solidarity. November 3, 2023 We invite publishers, LeftWord Books is a New Delhi-based publishing house that seeks
to reflect the views of the left in India and South Asia. We
publish critical and analytical works on a range of subjects,
and pay special attention to works on Marxist theory. We project
the interests of the working people and movements for social
transformation. Check out the May Day Bookstore, with its
fabulous collection of books. Next door is the theatre
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September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...
- Keeping Up the Good FightINR 300
September 25, 1975. The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi had called for a strike to protest the expulsion of Ashoklata Jain, an elected councillor of the studen...
- The Political Writings of Bhagat SinghINR 450
“The state, the government machinery is just a weapon in the hands of the ruling class to further and safeguard its interest. We want to snatch and handle it to utilize it for the consummation of...
- Chile's AllendeINR 500
At 9.15 a.m. on September 11, 1973, minutes before US-backed military jets bombed the Presidential Palace, the President of Chile, Salvador Allende, took to the radio and addressed his fellow citiz...
- Víctor JaraINR 500
“As long as we sing his songs, as long as his courage can inspire us to greater courage, Víctor Jara will never die.” – Pete Seeger
“An intensely moving account. A love story — a...
- Knowledge as CommonsINR 395
Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Knowledge as Commons ...
- Body on the BarricadesINR 325
‘This set of essays is a series of meditations on hatred, tenderness, grief, mourning, labour, resistance, social justice and the possibilities of meaning and solidarity, all viewed through the l...
- Selected WritingsINR 150
Ruth First, born in 1925, held multiple roles during the struggles of her time as a communist militant, journalist, researcher and leading intellectual in South Africa.
Until her assassinat...
- Labouring LivesINR 275
Clothes and cars are sparkling symbols of India’s economic success, but few think about the men and women who toil ceaselessly on the sewing machines and assembly lines to produce them. Based on ...
- The Political MarxINR 175
For a thinker whose revolutionary ideas have had such a decisive impact on the world, it is ironic that Marx’s own political writings remain so neglected. His political writings are often seen as...
- Our Own Path to SocialismINR 225
Hugo Chávez’s speeches are a call to action, challenging us to take up the task of building a socialism that emerges from our own histories and is for our own people. The Bolivarian Revolution b...
- Education or Exclusion?INR 300
The BJP-led Narendra Modi government announced a new National Education Policy (NEP) in July 2020. Neither knowledge production nor enhancing the democratic ethos find a place in the objectives of ...
- Students Won't Be QuietINR 525
A democracy dies when critical voices are absent. We, in India, are in danger of a silent democracy. Either we let the rulers suffocate our voices or we get the courage to stand up, raise questions...
- SabarimalaINR 250
Several surprising facts about the Sabarimala temple have been drowned out by the noise over the need to protect its ‘ traditions ’. Some relate to the tradit...
- Arab Marxism and National LiberationINR 350
Mahdi Amel (1936–1987) was one of the most well-regarded and beloved Marxist theoreticians of his generation in the Arab world. He wrote widely and left behind a sc...
- Jai BhimINR 195
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was endowed with a sense of being outraged. For someone steeped in the learning and practice of law, the capacity to feel outraged does something very distinct, it becomes a ...
- Farmers on the MoveINR 375
In March 2018, 40,000 farmers, overwhelmingly Adivasis, marched 182 kilometres from Nashik to Mumbai, across hill and dale, in blistering heat. Mostly barefoot, some with bleeding feet, these farme...
HINDI BOOKS
‘सपन सारन के नाटक पढ़ना ज़िंदगी को नई नज़र से देखना है। सपन के पास समाज मनोव...
- ओट्टम और अन्य नाटकINR 175
‘सपन सारन के नाटक पढ़ना ज़िंदगी को नई नज़र से देखना है। सपन के पास समाज मनोव...
- ज़ीरो माइल अयोध्याINR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
- कुछ और अलगू, कुछ और जुम्मनINR 250
ऐसे समय जब कहा जा रहा है कि हिंदू और मुस्लिम दो अलग-अलग संसार हैं, ये कहानिया...
- ज़ीरो माइल अलीगढ़INR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
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- ज़ीरो माइल मेरठINR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
- भगत सिंह के साथी
Prabal Saran Agarwal, Harshvardhan Tripathi, Ankur Goswami
INR 295जब भी भारतीय क्रांतिकारी आंदोलन की चर्चा होती है, भगत सिंह का ना...
- मुसाफ़िर की डायरीINR 450
उन दिनों दुनिया पर दूसरे महायुद्ध का ख़तरा मंडरा रहा था। चौबीस साल का एक नौ...
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- अपनों के बीच अजनबीINR 225
क्या मुस्लिम नौजवान ‘लव जेहाद’ करना चाहते हैं?
क्या मुसलमान कश्मीरी आतं...
- जम्बूद्वीपे भरतखंडे महर्षि मार्क्स के हथकंडेINR 150
जब कार्ल मार्क्स को मृत्युलोक से धरती पर कुछ पल बिताने का मौका मिलता है, तो व...
- ज़ीरो माइल पटनाINR 250
ज़ीरो माइल एक ऐसी सीरीज़ है, जो हमारे चिर-परिचित शहरों को एक नयी नज़र से देखत...
- कितने यातना शिविरINR 250
समाज के कमज़ोर व्यक्ति के संघर्ष का चित्रण करती मार्मिक कहानियाँ।
क़ब्र ... - कँटीले तार की तरहINR 225
‘ये कविताएँ सामाजिक रूप से सजग हैं। विडंबनाओं, विषमताओं की सही पहचान करती ह...
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- कबहूं ना छाड़े खेतINR 95
आज़ाद हिंदुस्तान के इतिहास में पहली बार ऐसा हुआ कि लाखों के हुजूम ने राजधानी...
. . . AND FROM THE INDIE PRESSES
पूंजीवादी उत्पादन तकनीकों ने आज दुनिया में करोड़ों लोगों को बे...
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- GandhiINR 950
Capitalist production techniques have made hundreds of millions of people useless in the world today. She has no guardian. It is Gandhi's idea of fighting for human r...
- The King’s Plunder, The King’s BodiesINR 1,350
This book focuses on the King’s rights of conquest, plunder and prize, as well as allegiance and subjecthood, establishing a monarchical form of the British Empire ...
- Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta
Madhura Swaminathan, V. K. Ramachandran, V. Surjit
INR 1,500The essays in the book explore the nature and direction of socio-economic change in the lower Cauvery delta. They draw primarily on the results of two census-type, sc...
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- Maulana AzadINR 899
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888–1958) was an Islamic scholar, freedom fighter, freethinker, journalist, and independent India’s first education minister. Born into ...
- गीली मिट्टी पर पंजों के निशानINR 260
यह एक चकित करने वाला तथ्य है कि हिन्दी कविता में प्रस्थान बिन्द...
- Revelation of Self in LanguageINR 950
Human beings have always been storytellers: civilizations have thrived on stories, cultures have been sustained through stories, and societies have always shared stor...
- Unknown Heroes Of India's Freedom StruggleINR 375
This unique collection of graphic narratives by illustrators from across the country, in their distinctive styles, tells 16 stories of the forgotten foot soldiers of ...
- Caste PrideINR 999
In this masterful work, Manoj Mitta examines the endurance and violence of the Hindu caste system through the lens of the law. Linking two centuries of legal reform with social movements, he uneart...
- In Search of AnswersINR 995
“I believe that we should have a sense of history. In a sense, an autobiography is history. It has in it traces of geography as well. Each new place, the sights the...
- Maps of Sorrow
Ari Sitas, Sumangala Damodaran
INR 825The book takes readers through the polycentric world of the pre-colonial period in AfroAsia, which involved systems, processes and interactions that were interconnect...
- Fighting Free to Become Unfree AgainINR 995
Labour bondage is a major feature of the peasant economies that have dominated the subcontinent of South Asia from an unrecorded pre-colonial past until the post-colo...