Political Science

From Dictatorship to Democracy

by Gene Sharp Read by Benjamin Gittins 4.4
From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dict…

Democracy

by Henry Brooks Adams Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.6
Not until after his death in 1918 was it revealed that Henry Adams was the anonymous author of Democracy, which had been published to great …

The Communist Manifesto

by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx Read by Mark F. Smith 4.2
The Communist Manifesto was conceived as an outline of the basic beliefs of the Communist movement. The authors believed that the European P…

A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

by Karl Marx Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
As a precursor to Capital, Marx outlines his analysis of capitalism and critiques classical economic theories. - Summary by Tray

Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire

by Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke Read by Pamela Nagami 4.5
Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book #142 by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political his…

Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War

by United States Arms Control And Disarmament Agency Read by Allyson Hester 4.5
Worldwide Effects of Nuclear War offers a critical examination of the potential consequences of nuclear conflict on a global scale. This ins…

On War

by Carl Von Clausewitz Read by Timothy Ferguson 4.7
On War is a seminal exploration of the philosophy and strategy behind warfare, penned by the Prussian military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz.…

Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy

by John Stuart Mill Read by Gary Gilberd 4.8
This is Mill’s first work on economics. It foreshadows his Political Economy which was the standard Anglo-American Economics textbook of the…

Leviathan

by Thomas Hobbes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nat…

Sybil, or the Two Nations

by Benjamin Disraeli Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.3
Sybil is one of the most prominent political novels of the mid-nineteenth century, taking as its subject the "condition of England"…

The Story of a Patriot

by Upton Sinclair Read by Anthony St. Pierre 5
"100%: The Story of a Patriot" dramatically recounts the adventures of a poor uneducated young man who lives by his wits and guile…

The Machine

by Upton Sinclair Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Upton Sinclair is best known for his novel The Jungle, an expose of the meatpacking industry. He was also a playwright whose works for the s…

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This collection comprises recordings of 17 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1628 and 1956. Readings are of speeche…

Selected House of Commons Speeches

by Winston S. Churchill Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during W…

The Ukraine

by George Raffalovich Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
“We are not the same nation with Russian people,” the statement which all Ukrainians wish to convey to the whole world for centuries. The st…

The African Problem and the Peace Settlement

by Edmund Dene Morel Read by KevinS 4.8
In this essay, the author directs our attention on the African continent and describes how the exploitation and colonization of Africa by Eu…

Preliminary Report on Neo-Fascist and Hate Groups

by House Un-American Activities Committee Read by KevinS 4.9
A preliminary report to the U. S. Congress on a portion of the subversive activities conducted by two specific Neo-Fascist organizations tha…

Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses

by Abraham Lincoln Read by John Greenman 4.7
Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. Hi…

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

by George Washington Plunkitt Read by John W. Michaels 4.9
In this insightful memoir, George Washington Plunkitt, a prominent figure in New York City's Tammany Hall, offers a firsthand account of the…

Samuel the Seeker

by Upton Sinclair Read by DPranitis 4.3
What would happen to you if you tried to make your way in the world believing all the clear, simple things you had ever been taught growing …

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