Maritime Labor Books | Summaries & Audio

Ninety Percent of Everything

by Rose George • 2013

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

3.79

4k+

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries 📝 Immersion Journalism

Ninety Percent of Everything 91%

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

by Rose George 2013

3.79

4k+ ratings

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries 📝 Immersion Journalism

The Box

by Marc Levinson • 2006

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

3.86

7k+

⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption

The Box 88%

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

by Marc Levinson 2006

3.86

7k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption

The Sea and Civilization

by Lincoln Paine • 2013

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

3.89

700

🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation

The Sea and Civilization 88%

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

by Lincoln Paine 2013

3.89

700 ratings

🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation

Double Share

by Nathan Lowell • 2008

New third mate boards merchant spaceship: crew broken, first mate brutal. Change is dangerous.

4.35

6k+

🚀 Space Merchant Marine 🛋️ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤝 Found Family

Double Share 87%

New third mate boards merchant spaceship: crew broken, first mate brutal. Change is dangerous.

by Nathan Lowell 2008

4.35

6k+ ratings

🚀 Space Merchant Marine 🛋️ Cozy Sci-Fi 🤝 Found Family

Moby-Duck

by Donovan Hohn • 2011

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

3.31

3k+

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain

Moby-Duck 87%

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

by Donovan Hohn 2011

3.31

3k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain

On History

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1997

Scotland's ships were built by war and state meddling: bounties, blockades, tobacco, and smuggling.

3.98

588

🚢 Maritime History 📈 Economic History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History

On History 87%

Scotland's ships were built by war and state meddling: bounties, blockades, tobacco, and smuggling.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1997

3.98

588 ratings

🚢 Maritime History 📈 Economic History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish History

Sea of Glory

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2001

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

4.04

7k+

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages

Sea of Glory 87%

The voyage that mapped Antarctica and filled the Smithsonian, sabotaged by the tyrant who led it.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2001

4.04

7k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Exploration 🧊 Antarctic Exploration 💀 Doomed Voyages

The Republic of Pirates

by Colin Woodard • 2007

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

3.89

12k+

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History

The Republic of Pirates 87%

Sailors broken by the navy built their own republic: democratic, armed, and flying the black flag.

by Colin Woodard 2007

3.89

12k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏝️ Caribbean History

Work Won't Love You Back

by Sarah Jaffe • 2021

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

3.94

5k+

✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor

Work Won't Love You Back 87%

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

by Sarah Jaffe 2021

3.94

5k+ ratings

✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor

The Fall of the House of Labor

by David Montgomery • 1987

Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.

3.93

147

📚 Labor History 🛠️ Craft Unionism ⚙️ Scientific Management

The Fall of the House of Labor 87%

Worker knowledge ran the factory floor. Management's fifty-year fight to seize it.

by David Montgomery 1987

3.93

147 ratings

📚 Labor History 🛠️ Craft Unionism ⚙️ Scientific Management

Why We Love Pirates

by Rebecca Simon • 2020

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

3.67

340

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy

Why We Love Pirates 87%

How the execution of one privateer turned pirate created the outlaw myth we still sail with.

by Rebecca Simon 2020

3.67

340 ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌎 Colonial America 🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy

We, the Drowned

by Carsten Jensen • 2006

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

4.24

13k+

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers

We, the Drowned 87%

Generations of Danish sailors vanish into the sea, leaving widows to steer the town.

by Carsten Jensen 2006

4.24

13k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Saga 🏚️ Generational Saga 👤 Absent Fathers

Private Government

by Elizabeth S. Anderson • 2017

The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.

3.94

856

🏛️ Workplace Authority 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🗽 Republican Freedom

Private Government 87%

The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.

by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017

3.94

856 ratings

🏛️ Workplace Authority 🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🗽 Republican Freedom

State of the Union

by Nelson Lichtenstein • 2002

Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.

3.75

170

🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Labor Movement 📜 New Deal Era

State of the Union 87%

Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.

by Nelson Lichtenstein 2002

3.75

170 ratings

🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Labor Movement 📜 New Deal Era

Managed Annihilation

by Dean L.Y. Bavington • 2010

The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.

3.29

📜 Environmental History 🌍 Political Ecology 🎣 Fisheries Management

Managed Annihilation 87%

The 1992 cod collapse that idled 30,000 workers was not nature's fault but management's.

by Dean L.Y. Bavington 2010

3.29

21 ratings

📜 Environmental History 🌍 Political Ecology 🎣 Fisheries Management

The Golden Age of Piracy

by Benerson Little • 2016

No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.

3.40

366

🏴‍☠️ Piracy History 🔍 Myth Debunking ⛵ Age Of Sail

The Golden Age of Piracy 87%

No parrots, no plank, no buried treasure. The real pirates were slave-trading democrats.

by Benerson Little 2016

3.40

366 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Piracy History 🔍 Myth Debunking ⛵ Age Of Sail

Raiders and Rebels

by Frank Sherry • 1986

How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.

4.24

282

🏴 Piracy History 🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Age Of Sail

Raiders and Rebels 87%

How brutalized sailors built a floating republic and waged a thirty-year war against global empire.

by Frank Sherry 1986

4.24

282 ratings

🏴 Piracy History 🌊 Maritime History ⛵ Age Of Sail

How to Sail Around the World

by Hal Roth • 2003

Stop the boat, survive the storm, and cross oceans with less: a circumnavigator's practical manual.

4.06

237

🧭 Bluewater Sailing 🏠 Liveaboard Cruising 🔧 Sailboat Outfitting

How to Sail Around the World 87%

Stop the boat, survive the storm, and cross oceans with less: a circumnavigator's practical manual.

by Hal Roth 2003

4.06

237 ratings

🧭 Bluewater Sailing 🏠 Liveaboard Cruising 🔧 Sailboat Outfitting

The Wager

by David Grann • 2023

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

4.17

219k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives

The Wager 87%

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

by David Grann 2023

4.17

219k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives

Cod

by Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

3.92

25k+

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Cod 86%

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

by Mark Kurlansky 1997

3.92

25k+ ratings

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit

by Nelson Lichtenstein • 1995

The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.

4.04

🏭 Labor History 🚗 Auto Industry 🌹 Social Democracy

The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary

The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit 86%

The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.

by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995

4.04

96 ratings

🏭 Labor History 🚗 Auto Industry 🌹 Social Democracy

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

by Alain de Botton • 2008

From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.

3.62

6k+

🏢 Modern Work 📊 Occupational Sociology 🚢 Global Supply Chain

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Summary

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work 86%

From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.

by Alain de Botton 2008

3.62

6k+ ratings

🏢 Modern Work 📊 Occupational Sociology 🚢 Global Supply Chain

Behind the Screen

by Sarah T. Roberts • 2019

The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.

3.65

168

🛡️ Content Moderation ⚖️ Platform Governance 🖥️ Digital Labor

Behind the Screen 86%

The open internet is a myth: a hidden workforce decides what you see, for a hidden price.

by Sarah T. Roberts 2019

3.65

168 ratings

🛡️ Content Moderation ⚖️ Platform Governance 🖥️ Digital Labor

The Gales of November

by John U. Bacon • 2025

The Great Lakes breed deadlier waves. The Edmund Fitzgerald was built for cargo, not survival.

4.50

15k+

🚢 Great Lakes Shipping 🌊 Maritime Disasters 🔍 Shipwreck Investigations

The Gales of November 86%

The Great Lakes breed deadlier waves. The Edmund Fitzgerald was built for cargo, not survival.

by John U. Bacon 2025

4.50

15k+ ratings

🚢 Great Lakes Shipping 🌊 Maritime Disasters 🔍 Shipwreck Investigations

The Great Escape

by Saket Soni • 2023

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

4.50

980

⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing

The Great Escape 86%

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

by Saket Soni 2023

4.50

980 ratings

⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing

The Making of American Exceptionalism

by Kim Voss • 1993

The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.

3.80

🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 💰 Gilded Age

The Making of American Exceptionalism Summary

The Making of American Exceptionalism 86%

The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.

by Kim Voss 1993

3.80

10 ratings

🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 💰 Gilded Age

Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell • 1933

Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.

4.09

103k+

🪶 Poverty Memoir 🎥 Social Documentary 🧹 Working Poor

Down and Out in Paris and London Summary

Down and Out in Paris and London 86%

Broke in Paris, Orwell descends into the invisible world of dishwashers and tramps.

by George Orwell 1933

4.09

103k+ ratings

🪶 Poverty Memoir 🎥 Social Documentary 🧹 Working Poor

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

by Farley Mowat • 1984

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

4.11

2k+

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 86%

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

by Farley Mowat 1984

4.11

2k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing

A Night to Remember

by Walter Lord • 1955

Ice at 11:40. Lifeboats for only half on board. Two hours later, the orchestra was still playing.

4.10

30k+

🚢 Maritime Disasters ⚓ Shipwrecks 👁️ Eyewitness History

A Night to Remember 86%

Ice at 11:40. Lifeboats for only half on board. Two hours later, the orchestra was still playing.

by Walter Lord 1955

4.10

30k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Disasters ⚓ Shipwrecks 👁️ Eyewitness History

In the Heart of the Sea

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2000

A whale sank the Essex. Twenty men, three boats. Half the survivors ate their shipmates.

4.17

120k+

⚓ Maritime History 🌊 Maritime Disasters 🐋 Whaling History

In the Heart of the Sea 86%

A whale sank the Essex. Twenty men, three boats. Half the survivors ate their shipmates.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2000

4.17

120k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌊 Maritime Disasters 🐋 Whaling History

The Pirates of Somalia

by Jay Bahadur • 2011

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

3.56

1k+

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing

The Pirates of Somalia 86%

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

by Jay Bahadur 2011

3.56

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing

To Risk It All

by James G. Stavridis • 2022

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

3.98

684

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making

To Risk It All 86%

Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.

by James G. Stavridis 2022

3.98

684 ratings

⚓ Naval Leadership 📜 Naval History 🚨 Crisis Decision Making

Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin • 2022

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

4.25

1k+

🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power

Chokepoint Capitalism 86%

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

by Rebecca Giblin 2022

4.25

1k+ ratings

🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power

A Marriage at Sea

by Sophie Elmhirst • 2024

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

3.81

62k+

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure

A Marriage at Sea 86%

When a whale sinks your boat, survival depends on who's in the raft with you.

by Sophie Elmhirst 2024

3.81

62k+ ratings

🛟 Survival At Sea 💍 Marriage Memoir ⛵ Sailing Adventure

Press Reset

by Jason Schreier • 2021

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

4.05

8k+

🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture

Press Reset 86%

Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.

by Jason Schreier 2021

4.05

8k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game Industry 🛠️ Tech Labor ⏰ Crunch Culture

Black Flags, Blue Waters

by Eric Jay Dolin • 2018

From welcomed economic partners to hanged outlaws: the real story of pirates in colonial America.

3.76

5k+

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 🏛️ American Colonies ⛵ Maritime History

Black Flags, Blue Waters 86%

From welcomed economic partners to hanged outlaws: the real story of pirates in colonial America.

by Eric Jay Dolin 2018

3.76

5k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Piracy 🏛️ American Colonies ⛵ Maritime History

Hell to Pay

by Michael Lind • 2023

Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.

3.93

🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Wage Inequality

Hell to Pay 86%

Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.

by Michael Lind 2023

3.93

80 ratings

🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Wage Inequality

A Splendid Exchange

by William J. Bernstein • 2008

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

4.16

3k+

📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History

A Splendid Exchange 86%

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

by William J. Bernstein 2008

4.16

3k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History

Blackbeard

by Angus Konstam • 2006

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

3.55

445

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering

Blackbeard 86%

Blackbeard blockaded a city for medicine, then sank his flagship to cheat his crew.

by Angus Konstam 2006

3.55

445 ratings

🏴‍☠️ Golden Age Of Piracy 🏛️ Colonial America ⚓ Privateering

Longitude

by Dava Sobel • 1995

Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.

3.99

76k+

⚓ Maritime History 🔬 History Of Science 🕰️ Clockmaking

Longitude 86%

Parliament offered millions for longitude. A clockmaker delivered. Astronomers moved the goalposts.

by Dava Sobel 1995

3.99

76k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🔬 History Of Science 🕰️ Clockmaking

Endurance

by Alfred Lansing • 1959

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

4.46

169k+

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership

Endurance 86%

Ice crushed their ship. For 497 days, 28 men drifted. Escape meant 800 miles in a lifeboat.

by Alfred Lansing 1959

4.46

169k+ ratings

🧊 Polar Exploration 🛟 Survival Narratives ⚓ Expedition Leadership

The Hamlet Fire

by Bryant Simon • 2020

A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.

4.12

245

🏭 Labor History 🍗 Food Politics ⚠️ Workplace Safety

The Hamlet Fire 86%

A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.

by Bryant Simon 2020

4.12

245 ratings

🏭 Labor History 🍗 Food Politics ⚠️ Workplace Safety

Making It in America

by Rachel Slade • 2024

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

3.63

323

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy

Making It in America 86%

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

by Rachel Slade 2024

3.63

323 ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy

Shipwrecked!

by Martin W. Sandler • 2023

Seven shipwrecks froze time. How marine archaeologists learned to unlock them.

3.87

218

🚢 Shipwrecks 🌊 Marine Archaeology 🤿 Underwater Exploration

Shipwrecked! 86%

Seven shipwrecks froze time. How marine archaeologists learned to unlock them.

by Martin W. Sandler 2023

3.87

218 ratings

🚢 Shipwrecks 🌊 Marine Archaeology 🤿 Underwater Exploration

Over the Edge of the World

by Laurence Bergreen • 2003

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

4.19

19k+

🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation

Over the Edge of the World 86%

Three of five ships mutinied. His response made men fear him more than the sea.

by Laurence Bergreen 2003

4.19

19k+ ratings

🗺️ Age Of Discovery ⛵ Maritime Exploration 🌏 Circumnavigation

Hotel Babylon

by Anonymous • 2004

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

3.62

3k+

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work

Hotel Babylon 86%

Luxury hotels: everything's for sale, everyone steals, and the concierge has a guy for that.

by Anonymous 2004

3.62

3k+ ratings

🛎️ Service Industry ExposéS 🎭 Anonymous Tell-Alls 💸 Low-Wage Work

Trading in Danger

by Elizabeth Moon • 2003

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

4.00

16k+

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew

Trading in Danger 86%

A disgraced cadet captains a rusty freighter into a star system collapsing into war.

by Elizabeth Moon 2003

4.00

16k+ ratings

🚀 Interstellar Trade ⚔️ Space Mutiny 👥 Ragtag Crew

The Making of the English Working Class

by E.P. Thompson • 1963

Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.

4.21

4k+

📜 Social History 🛠️ Labor History ⚔️ Class Struggle

The Making of the English Working Class Summary

The Making of the English Working Class 86%

Not steam but struggle: how riots, chapels, and radical printers built the English working class.

by E.P. Thompson 1963

4.21

4k+ ratings

📜 Social History 🛠️ Labor History ⚔️ Class Struggle

Black Folk

by Blair L.M. Kelley • 2023

Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.

4.49

417

🔨 American Labor History 💰 Black Economic History 🏭 Working Class Studies

Black Folk 86%

Forged in slavery, the Black working class built power through community, not just wages.

by Blair L.M. Kelley 2023

4.49

417 ratings

🔨 American Labor History 💰 Black Economic History 🏭 Working Class Studies

Democracy at Work

by Richard D. Wolff • 2012

Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.

3.95

2k+

🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🏛️ Economic Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism

Democracy at Work 86%

Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.

by Richard D. Wolff 2012

3.95

2k+ ratings

🗳️ Workplace Democracy 🏛️ Economic Democracy 🌱 Post-Capitalism

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