Laughing at Empire

Postcolonial satire and cultural humor as resistance. Stories that mock military dictators, colonial hangovers, and the absurdity of occupation — comedy forged under empire's thumb.
  • LAUGH & RESIST
    The Importance of Being Earnest

    A farce about identity. Written by a man they were destroying for his.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

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    The Importance of Being Earnest

    Punk and Pedagogy
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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    America (The Book)

    A fake civics textbook. More accurate than the real one.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $19.99 MSRP

    America (The Book)

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

    Theme park. Corporate memos. People getting destroyed. Very funny.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $17.00 MSRP

    CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    The Autumn of the Patriarch

    The dictator is so old nobody remembers before him. One sentence.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $17.99 MSRP

    The Autumn of the Patriarch

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    Don Quixote

    He read too many adventure stories. Now he's a knight.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $29.99 MSRP

    Don Quixote

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    Devil on the Cross

    Written on toilet paper in prison. In Gĩkũyũ. Banned in Kenya.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $17.00 MSRP

    Devil on the Cross

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    The Good Soldier Švejk

    He follows every order perfectly. The empire falls apart.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $22.00 MSRP

    The Good Soldier Švejk

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    Candide

    Everything keeps going wrong. His tutor says it's for the best.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $17.00 MSRP

    Candide

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    Xala

    Cursed on his wedding night. The cure is everything.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $14.95 MSRP

    Xala

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    The Master and Margarita

    he devil visits Soviet Moscow. Nobody notices.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $19.00 MSRP

    The Master and Margarita

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    My Uncle Napoleon

    A paranoid patriarch convinced the British are out to get him.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $19.00 MSRP

    My Uncle Napoleon

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  • LAUGH & RESIST
    A Case of Exploding Mangoes

    Everyone wants to kill General Zia. Someone succeeds.

    READ – REFLECT → RESIST

    $22.00 MSRP

    A Case of Exploding Mangoes

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