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Leftist literature that I'd recommend over Lenin and the bread book
In order of reading Difficulty
A thread
Links from Z-library and The Anarchist Library for easy access
(I have an anarchist bias because I'm an anarchist of course)
Someday I'll do an anti-Lenin thread
In order of reading Difficulty
A thread
Links from Z-library and The Anarchist Library for easy access
(I have an anarchist bias because I'm an anarchist of course)
Someday I'll do an anti-Lenin thread
Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! by David Graeber
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-may-surprise-you
You might not even know that you actually agree with Anarchists who would have thought?
(The Anarchists actually)
It's a really short article it's not even a 5 min read
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-may-surprise-you
You might not even know that you actually agree with Anarchists who would have thought?
(The Anarchists actually)
It's a really short article it's not even a 5 min read
Anarchy by Errico Malatesta
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchy
It's a short pamphlet that even if its like really old introduces the reader to anarchists principles
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-anarchy
It's a short pamphlet that even if its like really old introduces the reader to anarchists principles
Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
https://b-ok.cc/book/3362634/dea0dd
Easy read, short, and accessible, good for an introduction to leftist politics BUT
It's insufficient in being a foundational text for building a useful praxis
https://b-ok.cc/book/3362634/dea0dd
Easy read, short, and accessible, good for an introduction to leftist politics BUT
It's insufficient in being a foundational text for building a useful praxis
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
https://b-ok.cc/book/2749693/00f462
It's short not as short as the previous book but it isn't long
And in those few pages, Angela Davis will get you to Question why Prisons exists in the first place
https://b-ok.cc/book/2749693/00f462
It's short not as short as the previous book but it isn't long
And in those few pages, Angela Davis will get you to Question why Prisons exists in the first place
How Nonviolence Protects the State by Peter Gelderloos
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state
Nonviolence is something liberals fetishize as the "right" way of asking for change
This books shows you that all it actually is about
Its about protecting the State
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state
Nonviolence is something liberals fetishize as the "right" way of asking for change
This books shows you that all it actually is about
Its about protecting the State
Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook by Mark Bray
https://b-ok.cc/book/3338968/28673d
It's actually doesn't read like a handbook it feels like a history book nonetheless, it can be a handbook for antifascists praxis and it's really timely and written after Charlottesville Unite the Right rally
https://b-ok.cc/book/3338968/28673d
It's actually doesn't read like a handbook it feels like a history book nonetheless, it can be a handbook for antifascists praxis and it's really timely and written after Charlottesville Unite the Right rally
The Anarchist Collectives: Workers’ Self-Management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936–1939 edited by Sam Dolgoff
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sam-dolgoff-editor-the-anarchist-collectives
The Spanish Revolution was short lived but a lot can be learned from it
The perspectives shared in this book is very valuable to the left
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/sam-dolgoff-editor-the-anarchist-collectives
The Spanish Revolution was short lived but a lot can be learned from it
The perspectives shared in this book is very valuable to the left
The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions by Jason Hickel
https://b-ok.cc/book/3364753/d747c4
I call this one the anti-pinker
If you know who Stephen Pinker is and hate his guts read this as a pallet cleanser
It's about the divide between rich nations and poor ones
https://b-ok.cc/book/3364753/d747c4
I call this one the anti-pinker
If you know who Stephen Pinker is and hate his guts read this as a pallet cleanser
It's about the divide between rich nations and poor ones
Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism’s Final Crisis by John Smith
https://b-ok.cc/book/2731208/13b06d
This book goes hand in hand with the previous one (The Divide)
Imperialism is the Divide between the global south and global north
https://b-ok.cc/book/2731208/13b06d
This book goes hand in hand with the previous one (The Divide)
Imperialism is the Divide between the global south and global north
Manufacturing Consent by Noam Noam Chomsky
https://b-ok.cc/book/2930893/657fc4
And
Inventing reality by Michael Parenti
https://b-ok.cc/book/3525906/3999bb
These are together because its both about mass media propaganda
Inventing reality is more accessible but Manufacturing Consent is more academic
https://b-ok.cc/book/2930893/657fc4
And
Inventing reality by Michael Parenti
https://b-ok.cc/book/3525906/3999bb
These are together because its both about mass media propaganda
Inventing reality is more accessible but Manufacturing Consent is more academic
Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber
https://b-ok.cc/book/1190577/6d1360
So everything they thought you about barter, money and economics in general was all bullshit
The neoclassical economists are full of shit and don't know what their talking about when it comes to money
https://b-ok.cc/book/1190577/6d1360
So everything they thought you about barter, money and economics in general was all bullshit
The neoclassical economists are full of shit and don't know what their talking about when it comes to money
Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler
https://b-ok.cc/book/884514/cb3e0f
This is one of the hardest books Ive read and I'm still reading it, this feels like 21st century Das Kapital with how ambitious it is (1/2)
https://b-ok.cc/book/884514/cb3e0f
This is one of the hardest books Ive read and I'm still reading it, this feels like 21st century Das Kapital with how ambitious it is (1/2)
Capital as power not only puts forth a new political economy
It also tackles and critiques liberal and marxists economics talking about it's history, and its flaws
I'm still trying to wrap my head around it, it feels revolutionary and it flew under the radar (2/2)
It also tackles and critiques liberal and marxists economics talking about it's history, and its flaws
I'm still trying to wrap my head around it, it feels revolutionary and it flew under the radar (2/2)
