What are you reading?

Also, the book club will be starting again with the first vote next Sunday, do any of you have any themes or topics you'd want the book club to cover?

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Great as usual. October is probably the best one volume history of 1917 in existence, save first hand accounts.

    He writes narrative history, so he's focusing on the people and the events and only touching on the social causes, so don't go in expecting some exhaustive Annales School treatment. I'd actually recommend it as a replacement final act to the revolutions podcast, just switch over after February 1917.

    You do have to keep in mind he's a Trot in a few places, though an extremely reasonable one.

    • snott_morrison [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Yea, fair, thanks! I think i tuned out of Revolutions with about 10-15 episodes to go, does it get as bad as everyone says it does?

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        It's pretty bad by his standards, but it's nothing you've not heard before from demsocs or some anachists about Lenin centralising power and doing the Bad Things.