BSAR is less about communism and more about understanding anti-communism in the west. The most important concept that Parenti introduces in that book IMO is that anti-communism in western countries isn't like a political belief people have because they believe in it, it's more like a religious dogma that everyone has to adhere to in order to be taken seriously in the western political climate.
I think reading them in that order is good because the first establishes the goals, the second shows an example of conditions and form of a successful revolution, and the third shows the societal conditions of the modern working class and the continuance of centuries old tautology that's hurled against struggles for liberation.
BSAR is less about communism and more about understanding anti-communism in the west. The most important concept that Parenti introduces in that book IMO is that anti-communism in western countries isn't like a political belief people have because they believe in it, it's more like a religious dogma that everyone has to adhere to in order to be taken seriously in the western political climate.
I think reading them in that order is good because the first establishes the goals, the second shows an example of conditions and form of a successful revolution, and the third shows the societal conditions of the modern working class and the continuance of centuries old tautology that's hurled against struggles for liberation.