"The African Dream" Che's diary/report on the mission to the Congo. Super fascinating shit, and frustrating as hell to see squandered potential and wasted lives thanks to a lack of seriousness by several leaders. Troops literally running without firing a shot, leaving equipment and wounded behind. All with the petty BS of some officers who outright lie and feed their own egos.
But it makes me appreciate Pombo's book on the war in Angola which I read first. I can see what he learned in person here and why Angola went so much better. Che called it a story of failure, but in the end it proved to end apartheid by being educational to his men who fought on
Slogging through Graeber’s final one. Which is amazing but I have to take it in bits. Staggering research and command about such an array of ancient cultures.
Also, “Eating To Extinction” by Dan Saladino. Monoculture farming is literally killing us by destroying the planet. Another intensely researched book broken into short chapters around specific endangered grains and vegetables.
Both books symbiotic of each other.
Also, just finished a 1977 critical evaluation of James Baldwin. Written while he was still alive already getting intensely reviewed and praised as the literary giant (and activist) he was in every way. To say nothing of his oration skill; he was also one of the greatest of the 20th century in my opinion.
Love him so much I picked up two more on him.
Edit: didn’t mean to reply, obviously.
But guess I did want to say also that I really loved Jon Lee Anderson’s “A Revolutionary Life.” Got to admit also that it was refreshing to have picked up the children’s series “Who Was…” on Che to find it surprisingly pretty good.
"The African Dream" Che's diary/report on the mission to the Congo. Super fascinating shit, and frustrating as hell to see squandered potential and wasted lives thanks to a lack of seriousness by several leaders. Troops literally running without firing a shot, leaving equipment and wounded behind. All with the petty BS of some officers who outright lie and feed their own egos.
But it makes me appreciate Pombo's book on the war in Angola which I read first. I can see what he learned in person here and why Angola went so much better. Che called it a story of failure, but in the end it proved to end apartheid by being educational to his men who fought on
Slogging through Graeber’s final one. Which is amazing but I have to take it in bits. Staggering research and command about such an array of ancient cultures. Also, “Eating To Extinction” by Dan Saladino. Monoculture farming is literally killing us by destroying the planet. Another intensely researched book broken into short chapters around specific endangered grains and vegetables. Both books symbiotic of each other. Also, just finished a 1977 critical evaluation of James Baldwin. Written while he was still alive already getting intensely reviewed and praised as the literary giant (and activist) he was in every way. To say nothing of his oration skill; he was also one of the greatest of the 20th century in my opinion. Love him so much I picked up two more on him.
Edit: didn’t mean to reply, obviously. But guess I did want to say also that I really loved Jon Lee Anderson’s “A Revolutionary Life.” Got to admit also that it was refreshing to have picked up the children’s series “Who Was…” on Che to find it surprisingly pretty good.
Do you mean Dawn of Everything or the pirate one?
Dawn.