My little cousin is a pretty good kid who really loves history and is broadly familiar with US imperialism. He starts university this fall and is majoring in Mathematics and Economics -which is a cesspool of capitalist indoctrination. Are there any books that you'd recommend to send him that would push him to think more critically of the neoliberal indoctrination that he is likely to receive? I could obviously just give him Marx or Lenin but I was looking for something a little more subtle.

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Though there were many many books in between, the key works of my radicalization were likely:

    • Zinn's A People's History of the US
    • Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me
    • Frank's Listen, Liberal
    • Parenti's Blackshirts and Reds
    • Bevin's Jakarta Method
    • Tormato [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      First two are excellent introductions to becoming much more discerning of propaganda, how the news operates, how much is omitted from official state education textbooks and the idea of American Exceptionalism.

      • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, the list is basically:

        • things you weren't taught about us history

        • how the system is built to teach you lies

        • lies you were taught about the Democratic party

        • lies you were taught about the USSR and communism

        • lies you were taught about American foreign policy and communism