Is there a proposed "curriculum" or can someone recommend something like that? Basically I'm looking to see if there's a recommended list of theory books ordered in a way that would be intended to go from one to the next? I downloaded the Mega file of theory and I'm familiar with some archive sites of books/essays. But I find I'm at kind of a loss on where to start. Sometimes the author is responding to a previously written work, and sometimes I start something where it feels like I missed a prerequisite book.

It doesn't help that I don't have great reading comprehension and definitely struggle with 1800s English language terms. I'm aware that there's a lot of variety in theory and thought within "the left" but I'm having a really tough time navigating it.

Sorry for the lib framework of this question, any help is greatly appreciated!

  • VladimirLenny [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    Awesome this is great. Thank you. My background growing up was pretty apolitical. I mean I cared about the environment and didn't think that gay people or racial minorities were subhuman so I guess I was somewhat left. Then in college I got sucked into libertarianism for some time because I liked guns and smoking weed and "the two party system didn't work for me". I kind of bordered eco fascism for a minute when I was big into peak oil and just kind of figured we'd all die a horrible fiery death if we didn't take drastic measures to reduce global population. Then after 2016 election I decided I should get more involved with politics and had probably a 3 month peak lib moment where I religiously listened to Pod Save America and their other shows. Then I started to shift left more through actual left podcasts to where I'm at now.

    Which is basically to say I took a long and windy road and am still just a lib

    • cpfhornet [she/her,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Lmao you just described my path almost exactly. As such, I think you'll really enjoy the list, let me know if you'd like any more recommendations. Welcome to the site!

      • VladimirLenny [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Haha that's great. I figured I couldn't be alone in that regard. Sounds good though I'll definitely let you know, just gotta start reading. Thanks!