Specifically the Abbie Hoffman ones, the Jon Brown ones and the most recent one about the dynamite anarchist guy cant remember his name.

Great way to learn about these historical events from a leftist point of view and in a way that my entertainment poisoned brain can process it, i like books but I cant read em while I'm doing other stuff you know?

My main takeaways have been how the exact same situations and struggles have been going on for 100+ years, like I think people tend to think we are constantly progressing and the past is the past but people dont fucking change. We have the exact same brains and hopes and dreams and motivations we always have, except now we have the benefit of learning from the past.

Also these guys were fucking dedicated and good at organising, we need to be better.

One thing that struck me from the abbie Hoffman one was when they come up with the yippies thing, and he said we just need a name, a thing to coalesce around and I think that's what the left is sorely missing right now. Theres no unifying 'thing's that someone who loosely agrees with leftist ideas can say hey yeah I'm one of those, like bernie was kind of it and BLM is kind it but they dont go far enough and aren't all encompassing enough. Maybe I'm out on a limb here but I do think symbolism is very important, maybe hex bear can be it I dunno.

It seems simplistic but I cznt help but think all there needs to be is a word, a symbol, a figurehead to galvanise the massive disconnect that literally everyone feels. And while communism, Marx, lenin, Mao etc absolutely have a place in informing it all there needs to be a NEW word, words do have power. Do you know what I mean or am I talking compete shit?