Sorry for the late megathread everyone.

  • D61 [any]
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    4 years ago

    Listen Liberal.

    I started reading it 'cause I thought it was about chapo dot chat, but then it was about the Clinton era starting in the 90's. Figured I would just keep reading it anyway.

  • callovthevoid [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I'm a slow reader and find myself reading only when I get tired of staring at a screen. I'm making my way through Stalin's Foundations of Leninism.

    This one RevLeft episode got me interested in reading Blood in My Eye by George L Jackson next.

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      I started reading Blood in My Eye and its incredibly, good is the wrong word, I'd say moving and changed my outlook a lot.

  • danisth [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Perdido Street Station.

    It's my first by Miéville, really enjoying it so far.

    • Steely_Gaige [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      That one really started slow for me, and I wasn't enjoying it, but at some point, I was totally pulled in and felt like it was one of the better books I read this year. The Scar is good too. I haven't read October yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I'm getting through Daddy Marx's big book with David Harvey's companion. Reading time has been limited lately, but I'm trying to make myself focus on it.

    • PaulWall [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I’m literally reading the exactly same conbo right now! Capital by Karl Marx with Harvey’s Companion Guide, what part are you at right now? I’m midway through the 3rd Chapter of Volume One

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Capital? I loved Capital but never got David Harvey's companion book. I did use this podcasts a lot for reference and explanations.

  • CarlsJrMarx [love/loves, des/pair]
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    4 years ago

    Specters of Marx by Derrida. I’m not very far into it, it’s a difficult read for me. It’s the first thing by Derrida I’ve read which I’m starting to think was a mistake, and that I should maybe stop and read some of his earlier works first? It almost feels like I started reading a book series by skipping the beginning and jumping into the 3rd or 4th volume or something idk.

  • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    I finished the semester so I’m reading The Idiot by Dovtoyesky (I will figure out his last name by the time I’m done with the book).

    • p_sharikov [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Make sure to read the censored chapter if your copy doesn't already include it.

      Edit: Wait sorry, I was thinking of Demons.

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Just finished Inventing Reality, and about to finish Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Next will be Dead Labor: Toward a Political Economy of Premature Death.

  • NeoAnabaptist [any]
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    4 years ago

    The Ethical Slut. One of the classic books on polyamory and modern relationships. It's good but so much of the info is downstream in podcasts and articles nowadays that it's less groundbreaking for someone like me to read it.

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    "Vietnam: Logic of withdrawal" by Zinn.

    Pretty interesting and concise bit of reading.

  • Gris [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I'm reading The New Adult's Guide to Sweating and Breathing in the Twenty-First Century. It's the autobiography of writer and video game critic Tim Rogers and mostly focuses on his life in Japan in the early 2000s.

    • philowe2001 [any]
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      4 years ago

      Hey, is there any chance you can point me to where you found a copy? I can't find anything about it online and it seems to be almost entirely inaccessible.

      • Gris [she/her,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        someone linked it on twitter. I'll see if I can find the thread and post it here

        edit: I found it here https://twitter.com/brewingparlour/status/1333865540830392321

  • Gay_Wrath [fae/faer]
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    4 years ago

    in sci-fi land, i'm started reading Provenance by Ann Lecke. The Ancillary series was strongly anti-imperialist, i'm hoping this one goes in the same direction. I'm too early in to really get the shape of the plot yet, but the many characters who use e/em pronouns make my gay little heart sing.

    I also started State & Revolution after finishing up Rosa luxemburgs Reform or Revolution.

    I'm also giving myself bonus points because i got my mom to read Blackshirts & Reds and it's been really impactful on her. I keep getting messages to the effect of "Wow it's wild how this book was written so long ago but the same exact stuff is happening now"

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Arrighi and Silver's Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System. So far it's clearly the predecessor to ideas Arrighi consolidated for The Long Twentieth Century

    Next will be finally getting back to Capital, Vol II

    • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      I had started Arrighi's Long Twentieth Century during the summer and before fall semester of Grad school started. Just from what I got through, it blew my mind. Check out Trillbilly's episode "Year 0" with Sean from Antifada were they talk Arrighi (it's mostly a book summary but I love both of them riffing and discussing!).

  • Steely_Gaige [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Making my way through the Death series in Discworld this month. On Hogfather now, feeling seasonal.

      • Whodonedidit [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        There are guides online that show the books to start with depending on the characters you'd like the series to be focused around.

        If you want just an intro to the world generally Small Gods is a great start, but if you wanna go with Death then start with Mort.

        A lot of people swear by the Watch series, in which case start with Guards, Guards!

      • Steely_Gaige [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Sorry, just saw this. Honestly, I'd start with the Death series. Mort is the first one in that and a nice short read.