Theory Recommendation Request - A lot of liberals/Dems in my life are facing crises of political consciousness watching the police collaborate with the protestors to attack "a sacred symbol of American democracy." This is a fantastic chance to move them left, but I'm hesitant to recommend anything that's too heavy.
What are some good entry-level works that are accessible to people that think the West Wing and Jon Ossoff are unironically good? Keep in mind things like S&R are disqualified because Lenin is pretty stigmatized in their brains. Need something more vanilla/unknown.
Blackshirts and Red Michael Parenti. Show the libs how the fascists crush communists and let blackshirts run wild and they'll see the parallels between BLM and the Trumpers yesterday .
This was the only book that came to my mind that like, explained the relationship of fascism/violence to the Left without being like, This Is Alienatingly Leftist.
edit: I'm going to try to lead my discussions to getting people to read a chapter or two
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The only libraries that seem to have this book are academic libraries.
And good luck getting some rando lib to read a pirated copy.
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You'd be surprised, many libs who went through college normalized pirating because of insane textbook prices.
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