My partner has all the right political instincts and really wants to bolster their knowledge of the systems of socialism/communism and the ideologies therein.
I was initially thinking of recommending Blackshirts and Reds by Parenti as that was an entry point for me to shed any remaining lib tendencies I had.
Would love to hear what y’all would recommend!
Blackshirts and Reds for sure. Jakarta Method is a bit lib but really hammers home that we’re in a class war and it’s fash vs communists.
Just read this a few months ago, pretty good. Marx’s Das Kapital for Beginners.pdf
Also, Transliberation and The Conquest of Bread are pretty great.
There’s a podcast on Spotify where a professor does an analysis of Das Kapital as well. In the beginning he state that the recording is his 6th time reading it. It’s like 10 eps long but it was great to listen to while driving as an alternative.
Do you remember the name of the podcast? I’d listen to that for sure.
Reading Capital With Comrades:
https://open.spotify.com/show/39RaoqJomZdxOEoeqpltno?si=00c6c1cef8d14398
And I was wrong, it’s 12 episodes long.
Thanks!
Look up David Harvey’s lectures on it, they’re set up as a class. He’s great
Thanks, I’ll check him out
great recommendations, thank you! I’m reading transliberation now actually and it’s great!
Welcome!