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I haven’t gotten a chance to read it yet but I just bought Afterlives of Chinese Communism: Political Concepts from Mao to Xi! But I honestly don’t know if it’s gonna be some western chauvinism bs or actually good lol
Alright folks, it’s about that time again! What do we want to read for our August fiction pick? Drop your suggestions here and we’ll vote at the end of the week. Mine is Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, because it’s on my shelf and I really need to catch up on my to-read list 😅 It seems really interesting regardless and it’s blessedly short!
Hey comrades! So it finally occurred to me that we should introduce ourselves to one another 😅 So let’s just say our names, pronouns, current favorite book/author, and if you want, a bit about your politics. I’m Lindsi, she/her. My favorite author right now is honestly Naomi Klein - despite some of her left-liberal tendencies, The Shock Doctrine was a huge part of my radicalization process and I think everyone should read it.
Politically, I am an anti-imperialist first, but would consider myself a Marxist-Leninist in ideology. I organize with the Atlanta DSA, where I also have a sci-fi reading group! (Fill out this google form if you’re interested: https://forms.gle/rHAcbcmkyK4kNdWD9)
I second Yuval Noah Harari! These are about digital technology specifically but I’d also recommend The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power and Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex. More general but specifically American history: The Tragedy of American Science: From Truman to Trump, and that author’s others book: A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and Low Mechanicks
got my copy of rice and salt today! 🎉 this is my first kim stanley robinson book, please clap
What did you think of it?
My bad y’all, I forgot the announce the poll results! We are going to be reading The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. Description: “It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur—the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe’s population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been—one that stretches across centuries, sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, and spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation.
Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, slaves and scholars, Robinson navigates a world where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, while Christianity is merely a historical footnote. Probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power—and even love—in this bold New World.”
Sounds really interesting! My partner really enjoys Stalin’s writings but I haven’t read him yet myself, let us know how you like it!
Hey comrades! If anyone is interested, I lead a DSA sci-fi reading group that meets every other Sunday at 6pm. Our next meeting is 5/30 to discuss Annihilation. If you're interested in joining this meeting or any future ones, please fill out this interest form so I can get you plugged in! https://forms.gle/BvgpZx6CVbKjUKpG6
thank you for the awesome suggestions folks!! i’ll make the poll tonight or tomorrow morning
Madison wrote: "I am currently reading We Do This Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba! A super interesting book, it's a collection of essays on abolition by Kaba. It's also very accessible and not theory-heavy."Ah i have that book, I need to get around to actually reading it! A couple reading groups in my DSA chapter are studying it rn too
i really need to read blackshirts and reds. that should definitely be on our group nonfiction to-read list
hows everyone doing with engels? i gotta be honest, it’s a tough read for me. my translation is not contemporary english (don’t understand why it was translated to begin with, engels usually wrote in english) and is incredibly dense 😣
Hey comrades!Looking ahead to June, we will be reading a fiction work. Please drop your suggestions below and then we will vote to select a title. To give everyone enough time to procure the book, let’s aim for all suggestions to be in by May 17, then we’ll leave the poll open for a week through May 24.
Feel free to suggest multiple options!
My suggestions are The Three-Body Problem, Consider Phlebas, and Kindred. Looking forward to seeing y’all’s! 😄
Hey John if it’s alright with you I’m gonna make a new post for June to avoid confusion!
John wrote: "Sounds interesting, lindsi. It seems certain that one significant outcome of the pandemic (and Trump's total mismanagement of it) will be China becoming the world leader much sooner than previous..."
His premise is that we should be asking not "Has China Won?" but "Has/Will humanity win?" which is corny af but I agree. But strictly speaking, his take is absolutely that China will overtake America as the economic hegemon in the next couple decades, and that America should be focusing on how to deal with that transition. The rest of the world is ahead of the curve in seeing this and adjusting their foreign (esp trade) policy accordingly.
I just finished Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy by Kishore Mahbubani! The author clearly isn’t a socialist so the book isn’t written from my ideological perspective, but I still found it really enjoyable and valuable.
i wanna rescind my nomination of thomas frank’s book. i’m almost done with it and it’s bad loli’ll nominate “the deficit myth” by stephanie kelton instead
