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Books Worth Your Time
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items A list of books that I have read, many of them several times over, which would serve one well to read in today's trying times, whether that be to better acquaint oneself with what is really going on, understand systems of power, or just feel less alo...
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Non-fiction & Current Events
Lesser Known History
Non-fiction & Current Events
If you were to read one book, anything from this list would do you well.
Mark Fisher's classic modern analysis of the totality of the capitalist system and the seeming impossibility of transcending rings ever more true with each passing year.
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
A great work that, while technically a bit dated, nonetheless describes in common language the machinery of capitalism that continues to upend all of our lives.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster... book by Naomi Klein
Despite being a century old, Lenin's timeless work somehow is just as relevant to today's world as any contemporaneous work.
The State and Revolution
Lesser Known History
Histories of events that are either little-known or widely-known but poorly understood.
An important, groundbreaking work which is becoming more and more relevant, especially in light of the present conflagration in the Middle East.
The Samson Option: Israel, America and the Bomb
While many, even Marx, praised the American Revolution of 1776 as historically progressive, this innovative history tells a different - and more accurate - story, one in which the American “revolution” is not so, but rather a reactionary “counter-rev...
The Counter-Revolution of 1776
One of the best written histories of the clash between communism and fascism in 20th century Europe.
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
Contrary to most people's beliefs, Marxist thought has been a popular undercurrent in American life for quite a long time. In this work, W.Z. Foster lays out his vision for a future “Soviet America”.
Toward Soviet America book by William Z. Foster
A highly detailed breakdown of the actual on the ground, chaotic breakdown of the Soviet Union from within the ranks of the Red Army itself. A dense but at times fascinating tale.
Collapse of the Soviet Military book by William E. Odom