Howdy y’all!
I’m thinking of starting weekly posts for a bit, as a sort of book club. I wanted to do something a little different, though. I thought it might be more interesting, and promote more discussion, to do “nonessential” works - things that don’t get recommended for usual book club threads, or for new Marxists.
Reading Debray’s “Revolution in Revolution” made me think of this, but I haven’t found a good online copy yet.
What do y’all think? Any thoughts?
On Book Choice
These were some of the criteria I was initially thinking of for books.
-not suggested for beginners.
-not overly technical or philosophical (I’m just not smart enough to lead those discussions).
-relatively short (so as not to lose too much momentum).
-regionally or subject specific (like Che’s Guerilla Warfare is specific, or Decolonization is not a metaphor is regionally specific?).
-readily available.
Please reply to this comment if you have any suggestions of books, or changes to criteria. I think the highest voted title would be a good idea to start with!
Why did “Decolonization is not a metaphor” have so much anti-communist propaganda? I remember talks of “Communist Empires”, didn’t finish it as my mind wander to other things. If its worth it I’d love to pick it up again.
Now with Guerilla warfare, how in depth in discussion can we go without getting a knock on our door, lol.
off the top of my head:
Im not thinking of short works right now, but I have been interested in different independence movements or decolonization in the Americas. Pretty much looking for ways that could direct any imperial aggression away from the Asian competitors of multipolarity, and that could give real change for those colonized groups in the US.
Could be a good question to start a Non-Diegetic Screams Book Club discussion, tbf.
Edit: spelling
Wait what is that?
It’s the working title for this project 😁
Edit: Or, it is now I’ve fixed the spelling error.
OH okay, never really paid attention to their name, all I see is a Car and assume they are some Lighting McQueen anthropomorphic automobile on the other end lol.
Good parameters. I’d only add that if the plan is to stick to short texts (which is a good idea), you could go for chapters in longer works.