I’m currently finishing up Gideon the Ninth and, on the non-fiction side of things, I recently finished Reconstruction: The Battle For Democracy 1865-1876 by James S. Allen (which was published in the 1930s and inspired W.E.B. DuBois’s Black Reconstruction book).
You can purchase the reconstruction book here (and I implore you to do so or at least put it on your to-read list sometime).
Today’s discussion questions:
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What do you plan to read?
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What are your favorite publishers?
My answers:
I intend to read the Mao Zedong biography trilogy that’s being published in the United States by, I believe, either Cambridge or Harvard. Before you say anything: they’re Chinese-to-English translations and they were insulted by the web outlet Foreign Policy (a conservative U.S. foreign policy outlet) which is high praise to me.
As for my favorite publishers: International Publishers (CPUSA’s publishing arm) and Canut International Publishers (based in England and I believe they have an office in Turkey; they publish a lot of English translations of Chinese theoretical texts on Marxism-Leninism).
Talk about whatever, but do answer the title of the thread and the discussion questions, please. Thanks.
Also, shameless plug-in for a Discord server that me, BayArea415, and some good friends created:
Enjoy!
Trying to finish Mao’s On Contradiction, I absolutely love his writing style.
Can you highlight pages on your browser? That might help you save your spot.
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Ah, T.S. Eliot’s work isn’t really non-fiction, is it? Not sure what poetry counts as.
Also, I suggest the Marxist publisher LeftWord Books for you (which is by Vijay Prashad).
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Pretty underrated.
For fic reading King Lear so I can understand the references, I’ll read Crime and Punishment Next, liked Brothers Kamazov so I figure it’ll go well.
On nonfic might do some misc Marx-Engels readings and Murder of Sergei Kirkov by Grover Furr.
Sounds god.
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thnx!
Man I have a comic book you guys might like.
X-Men went through a reboot recently (2019) and they changed some stuff, but basically, after years of massacres and anti-mutant activism, they had enough and they built a Nation for all mutants called Krakoa. Its a really cool comic that honeslty is partially responsible for my radicalization. After this reboot, Krakoa became the status quo and in the first few editions of the new X-men series we follow Professor X and Magneto in their responsibilities as new nation leaders. UN meetings, bilateral meetings, etc. This is the setting of the comic book I’m talking about. It’s just a meeting. Nothing more.
But I swer to god this is probably the best things Marvel has ever made. It is unbelivably based. Magneto’s speech is amazing.
Just read it, I promise it is not big
Oh that sounds nice actually
Maybe Magneto isn’t the villain this time as well but just “morally grey hero lol” instead.
Which I wouldn’t mind.
It actually doesn’t feel like a super hero story you know? That’s one of the reasons I liked it so much. Its more a (very) political sci fi than a super hero comic, so you dont have a clear right/wrong side. Except for Orchis, bc they are fucked up
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Ah, I see you’re dong some multi-reading.
I decided to give that a break for the time being. I would prefer to prioritize one for now. I kind of have to give myself time to recharge my batteries and shift to focusing on other stuff.
