cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4651235

Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman is what I’ll be exploring.

Anyone want to read along with me?

  • multitotal
    6·
    1 month ago

    Don’t ask, just say you’re starting a book club, the book you’re reading, and where people can contact you/post about it. You’ll get more engagement/response that way.

    Seems like a cool book, btw, I’m downloading it now.

      • multitotal
        2·
        1 month ago

        Sure! Can’t hurt. I can’t make any promises though, cause of the whole expectation-anxiety and letting people down thing, but if I’m around I will participate.

  • Commissar of Antifa
    2·
    1 month ago

    If you have Discord, the ProleWiki and USU servers both have book clubs as well as the decolonial server founded by ProleWiki members. You don’t need a wiki account to participate and you can suggest books to read. Local organizations probably also have in-person book clubs.

    • Makan ☭ CPUSAOPEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      I do not like ProleWiki, as is well-known, and am trying to create an alternative to ProleWiki.

      For now, I’m trying to popularize books on my own regarding Autism.

      • -6-6-6-English
        11·
        1 month ago

        Is there a specific reason for this? For an alternative?

        If you don’t like ProleWiki based on the fact that it is a “biased wiki”; how would making your own make it non-biased?

        Is there a reasonable argument against ProleWiki?

        • Makan ☭ CPUSAOPEnglish
          1·
          22 hours ago

          I believe that ProleWiki shows favoritism toward other organizations while disregarding or defaming organizations like FRSO and CPUSA.

          In addition, it needs a broader working-class focus.

          • -6-6-6-English
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            3 hours ago

            The last part, could you elaborate more? It covers a lot of international movements and socialist history. I don’t think it’s focused towards the U.S at all; just that a lot of the common mythos about communism tends to come from the United States or the West in general. Do you feel it’s not focusing enough on other nations or organizations?

            Fair criticisms, but in the same sense; I think the leadership/upper echelons of CPUSA leadership might deserve some criticism themselves. Plenty of us understand more local branches are more serious nor willing to compromise with the Democrat Party. What exactly about their writings on FRSO do you not like?

            I think you also should realize ProleWiki has only a small group of people working on it. There is threads discussing on development and writing for it. Have you ever participated in those?