I was surprised that my dad sent me one of his speech about socialism. I don’t know why but he’s getting popular on the mainstream or at least on youtube shorts. Never read his books and I’m kinda skeptical about him.

  • durduramayacaklarOP
    7·
    1 month ago

    Who is the good readable or to be listened for a let’s say expert? I’d like to hear your recommendations

    • cfgaussian
      14·
      1 month ago

      Ben Norton. He gets it right where both Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson have certain glaring weak points. The reason for this is pretty obvious: he has way more direct first hand experience of global south socialism (first in Latin America and now in China) than they do.

      (And also because Hudson is a bit of a Trotskyist…)

      Edit: And of course there’s Radhika Desai, i’m glad another response mentioned her, i almost forgot. You also have Vijay Prashad who is very good at communicating to “normies” but he doesn’t go as much in depth as i would personally like.

      But just because i think some are better than others doesn’t mean there isn’t something of value to be gained from listening to all of them. Wolff is a very good communicator when it comes to the basics, and Hudson has some very unique economic insights at times.

    • darkernations
      8·
      1 month ago

      Top of my head, (apart from those already mentioned):

      • Michael Parenti (search books and youtube lectures including Blackshirts and Reds, Sword and the Dollar, Assasination of Julius Caesar)

      • Hakim: https://youtube.com/@YaBoiHakim/videos

      • Domenico Losurdo books (including Class Struggles, Liberalism a counter history, Hegel and Freedom of the Moderns)

      • Redsails crew (Frome, Malone and Day) redsails.org and look up their twitter handles (Eg: https://redsails.org/why-marxism/ , https://redsails.org/concessions/ , https://redsails.org/tankies/ , https://redsails.org/capital-v1-summary/)

      • bidetmarxman on twitter

      • Luna Oi (youtube)

      • Vijay Prashad (various youtube videos and books)

      • Kyle Ferrana: Why the world needs China (also has twitter handle) - if you could only pick one thing on this list and new to socialism/marxism then read this book (the first part of the book actually includes a condensed world history of socialism including trials and tribulations, it is an excellent intro for the uninitiated, and gives you a good initial toolkit on geopolitics)

      (Use xcancel for twitter if needed)

      I also concur that Richard Wolff is an excellent intro for those new to marxism. I would, however, then start reading up on dialectical materialism and Domenico Losurdo’s works.

    • OrnluWolfjarl
      3·
      1 month ago

      Hey sorry, for the late reply. I think the other comments pretty much cover what I was going to suggest and more.

      Are you interested in something in particular though? e.g. News analysis, casual discussions, in-depth discussions, theory?