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Pete Dolack

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The United States

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https://systemicdisorder.wordpress.com/

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Political Science, History, Nonfiction

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March 2018

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Pete Dolack is an activist, writer, poet and photographer who wishes he could keep all those balls in the air but, alas, keeps dropping some of them.

He is the author of What Do We Need Bosses For?, a study of economic democracy and societies that sought to transcend capitalism; It's Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment, an analysis of the 20th century’s socialist experiments written with an eye toward doing it better in the 21st century; and the pamphlet Winners and Losers of Fascism, a study of fascism as it arose in various forms in the 20th century. He is currently at work on a book about the history of capitalism.

Pete writes about the ongoing economic crisis, and the environmental and political issues connected to it, on hi ...more

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	It's Not Over: Learning from the Socialist Experiment 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Do We Need Bosses For? Toward Economic Democracy 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winners and Losers of Fascism really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cautionary Tale: Peer into the Lives of Seven New York Performing Poets by Theo Coates, Pete Dolack (Goodreads Author), Bob Hart 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
We call them "human rights" because they apply to all humans. Iranian women as well. This shouldn't be controversial, should it? Apparently it is for conspiracy theorists who believe the uprisings in Iran following the police murder of Mahsa Amini we ...more
Oct 13, 2025 11:38AM · like · see review
Pete Dolack and 314 other people liked Glenn Russell's review of Fiasco: " “I don't think anything can behave as unintelligently as intelligence.” ― Stanisław Lem, Fiasco In many important respects Fiasco is Stanisalw Lem’s crowning achievement. Publsihed in 1986 toward the end of the Polish author's distinguished career span" Read more of this review »
Sep 25, 2025 04:22PM · see review
Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market by Adam Hanieh	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Just as we can’t imagine Britain’s rise to dominance in the capitalist system without coal, it is impossible to imagine the rise of the United States as the 20th century successor of Britain without oil. Nor can fossil fuels be disassociated from cap ...more
Sep 02, 2025 12:55PM · like · see review
Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing Maintenant 19: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art by Peter Carlaftes	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an annual anthology of poetry, micro-essays, short conceptual literary efforts and artwork that is always full of interesting work. This year's is no exception. The artwork is particularly strong and is interspersed with the written works. Th ...more
Jul 19, 2025 02:30PM · like · see review
Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing The Stalinist Legacy: Its Impact on Twentieth Century World Politics by Tariq Ali	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a book that should be much better known. The world does not need any more hagiographies of the 20th century's post-capitalist experiments and especially needs no more demonologies. If we are going to come to an understanding of these countrie ...more
May 13, 2025 11:44AM · like · see review
Pete Dolack and 3 other people liked Christie Bane's review of The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: "I did it; I DID IT! I forced myself to finish this torturously, agonizingly boring book. It took months, and so, so many hours that I could've spent reading something good, but I finished it. This may be the most boring book I have ever read in my li" Read more of this review »
Apr 28, 2025 06:44PM · see review
Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing The Making of Bourgeois Europe: Absolutism, Revolution, and the Rise of Capitalism in England, France and Germany by Colin Peter Mooers	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The concept of bourgeois revolution remains controversial, but The Making of Bourgeois Europe helps to clarify it through its useful definition as the outcome of a revolution rather than defining it by the classes engaged or the goals of a revolution ...more
Apr 22, 2025 08:14PM · like · see review
Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing The Bookstore Book: A Memoir by Ron Kolm	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Having spent most of his adult life working in various New York City bookstores, Ron Kolm has plenty of interesting stories to tell, and he tells them in his usual witty and engaging style. From encounters with various literary figures to sometimes h ...more
Apr 22, 2025 06:58PM · like · see review
Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing The Making of New World Slavery: From the Baroque to the Modern 1492-1800 by Robin Blackburn	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book is considered a classic on the subject of slavery in the Americas for good reason. Robin Blackburn presents a detailed, heavily researched account of slavery up the early decades of the Industrial Revolution, demonstrating clearly how slave ...more
Dec 30, 2024 01:33PM · 1 like · like · see review
Pete Dolack rated a book it was amazing The Bourgeois Revolution in France, 1789-1815 by Henry Heller	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
How could the French Revolution be a bourgeois revolution that instituted capitalism if pre-revolutionary France was feudal? The only way to square this circle is if there were capitalist elements and a rising bourgeoisie in the last decades of pre-r ...more
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