No Quarter Leftism discussion

To get a bit of discussion going, what are some good lefty recommendations for books then?

the list was made with the initial recommendations of benjamin and djilas, each of whose writings are generally in the spirit of the group as i conceived it.

my conception has no claim to being dispositive, however.

for historical writings, i usually recommend:

davis' *late victorian holocausts*;
blum's *killing hope*;
hudson's *superimperialism*;
chomsky's *deterring democracy*;
de ste. croix's *class struggle in the ancient greek world*;
phillips' *weealth and democracy*;
loftus & aarons' *secret war against the jews*;
simpson's *blowback*;
aburish's *brutal friendship*; and
the usual role call of "people's history," starting with morton's text on the UK.

The Communist Manifesto is pretty readable.

Lanark is a gigantic slightly surreal autobiographical story with socialist leanings.

Soul of man under Socialism is a brilliant essay by Oscar Wilde putting forward an interesting idea of socialism.

The Iron Heel is the story of a revolution (though I wasn't too keen on it)

I could write more but I'm not sure anyone's reading this topic anymore!

You know that the path forward to liberty and global reform involves the end of subjectivity-conservatism, which must involve identifying the conservative main herd as patients of mental disease (neurosis).


I've made many novel findings in neuropsychology, but apparently it might be too logical for "normal people" to readily interpret (i myself am "abnormal", as an Aspergian).

If you are not in that category of "normal", that is good! You can freely download and read my whole book at

http://djedefsauron.net/index.php?opt...


Those uncomfortable with the whole, can read the articles piecemeal, here:

http://djedefsauron.net/index.php?opt...


Luckily, academic/lay neuroscientists and psychologists are usually more logical than other types of academics, and some of them are reading my stuff.

The best book I have ever read is called 'Leninism Under Lenin' by Marcel Liebman.

Short and readable. Occupy! A Short History Of Workers' Occupations Dave Sherry 2010

Hello all, I'm a noob to both the group and good reads. Still working out my own socialism so I would love any tutoring this group would provide.

I'm an film studies grad student who made his leftward shift through critical theory if that helps any.

Been reading tons of Zizek and Adorno lately and my recommendation is Zizek's In Defense of Lost Causes. I'm not too far and would happily start over if we could get a reading group on that one.

Cheers
dustin

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