Books
This definitive history of Cuba from pre-Colombus to Donald Trump is an incredible resource. Cuban history is an incredible theater for a range of historical dramas, and it’s a prime example for learning about everything from colonialism and slavery to the cold war and communism.
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This book is a fantastic introduction to Chinese economics. The author does a great job of explaining China’s Marxist policies from the perspective of western economics.
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Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett on his prescient novel he finished the week Lehman Brothers collapsed in the 2008 crash:
It’s a book not about the actual crash but the culture that lead to it. I spent 5 years wondering if anybody would think it mattered what banks did, but unfortunately history solved that problem.
The novel started out turning international financial scandals into entertaining satirical fiction then hit me with some of the darkest, most emotionally invasive gay sex scenes out of nowhere 😂
After reading a few of his novels, I really appreciate this trope he uses of a doomed revolutionary minded character who is chronically misunderstood.
Here are excerpts of each of the three main characters read with video elements:
Researchers show us what a scarcity mindset is and how it affects our behavior and decision-making in this poignant segment.
This essay by Bruno Jossa very fully catalogues the discussion around the efficacy of worker cooperatives as well as whether or not different Marxists considered them to be Socialist.
This book is an INCREDIBLE, vivid, and THRILLING introduction to political movements. Amy Goodman herself narrates the audiobook, which I highly recommend.
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This book does an unmatched job of bringing Capitalist critique into the information age. It will require a higher reading level, but Zuboff does a great job of contextualizing what she calls surveillance Capitalism by referencing and explaining the historical development of Capitalism.
I enjoyed this book as an audiobook on the Libby app.