Goign off to boarding school (again)

[atlas]

I would like to read up on anything leftist in nature, or biographies of anyone leftist in nature.
So far I'm planning on getting:

Walden -- Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience -- Henry David Thoreau
The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass (forgot what it's called)
A biography on Sojourner Truth (Havn't really looked for one yet, any particualr suggestions?)
A biography on Rosa Luxemberg (again, havn't really looked for one yet, any suggestions?)

So far I only have to bring with me:

A Clockwork Orange
Das Kapital
One-Dimensional Man
Che: a revolutionary life (still havn't finished that)

Any more suggestions for books to bring to an extreme-rightest boarding school?

[Delta]

Homage to Catalonia by Orwell might be good :D

[atlas]

looks interesting...I'll be checking it out. =)

Anyone know any biographies of Rosa Luxemberg? I couldn't find any, I would also like to find a book on Paris '68 and the Paris commune.


thx

[Marion]

For stuff on Paris '68 I'd recommend Maurice Brinton's first-hand reports (http://www.geocities.com/cordobakaf/maya.html) and the Cohn-Bendit brothers' "Obsolete Communism: The Left Wing Alternative" as the best places to start...

[Zero]

The entire Wells' collection, it's online on his website. Google for it.

[RebelOutcast]

Dropping out and enrolling in a state school would probably be far more revolutionary then going back to a reactionary institution such as an independant boarding school...

[atlas]

I fail to see how that would be revolutionary in any way, nobody would benefit from it, including myself, the education there is great; in fact I love my history teacher for pointing out all the inaccuracies in the books we have in his class.

The only people that are rightist are the deans, who can be f'in nazi's, they're the ones that come by your room at 3 in the morning to make sure you asleep, who listen in on your conversations outside your window, and tear your room apart if they think you have something you shouldn't, and when you don't they'll tear everyone else's room's in the dorm apart. Oh yea and the computer teacher who monitors everything you do on the computers, but that would be at any school really.

But other than that, it's not all that bad I guess, most the teachers are pretty cool.

[The Grey Blur]

Originally posted by [email protected] 30 2006, 07:41 PM
Dropping out and enrolling in a state school would probably be far more revolutionary then going back to a reactionary institution such as an independant boarding school...
:rolleyes:

1) He probably doesn't even have a choice

and

2) "Without education you're nothing" - Malcolm X

[Comrade Marcel]

Best two books I've seen on Luxemburg:

Rosa Luxemburg: Her Life and Work by Paul Frolich (London, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1940)

Rosa Luxemburg by J.P. Nettl (Schocker Books, New York 1966) ISBN 0-8052-0890-9

[atlas]

Ahh Thank you Comrade Marcel! :D I was having trouble finding some.

[Pawn Power]

If you live in the states it is always good to have a copie of The People's History by Zinn, if you don't already have a copie. Good reference.

[RebelOutcast]

Originally posted by [email protected] 30 2006, 07:41 PM
Dropping out and enrolling in a state school
Read the fucking post.

[The Grey Blur]

Originally posted by RebelOutcast+Sep 2 2006, 11:07 AM--> (RebelOutcast @ Sep 2 2006, 11:07 AM)
[email protected] 30 2006, 07:41 PM
Dropping out and enrolling in a state school
Read the fucking post. [/b]
You talking to yourself again?

If you liked The Wind That Shakes The Barley I recommend 'Guerilla Days In Ireland' which is a classic, you can probably get it off Amazon.

[which doctor]

It would be far more revolutionary to radicalize your fellow classmates then to simply switch to a public school.

[atlas]

FoB: Why do you think I'm getting all these good books? :D

btw thanks for all the great book ideas guys! They're en route as we speak.

[violencia.Proletariat]

Walden -- Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience -- Henry David Thoreau

I wouldn't reccomned this whack jobs writings. The guy thought he was "roughing it" in the wilderness (walden) when he was about 2 miles away from town. Secondly, transcendentalism is a compeletely irrational idea.

[atlas]

yea i opted out on walden after reading the summary. but i still want to read civil disobedience.

[which doctor]

Isn't Civil Disobiedance only an essay and not a complete book?

[bolshevik butcher]

State and revolution-Lenin
Scientific socialism vs utopian socialism- Engels

[atlas]

fellas...i can only fit so many books on my desk at once.


:P

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

don't they have a library?
surely you can order books

[LoneRed]

Walden is a good book, and a good read

[RebelDog]

Hegenomy or Survival by Noam Chomsky. I just finished it and its a great read.

Also, for anyone going to boarding school I would recommend titles like Playboy, Penthouse and Mayfair.

[An archist]

I was going to suggest Hommage to Catalonia, but I was too late :P
maybe you should try Globalia, by Rufin, it's a very easy read, a good book and certainly good to introduce others to leftism in general.

[Free Left]

Anything by Chomsky.

[Angry Young Man]

Originally posted by [email protected] 30 2006, 05:08 AM
So far I only have to bring with me:

A Clockwork Orange
Das Kapital
One-Dimensional Man
Che: a revolutionary life (still havn't finished that)

Any more suggestions for books to bring to an extreme-rightest boarding school?
Get the fockin Revolution Betrayed!!!! If it wot fer Mr T (rotsky), communism would've taken years to take off! Show your Gratitude. And why do the authoritarians call Trots SD's when Trotsky was the mst radical in the Politburo? F u guys!

[Pirate Utopian]

Abbie Hoffman - Steal This Book
Mumia Abu-Jamal - Life From Deathrow
adn espaiclly.. James W. Loewen - Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong