What are you reading? [Archive]

Elias Simojoki

28th May 2007, 17:49

I have quite a few books that I'm reading at the moment. Some for business, some for pleasure.

Jihad vs. McWorld by Benjamin Barber - Quite interesting although at times very long-winded. I'm finding particularily interesting the description of the new anti-modernist Tribalist currents rising in Europe.

Under the North Star by Väinö Linna (3rd part of the trilogy) - Finnish historical fiction, the greatest Finnish Novel imo. I've read it 4-5 times, its one of those.

Poisoned Peace by Gregor Dallas - It deals with the second world war and the events that led to the peace that would determine the shape of Europe and indeed the world for decades to come. Quite interesting.

The Political History of Finland 1809-2006 - This book is for my uni entrance exams. Initially the most dreary book I've ever opened but it picked up quickly and now that I've reached the early decades of independence, it is quite interesting.

che's long lost daughter

29th May 2007, 10:02

Mass by F. Sionil Jose

whoknows

2nd June 2007, 21:23

Orwell Subverted: the CIA and the Fliming of Animal Farm by daniel leab.
It's a bit interesting.
now looking for works on post capitalism visions.

Friedrich Nietzsche

2nd June 2007, 22:17

Beyond Good & Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche

Mein Kampf - Guess Who

drain.you

3rd June 2007, 22:13

Just finished Heavier than Heaven by Charles R Cross. Starting Alice in Wonderland.

NorthStarRepublicML

4th June 2007, 05:27

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

RebelDog

4th June 2007, 12:17

Friedrich Nietzsche
[/QUOTE]Mein Kampf - Guess Who[QUOTE]

What makes you want to read the rantings of a crackpot?

arielle

4th June 2007, 12:30

Originally posted by [email protected] 04, 2007 04:27 am
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
I just finished reading this book!!!
It was so good. A little boring in some areas but a very nice read. :) Airport bookstores for the win.

I'm currently reading The Canterbury Tales (never read it before and found it for 5cents at the library) It's not too bad.

NorthStarRepublicML

5th June 2007, 09:18

I just finished reading this book!!!
It was so good. A little boring in some areas but a very nice read. smile.gif Airport bookstores for the win.

i had been hearing about it so much from such a wide range of people i thought i had better pick it up ....

Rage Against Right

5th June 2007, 10:26

The Prophet - Kahil Gibran (not really a novel or anything but really interesting and beautifully lyrical.

Eleftherios

5th June 2007, 21:01

Inside Hitler's Greece-Mark Mazower
This is a very informative book that is not only useful for knowing about the occupation, but also for knowing about the ensuing civil war and the role the reformists played in dismantling the revolutionary army. I am currently at a part where nationalist Greeks, supported by the German authorities as well as the British later on, are instilling terror upon the civilians and ruthlessly killing anyone who is suspected of being a Communist or harboring Communist sympathies

Mussolini's Italy
I have not read too much into this book, but so far it is helping me understand how Fascism works and how it came to power

cubist

6th June 2007, 11:07

http://www.newint.org/columns/media/books/2006/11/01/asused.jpg

is what im reading and its fucking awesome,

hes an active socialist but a comedian aswell, but a really light funny twist on a very serious book about what is wrong with teh arms trade im only halfway through

SonofRage

8th June 2007, 14:55

I'm reading Night-Vision: illuminating War & Class on the Neo-Colonial Terrain by Butch Lee & Red Rover which is fascinating so far

PRC-UTE

8th June 2007, 19:29

Originally posted by [email protected] 08, 2007 01:55 pm
I'm reading Night-Vision: illuminating War & Class on the Neo-Colonial Terrain by Butch Lee & Red Rover which is fascinating so far
Good to see you here again comrade :D

Marxmade

10th June 2007, 21:29

Just got finished reading the communist manifesto by "you know who" again. Now i'm reading truth and existence by Jean Paul Sartre. I'd like to read Proudhon's The Philosophy of Poverty so that i can read Karl Marx's critique of said book entitled, The Poverty of Philosophy. Unfourtunately, i cannot find a bookstore that sells it.

Led Zeppelin

13th June 2007, 08:30

What Is To Be Done? Tales About New People by Chernyshevsky.

Wanted Man

13th June 2007, 12:34

Still "Het Pact" by Lieven Soete, about the M-R Pact. A very useful book that cuts through a lot of bullshit, as ComradeRed has already found out in one History thread. It can be read for free in Dutch here:

http://www.katardat.org/4pact/index.html

Jazzratt

13th June 2007, 14:10

I'm reading lots of cheap paperback fiction, pure brain rot but funny as hell. My current obsession is the Brentford Trilogy (a joke name) and I'm currently on book four (see why "trilogy" was a joke name? It doesn't take a lot to get me to laugh) "The Brentford Triangle". In between that I'm mainly reading essays on Transhumansim.

Sir Aunty Christ

13th June 2007, 15:26

Originally posted by [email protected] 13, 2007 02:10 pm
I'm reading lots of cheap paperback fiction, pure brain rot but funny as hell. My current obsession is the Brentford Trilogy (a joke name) and I'm currently on book four (see why "trilogy" was a joke name? It doesn't take a lot to get me to laugh) "The Brentford Triangle". In between that I'm mainly reading essays on Transhumansim.
I read the first book in that series but it was about 10 years ago and I didn't really get it then. I felt that he was trying to rip-off Neil Gaiman.

which doctor

13th June 2007, 16:28

Collapse by Jared Diamond

Jazzratt

13th June 2007, 19:55

Originally posted by Sir Aunty Christ+June 13, 2007 02:26 pm--> (Sir Aunty Christ @ June 13, 2007 02:26 pm)
[email protected] 13, 2007 02:10 pm
I'm reading lots of cheap paperback fiction, pure brain rot but funny as hell. My current obsession is the Brentford Trilogy (a joke name) and I'm currently on book four (see why "trilogy" was a joke name? It doesn't take a lot to get me to laugh) "The Brentford Triangle". In between that I'm mainly reading essays on Transhumansim.
I read the first book in that series but it was about 10 years ago and I didn't really get it then. I felt that he was trying to rip-off Neil Gaiman. [/b]
You what? Their writing styles are somewhat different, especially the humour and Rankin isn't nearly as into his mythologies (beyond Christian myths which appear as a regular motif). The only real similarities I see is the touch of the surreal.

If he's trying to rip off anyone it's Tom Holt (or vice versa).

Delta

13th June 2007, 20:53

I'm reading Prelude to Revolution by Daniel Singer. Just started it, but I'm looking forward to it.

Mujer Libre

14th June 2007, 02:52

Originally posted by Jazzratt+June 13, 2007 06:55 pm--> (Jazzratt @ June 13, 2007 06:55 pm)
Originally posted by Sir Aunty [email protected] 13, 2007 02:26 pm

[email protected] 13, 2007 02:10 pm
I'm reading lots of cheap paperback fiction, pure brain rot but funny as hell. My current obsession is the Brentford Trilogy (a joke name) and I'm currently on book four (see why "trilogy" was a joke name? It doesn't take a lot to get me to laugh) "The Brentford Triangle". In between that I'm mainly reading essays on Transhumansim.
I read the first book in that series but it was about 10 years ago and I didn't really get it then. I felt that he was trying to rip-off Neil Gaiman.
You what? Their writing styles are somewhat different, especially the humour and Rankin isn't nearly as into his mythologies (beyond Christian myths which appear as a regular motif). The only real similarities I see is the touch of the surreal.

If he's trying to rip off anyone it's Tom Holt (or vice versa). [/b]
Jebus, someone else knows Tom Holt? His books have helped me through may a tedious train journey. Hurray for silly!

I just finished "The Cost of Living" by Arundhati Roy. I think I'm in love. :wub: (If anyone is looking for a critique if the development industry, look no further)

Axel1917

14th June 2007, 19:00

I have been a bit delayed, but I am still working on Lenin and Trotsky: What they Really Stood For by Alan Woods and Ted Grant. I am also reading Anarchism or Socialism? by Joseph Stalin (I am not a Stalinist, but I do have some of his works for reference. I find this work thus far to be rather basic and somewhat lacking, but I will continue on with it.).

which doctor

14th June 2007, 20:56

At Daggers Drawn With The Existent, Its Defenders, And Its False Critics and To The Wanderers - on the current uprooting of the dispossessed

MarxSchmarx

17th June 2007, 11:26

1. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
2. Taking Back the Worker's Law (http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780801444388-0) by Ellen Danning.
3. Misc. journal articles, including: Integral Projection Models for Species with Complex Demography. Stephen Ellner and Mark Rees, and Genomics tools for QTL analysis and gene discovery by Justin Borevitz and Joanne Chory.

eXacto

17th June 2007, 13:30

2 last books i read :
Fascism in Italy
Marx : philosophists explained

in my native tongue ofcourse

Chicano Shamrock

18th June 2007, 07:44

Finishing up "Homage to Catalonia". I was in the middle of reading "How the Irish Became White" by Noel Ignatiev and then switched to "Homage to Catalonia". I also have on my list "A People's History of the USA" by Howard Zinn.

Those along with many anarchist texts online that I should dig into soon.

Bilan

18th June 2007, 11:57

Was reading Kropotkins revolutionary pamphlets.
But then, I lost it. So I started reading Marx on religion.
And then! I found it again, and have got back to reading it (Kropotkin that is...)

Bilan

18th June 2007, 12:03

Originally posted by [email protected] 11, 2007 06:29 am
Just got finished reading the communist manifesto by "you know who" again. Now i'm reading truth and existence by Jean Paul Sartre. I'd like to read Proudhon's The Philosophy of Poverty so that i can read Karl Marx's critique of said book entitled, The Poverty of Philosophy. Unfourtunately, i cannot find a bookstore that sells it.
Possibly at your local state library.
IF not, the internet is sure to have a copy :)

Sir Aunty Christ

18th June 2007, 12:19

The Marxist's Internet Archive (http://www.marxists.org) is your friend.

(At least it would if it were working but don't worry, the link is right.)

Sir Aunty Christ

18th June 2007, 12:24

Originally posted by Jazzratt+June 13, 2007 07:55 pm--> (Jazzratt @ June 13, 2007 07:55 pm)
Originally posted by Sir Aunty [email protected] 13, 2007 02:26 pm

[email protected] 13, 2007 02:10 pm
I'm reading lots of cheap paperback fiction, pure brain rot but funny as hell. My current obsession is the Brentford Trilogy (a joke name) and I'm currently on book four (see why "trilogy" was a joke name? It doesn't take a lot to get me to laugh) "The Brentford Triangle". In between that I'm mainly reading essays on Transhumansim.
I read the first book in that series but it was about 10 years ago and I didn't really get it then. I felt that he was trying to rip-off Neil Gaiman.
You what? Their writing styles are somewhat different, especially the humour and Rankin isn't nearly as into his mythologies (beyond Christian myths which appear as a regular motif). The only real similarities I see is the touch of the surreal.

If he's trying to rip off anyone it's Tom Holt (or vice versa). [/b]
Well, it was a while ago and I'd just read Good Omens, my first Neil Gaiman book (which he wrote with Terry Pratchett), and I thought the styles were pretty similar.

Jazzratt

18th June 2007, 20:41

Originally posted by Sir Aunty [email protected] 18, 2007 11:24 am
Well, it was a while ago and I'd just read Good Omens, my first Neil Gaiman book (which he wrote with Terry Pratchett), and I thought the styles were pretty similar.
I'd say that Pratchett would be the writer that is closer to Rankin's style. Ah well.

which doctor

18th June 2007, 21:18

The Reproduction of Daily Life by Fredy Perlman

Eleftherios

21st June 2007, 06:03

I am currently reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis, the latter in Greek

Chicano Shamrock

21st June 2007, 07:11

Originally posted by [email protected] 20, 2007 09:03 pm
I am currently reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis, the latter in Greek
How is Brave New World? I thought the movie was garbage and was wondering if the book was worth my time.

which doctor

21st June 2007, 18:12

The book was really good.

Red Rebel

22nd June 2007, 01:07

A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn

A great view at American working class history. Only problem is that it is long but it is such a good read that you don't want to skim it.

Dr Mindbender

22nd June 2007, 01:09

I'm reading this thread.

RedArmyFaction

23rd June 2007, 10:27

I'm reading "lenin and the russian revolution" by steve philips

Chicano Shamrock

23rd June 2007, 23:15

I have finished Homage to Catalonia and am now starting The Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin.

Mujer Libre

25th June 2007, 00:45

Casablanca by the unfortunately named Michael Moorcock. It's a mixture of fiction and non-fiction with bits about feminism and anarchism. A good read, particularly if you want to step back into the 80s- because most of the non-fiction was written then. I disagree with him on a few issues (anti-porn stance, not liking Queen (the band, not the monarch obviously)) but it's still enjoyable. I mean, where else do you have a discussion between Bakunin, Makhno, Sid Vicious and Byron in the Cafe Hendrix?

Dominicana_1965

25th June 2007, 01:40

Leon Trotsky-1905 & Karl Marx-Capital Vol. 1

Qwerty Dvorak

25th June 2007, 01:54

Bram Stoker's Dracula

The Advent of Anarchy

25th June 2007, 03:08

I've just finished All Quiet on the Western Front, and the books I plan to read are The Holy Qur'an, The Diary of Anne Frank (rest in peace, Anne.), The Odyssey, and Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (I love the movie, so the book must be good.)

Sentinel

25th June 2007, 12:30

Yesterday I finished The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry. Incredibly funny, I literally howled with laughter for the first time since.. I don't know when. I warmly recommend it.

The Advent of Anarchy

28th June 2007, 15:22

Originally posted by The [email protected] 04, 2007 11:17 am
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mein Kampf - Guess Who

What makes you want to read the rantings of a crackpot?
To mock and make fun of him better.

Eleftherios

28th June 2007, 20:01

Originally posted by Chicano Shamrock+June 21, 2007 06:11 am--> (Chicano Shamrock @ June 21, 2007 06:11 am)
[email protected] 20, 2007 09:03 pm
I am currently reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis, the latter in Greek
How is Brave New World? I thought the movie was garbage and was wondering if the book was worth my time. [/b]
I haven't seen the movie, But I just finished reading the book and I thought it was pretty good.

I am now reading another book by Nikos Kazantzakis called Russia. He analyzes the situation in Russia during the early days of the Soviet Union and looks at specific aspects of Soviet society such as the different nationalities, the workers and peasants, the red army, the justice system, the prisons, the schools, the literature, the love life, religion, propaganda, the press, and a few more. It is really informative but does not go into the minor details. I am enjoying it and I recommend reading this book. I like his style of writing and the way he expresses the general atmosphere in the early days of the Soviet union.

For those of you who are curious to know, he paints the Soviet Union in a very positive light.

Mariam

1st July 2007, 17:52

DO NOT see the movie, its not worth it!

Im reading House of Bush, House of Saud by Craig Unger.

southernmissfan

1st July 2007, 18:32

Brain Droppings by George Carlin

Vanguard1917

1st July 2007, 20:49

I don't read much fiction, but i've just finished Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. I thought it was very good.

praxis1966

1st July 2007, 23:47

Originally posted by [email protected] 01, 2007 01:49 pm
I don't read much fiction, but i've just finished Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. I thought it was very good.
Yeah, Steinbeck's one of my favorite fiction writers. Aside from his obvious pro-working class (which at times seem to border on socialist/communist) attitudes, he's just a brilliant writer. The way he describes the pond in either chapter one or two (I forget which) in Of Mice and Men is just amazing.

Anyway, I'm currently working my way through Tim Pat Coogan's The IRA. It's pretty heady stuff, especially since Coogan tends to write books like the journalist he's trained as. He examines incidents in their minutia, making the book nearly a thousand pages. Still pretty good, and highly informative.

Monty Cantsin

2nd July 2007, 04:31

i just read in one session, "Of Love and Other Demons" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

chebol

2nd July 2007, 10:11

Peeling the Onion - Gunter Grass

Mariam

6th July 2007, 20:19

Starting from tonight i'll be reading
Peer Gynt- Ebsin
Death of a Salesman- Miller
Macbeth-Shakespeare.

Red Rebel

6th July 2007, 20:54

Just finished A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn (great read) and On Bullshit by Harry G. Frankfurt (just ok).

Currently reading C Wright Mill's The Power Elite.

Led Zeppelin

7th July 2007, 10:42

Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution by Ruth Scurr

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen

Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed

RedAnarchist

7th July 2007, 12:07

Currently reading Granny made me an Anarchist, by Stuart Christie

Bilan

15th July 2007, 11:23

Reading "Our word is our weapon". Pretty fucking awesome.

SandyAnon

15th July 2007, 12:05

Capital by Karl Marx

RedAnarchist

17th July 2007, 02:21

Homage to Catalonia

Le People

18th July 2007, 05:28

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl and Moby Dick by Hermann Melville.

SonofRage

18th July 2007, 20:04

The Algebra of Revolution: The Dialectic and the Classical Marxist Tradition by John Rees

Mariam

18th July 2007, 22:47

Im reading a book on the self and subconscious by Jung in arabic.
Compromising Revelation and Reason by Ibn Taymeyah.
(the whole is actually in 11 parts!! i've just started the first two volumes)

capitalistwhore

19th July 2007, 02:25

SonofRage:

I haven't read that one. Do you recommend? I actually haven't read anything of Rees. I have In Defence of October waiting for me to get a free moment. My Russian history is so-so; I should probably catch up before diving in, you know.

hajduk

19th July 2007, 13:45

I recomd you people to read this boocks:

ZBIGNJEV BZEZINSKI "THE GREAT CHEES BOARD"
SAMUEL HANTINGTON "THE CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS"
WILIAM F. ENGADHL "CENTURY OF WAR-special relathionship beetween America and England"

RevSouth

19th July 2007, 18:50

On The Road-Jack Kerouac (Which I've been reading for several months, and I'm in the last fifty or so pages, but I can't concentrate, I've finished two other books whilst reading it...)

The God Delusion-Richard Dawkins

The books I finished were The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey, and Into the Wild, by John Krakauer.

NorthStarRepublicML

19th July 2007, 20:05

Which I've been reading for several months, and I'm in the last fifty or so pages, but I can't concentrate, I've finished two other books whilst reading it...

i know what you mean .... it took me like 3 years to finish Moby Dick ... a classic my ass, bored me to death ...

however my father just told me it's better the second time through ... so i have recently considered giving it another shot ....

The Monkey Wrench Gang, by Edward Abbey,

great book, i just finished reading the book Rule of the Bone by Russel Banks, which i had read about three times before .... in a way it sorta reminds me of Abbey's style ...

i don't read much fiction so when i find ones i like i tend to stick to them ...

i was considering reading The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, about a fictionalized Mayan uprising in Chiapas .... this book too i have read before .... but it's an epic to say the least ....

ReD_ReBeL

20th July 2007, 01:27

im reading The Books of Albion by Peter Doherty. good read so far, but its wrote in handwriting, so its quite difficult to read some words.
Yes Pete Doherty of the Libertines- junkie blah blah. But hes incredibly talented.

che's long lost daughter

20th July 2007, 17:04

Po-on by F. Sionil Jose

Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg

20th July 2007, 17:31

Noam Chomsky- Failed States

Its a bit hard going with lots of quotes, but overall fantastic

Rumpole of the Bailey-John Mortimer

Brilliant, really funny and light

which doctor

23rd July 2007, 01:31

I just finished The Stranger by Camus and was very satisfied by it.

Delirium

25th July 2007, 01:06

I'm reading The Omnivores Dilemma

deals with agriculture, pretty good so far.

ityja

26th July 2007, 20:06

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, i'm really enjoying it so far and i can see why Dorian is so captivated by Lord Henry! The dandy rascal!

Genosse Kotze

26th July 2007, 21:10

Originally posted by [email protected] 23, 2007 12:31 am
I just finished The Stranger by Camus and was very satisfied by it.
I just finished it a month ago too! I loved it! Especially the one guy who was really having a great time throughout the lockdown.

But right now I'm about 60pgs away from finishing Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. It's really great, but I'm pissed off that I know how it ends already!

When I'm done with it I plan on reading The Question of German Guilt by Karl Jaspers. I think this is a book that every American should read in the event that our empire falls to pieces and have to face all of the crimes the govt. and companies have been up to. When I'm finished with it I'll be sure to post something about it, but if anybody is familiar with it already, please comment on it.

EDIT: Whoops! I misread your post. I actually just read The Plague by Camus. I did read The Stranger a while ago though, but I was really to young to apreciate it. But be sure to check out The Plague. You'd love it.

marcocosm

30th July 2007, 02:24

IM reading Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez. This will be the third time I read this book....its that good...at least for me it is.

midnight marauder

30th July 2007, 04:44

dorian gray :wub:

right now I'm reading metamorphosis by kafka. anyone read it?

Chavez

30th July 2007, 13:41

yup me !

kafka is great - his story´s are unique, considering the many ways of interpretation there are.

I´m currently readling a book by the german author uwe timm -"red". it´s a novel, analyzing the past of a student in the 1968 movement in germany.

Mariam

1st August 2007, 14:31

The Crisis of Islam- Bernard Lewis

RedAnarchist

2nd August 2007, 19:57

A book about the Spanish Civil War by Anthony Beevor.

Rawthentic

2nd August 2007, 20:04

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jarod Diamond.

postmodern-jellybelly

8th August 2007, 23:27

Sorry, I read a lot at once:
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
Communist Manifesto (I REALLY don't understand how people can read this. I mean, the BIBLE is easier reading than this... :blush: )

Just finished The Stranger a few months ago. It was FREAKING AMAZING!
Finished:
Anthem by Ayn Rand (completely changed my life, but I'd NEVER read it over. Too dull. The communist manifesto is more interesting. :rolleyes: )
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima (note to all who haven't read it: if oedipal complexes freak you out or if you're ULTRA pro-PETA, then don't read it. They kill a cat, and a 13 y.o. kid spies in on his mom. Otherwise, a pretty good book)

Ok. I'll shut up now. :blush:

Comrade Rage

9th August 2007, 00:14

Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner (http://countycat.mcfls.org/search?/YDefying%20Hitler&searchscope=1&SORT=D/YDefying%20Hitler&searchscope=1&SORT=D&search=http%3A%2F%2Fcountycat%2Emcfls%2Eorg%2Fsear ch%2Fa%3Fa&SUBKEY=Defying%20Hitler/1%2C4%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=YDefying%20Hitler&searchscope=1&SORT=D&search=http%3A%2F%2Fcountycat%2Emcfls%2Eorg%2Fsear ch%2Fa%3Fa&SUBKEY=Defying%20Hitler&2%2C2%2C)

Bad Grrrl Agro

9th August 2007, 16:48

mao on guerilla warfare

Le People

9th August 2007, 17:02

The Countifiters by Andre Gide

Le People

9th August 2007, 17:04

Originally posted by midnight [email protected] 29, 2007 11:44 pm
dorian gray :wub:

right now I'm reading metamorphosis by kafka. anyone read it?
I have. If you know Kafka, than this is an okay work (The Trial and the Penal Colony are much better. So is a Country Doctor.) If you aren't familar with him, you will either have your mind blown or hate it.

partizan604

9th August 2007, 19:30

Gabriel García Márquez

hajduk

11th August 2007, 15:11

try people to find any boock by ALEKSANDAR HEMON he is writer who wrote the boocks on english but he is from Bosnia

also try to find these bocks

IVO ANDRICH:Bridge over Drina river,Dammed alley,Signs,Omer pasha Latas
MESA SELIMOVICH:Fortress,Dervish and the death
MILJENKO JERGOVICH:Insallah Madonna insallah,Sarajevo Mallborough

marcelina44

11th August 2007, 21:22

I just finished Camus' A Happy Death. Some parts of it were very beautiful.
Suicide Blonde - don't bother reading, garbage.
and Nausea by Sarte.

Chicom

12th August 2007, 03:28

Cat's Cradle By Kurt Vonnegut

Sir Aunty Christ

12th August 2007, 14:52

Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
More Pricks than Kicks by Samuel Beckett
Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

quirk

12th August 2007, 15:51

Originally posted by [email protected] 02, 2007 06:57 pm
A book about the Spanish Civil War by Anthony Beevor.
Just finished it a few days ago.

At the moment I am reading

Irish Freedom, the history of nationalism in Ireland by Richard English and
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Labor Shall Rule

12th August 2007, 17:20

I am reading A New Economic View of American History by Jeremy Atack and Peter Passell, Paris in the Terror by Stanley Loomis, Viva La Revolution by Mark Steel, and Was Marx a Satanist? by Richard Wurmband.

Le LibÃ©rer

12th August 2007, 23:07

I'm reading Gentleman Junkie by G. Caveney, and have just ordered The Club of Angels by Luís Fernando Veríssimo and High Art by Rubem Fonseca.Thanks for the recommendations Luis. :D
I just finished The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Mariam

12th August 2007, 23:49

Political Islam: Revolution, Radicalism, or Reform.
The Psychology of Revolution- Gustave le Bon

Dominicana_1965

13th August 2007, 05:40

August Bebel-Woman & Socialism
Marta Harnecker-Cuba: Dictatorship or Democracy
Marx-Capital Vol. 1
Fidel Castro- Che: A Memoir

An archist

13th August 2007, 09:49

-Palestine, the last colony?
-Modern Jihad, Tracing the dollars behind the terror networks
-The rule of the richest, Are the alterglobalists right?

Bilan

22nd August 2007, 07:49

Fields, Factories and Workshops - Peter Kropotkin
The meaning of Marxism - G.D.H. Cole

Mujer Libre

23rd August 2007, 04:31

Communists Like Us- Negri and Guattari

Mariam

23rd August 2007, 10:49

Vidal's The City and The Pillar.

I find it quite boring.

Genosse Kotze

24th August 2007, 09:24

I just finished Dostoevsky's The Idiot which had a very sad ending :(

Philosophical Materialist

27th August 2007, 18:11

I am reading Germinal by Emile Zola.

marcocosm

28th August 2007, 01:11

im currently reading Breakfast of champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Bat

28th August 2007, 01:48

charles bukowski-women it's kind of worthless

Red Scare

28th August 2007, 03:06

some non-political stuff
just finished 1984

Roilluq

29th August 2007, 19:04

Chomsky on Anarchism - Noam Chomsky

I just bought it today

The Advent of Anarchy

29th August 2007, 19:11

Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong

I try to study it every day, when I have it with me.

RedAnarchist

29th August 2007, 19:54

"The Great Anarchists Ideas and Teachings of Seven Major Thinkers", by Paul Eltzbacher

RedStaredRevolution

29th August 2007, 20:47

The Zinn Reader
Howard Zinn

marcocosm

30th August 2007, 21:21

Originally posted by [email protected] 28, 2007 02:06 am
some non-political stuff
just finished 1984
i was watching that movie earlier ;)

Bat

31st August 2007, 02:10

the gambler from the dostoyevski

FMLN_REVOLUTION/left

31st August 2007, 08:01

I just started reading Americas prisoners Manuel Noriega.
so far its a great book.

Umoja

31st August 2007, 17:17

V.
Thomas Pynchon

guerilla E

5th September 2007, 13:48

Fatherland.

It is a great work of fiction detailing the slow and steady corruption of a Nazi Germany, that actually won WW2. It's also a muder mystery but it would've been an ace book if it concentrated more on the failing society.

Monty Cantsin

5th September 2007, 13:52

Michel Foucault's "The Will To Knowledge, The History of Sexuality volume 1"........it's an easy read relative to other books by foucault i've read.

JhÃ©

7th September 2007, 20:01

Crime and Punishment
Dracula - near completion
Ché - biography by a russian dude in the 80s, will start it today :)

spartan

7th September 2007, 20:18

LORD OF THE RINGS (all three in one book!) by tolkein and i am fucking loving it and im also reading WAR AND PEACE by tolstoy which is also ace!

UndergroundConnexion

7th September 2007, 23:36

Antonio Negri - The Return (or smthn like that), really need to find movitation to finish it

Edgar

8th September 2007, 06:41

Neither Black Nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the Unites States by Carl N. Degler

RedAnarchist

8th September 2007, 13:14

I was thinking of printing off some books that you can read online for free. What site would be best to get books like that?

Mujer Libre

8th September 2007, 14:00

Originally posted by [email protected] 08, 2007 12:14 pm
I was thinking of printing off some books that you can read online for free. What site would be best to get books like that?
Try the e-texts sticky in this forum- I've collating everything I've come across and most should be printable. :)

redflagfires

8th September 2007, 17:04

New Ideas from Dead Economists

Mujer Libre

9th September 2007, 01:42

There's already a sticky about this...

Edit: Consider it merged.

I'm about to start reading about neuroanatomy. :(

RedAnarchist

9th September 2007, 02:09

Originally posted by Mujer Libre+September 08, 2007 02:00 pm--> (Mujer Libre @ September 08, 2007 02:00 pm)
[email protected] 08, 2007 12:14 pm
I was thinking of printing off some books that you can read online for free. What site would be best to get books like that?
Try the e-texts sticky in this forum- I've collating everything I've come across and most should be printable. :) [/b]
Thanks :D

Mano Dayak

12th September 2007, 10:18

Georges Simenon's crime novels and books on the Tuareg, at the moment.

Red Rebel

14th September 2007, 01:10

Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

If anyone is interested in reading a modern Latin American Marxist, this is for you.

which doctor

14th September 2007, 22:07

I'm reading The Call. Not really a book, more of an essay of some sort. Not exactly sure who wrote it, some group in France. Quite interesting.

ComradeRed

14th September 2007, 22:20

Understanding the Linux Kernel 3d edition and The Design of the Unix Operating System.

The Spirit of 1918

14th September 2007, 23:49

"Suomalaiset Espanjan sisällissodassa" ('Finns in the Spanish Civil War').
Found it at my local library, while searching for Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.

Bilan

15th September 2007, 15:27

Workers Councils - Anton Pannekoek

Jesus H.

15th September 2007, 20:09

Recently I have read 'Prairie Radical' by Robert Pardun.

I am reading at present 'America alone: the neo-conservatives and the global order' by Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke.

Rawthentic

16th September 2007, 00:44

El Alquimista, por Paulo Coehlo.

"The Alchemist."

Ol' Dirty

19th September 2007, 02:17

I just read The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Ethan Frome. I've been reading the Art of War by Sun Tzu and How to Make War by James P. Dunnighan (sp?) D. is a conservative millitary analyst with an excellent tactical/strategic sense.

Jesus H.

19th September 2007, 14:37

Originally posted by [email protected] 19, 2007 01:17 am
I just read The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Ethan Frome. I've been reading the Art of War by Sun Tzu and How to Make War by James P. Dunnighan (sp?) D. is a conservative millitary analyst with an excellent tactical/strategic sense.
I just downloaded 'The Crucible' in audio format and 'The Art of War' as well.
check the torrents for those two in audio format.

Mujer Libre

20th September 2007, 14:12

The Ode Less Travelled- a guide to writing poetry by Stephen Fry.

and

The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases edited by Mark Roberts and the fabulous Jeff Vandermeer. It's a spoof medical guidebook featuring contributions by Alan Moore (of V for Vendetta) and Michael Moorcock (anarchist fantasy writer), as well as Neil Gaiman and China Mieville (who I always mean to read but never do). It's a really great read so far, very densely funny and plays with form delightfully, as you would expect from a book edited by Vandermeer. It also heavily criticises the medical profession and medical education, so it naturally appeals to this bitter medical student.

spartan

21st September 2007, 20:11

The Collector by John Fowles and Che Guevara's Guerrilla Warfare.

UndergroundConnexion

21st September 2007, 20:42

still Antonio Negri's Return (having a hard time to finish , on it since one month).
and for the study group im reading Mao's 10 Relationpoints. Interesting stuff

Red Scare

21st September 2007, 20:53

do not get me wrong, I am very political, but I find it hard to read political stuff all the time, sometimes I like a good horror or historical thriller
right now I am reading Koko by Peter Straub

Bilan

26th September 2007, 15:26

At the Cafe' - Errico Malatesta.
Fucking awesome!

letsgetfree

28th September 2007, 19:13

Originally posted by Red [email protected] 28, 2007 02:06 am
some non-political stuff
just finished 1984
im halfway through 1984

La ComÃ©die Noire

28th September 2007, 20:07

The Prince by Machavelli. Very outdated I might add. :D

spartan

28th September 2007, 20:18

letsgetfree:
im halfway through 1984
I have read 1984 loads of times and i never get tired of it! In fact i keep going bact to it. Orwell is a fucking great writer.

Faux Real

28th September 2007, 21:03

Democracy in America - Alexis de Tocqueville

Comrade Nadezhda

5th October 2007, 00:34

Originally posted by Comrade [email protected] 28, 2007 02:07 pm
The Prince by Machavelli. Very outdated I might add. :D
I have read that, I own a copy actually.

I recently picked up a more current edition of Lenin's State and Revolution. Seriously, as for how many new editions I have picked up just out of curiousity lately I have found that there are so many editions that cut out details to the point where its just irritating, or change sentences which eventually end up changing the meaning of the sentence or the entire perspective in general. i recently picked up a more recently published edition of the communist manifesto and every term marx used was replaced with a modern one which i found to have less meaning and give the reader less perspective if they have never read marx before that is i would think it wouldnt represent it in the best way. i usually dont buy abridged editions but i cant believe how much it is altered in modern editions

Comrade Rage

5th October 2007, 00:36

The library system here lost it's only copy of Hoxha's memoirs. It's what I would have been reading. :angry:
Anyone know where I can get a copy?

Comrade Nadezhda

5th October 2007, 01:34

that has always pissed me off. the library here never has anything, and most of the time there is record of certain items in the library catalog but they are often missing from the library - and sometimes if you check a book out once and you return it and you want to check it out again the next time you get to the library it will be recorded as lost, other times they dont even bother to update the status of the item.

look online, that would probably be your best option- aside from the library or a used bookstore (if there is one near where you live)

Edgar

8th October 2007, 12:49

I'm currently making my way through Notes From Underground by Dostoevsky.

Axel1917

9th October 2007, 06:17

I am currently reading Lenin's What is to be Done?

The library system here lost it's only copy of Hoxha's memoirs. It's what I would have been reading. mad.gif
Anyone know where I can get a copy?

Not sure. The only memoir related thing that can be read online at MIA is With Stalin -
Memoirs from my Meetings with Stalin, at http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/...talin/intro.htm (http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/stalin/intro.htm)

I check abebooks.com for books I intend on purchasing for the most part. Perhaps search the specific title.

RedAnarchist

9th October 2007, 12:52

I've ordered a book of Amazon about nestor Makhno, which I'll be reading soon, can't remember the name of it though.

Djehuti

10th October 2007, 21:04

Harry Cleaver - Reading Capital Politically

It is even better than I thought! Read it!

Comrade Nadezhda

11th October 2007, 06:12

reading "The State and Revolution" by Lenin

It's amazing how many times I've had to quote out of this in one day.

I read Lenin's work as much as possible, mostly for inspirational purposes.

Most people I have met or known during my life have never read it, though manage to have an opinion of what kind of a person Lenin was and shit like that - basically things idiots say because they don't know what they are even speaking of. It pisses me off. I tell people to go read it but they never do. They should, otherwise they shouldn't even have an opinion. That is what pisses me off. People think everything the media says is right and shit like that- well it's all bourgeois bullshit - anyone who has read Lenin's work would know that all of his effort was in the interest of the working class and that everything he did was by necessity. but no, they go ahead and call him a mass murder and make pointless bullshit statements about how horrible the revolution was for russia and how it was undemocratic and bullshit like that. As I said, have an opinion after you've read it I'm sure you'd have a different take on it then.

Honggweilo

11th October 2007, 07:20

"Gotterdammerung" and the New World Order - Stefan Engel

Bilan

11th October 2007, 07:23

We want freedom - Mumia Abu Jamal

Led Zeppelin

11th October 2007, 07:38

Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy.

letsgetfree

13th October 2007, 20:09

Easter 1916- The Irish Rebellion
by charles townshend

Comrade Rage

13th October 2007, 20:51

Originally posted by [email protected] 09, 2007 12:17 am
I am currently reading Lenin's What is to be Done?

The library system here lost it's only copy of Hoxha's memoirs. It's what I would have been reading. mad.gif
Anyone know where I can get a copy?

Not sure. The only memoir related thing that can be read online at MIA is With Stalin -
Memoirs from my Meetings with Stalin, at http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/...talin/intro.htm (http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/stalin/intro.htm)

I check abebooks.com for books I intend on purchasing for the most part. Perhaps search the specific title.
Thanks.

Delta

13th October 2007, 21:01

I'm currently reading Blackwater.

Revolucija

15th October 2007, 00:31

Ex-yu magazine "marksisticka misao" (eng. "marxist thaught") at the moment :)

Pawn Power

21st October 2007, 19:55

I've been reading Hannah Arendt's Between Past and Future off and on.

jaffe

21st October 2007, 21:41

Georges Blond 'het grote leger achter de zwarte vlag'=the big army under the black flag

which doctor

23rd October 2007, 04:53

Just finished The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley. Just starting Heaven and Hell by Huxley as well.

Also currently reading The Trial by Kafka and I just ordered The Subversion of Politics and Horizontalism.

che's long lost daughter

23rd October 2007, 12:06

No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Eleftherios

24th October 2007, 03:00

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

leftace53

24th October 2007, 03:32

Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Reading it for like the 4th time

Eleftherios

25th October 2007, 03:41

I've just finished a Gothic American novel for English called The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

I've also just finished some works of Edgar Allan Poe, including The Raven and The Cask of Amontillado. Tonight I am supposed to read The Fall of the House of Usher.

Marsella

25th October 2007, 03:50

Have you read The Tell-Tale heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Black Cat?

They are all good Edgar Allan Poe short stories.

which doctor

25th October 2007, 03:57

Originally posted by [email protected] 23, 2007 09:00 pm
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
I take it this is for a high school English class.

Marsella

25th October 2007, 04:04

I take it this is for a high school English class.

Personally I read it because it was a good book.

which doctor

25th October 2007, 04:18

Originally posted by [email protected] 24, 2007 10:04 pm

I take it this is for a high school English class.

Personally I read it because it was a good book.
Alceaos' list reminded me a lot of my sophomore English class

Dem_Soc

25th October 2007, 06:13

Gramsci's selected prison notebooks, I'm finding it a really hard read but im persevering :banner:

MarxSchmarx

25th October 2007, 07:46

Gramsci's selected prison notebooks, I'm finding it a really hard read but im persevering

I found them bo-o-ring and tedious. I generally don't give a shit about Italian politics at the turn of the century, and that book goes on and on and ON about it.

I've found reading second-hand commentary and exposes on Gramsci suffices.

(Edit): Oh yeah, I'm reading:
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883.
by Simon Winchester.

blackstone

25th October 2007, 13:58

Reading Understanding Capital: Marx's Economic Theory by Duncan Foley.

Here's the editorial review

Understanding Capital is a brilliantly lucid introduction to Marxist economic theory. Duncan Foley builds an understanding of the theory systematically, from first principles through the definition of central concepts to the development of important applications. All of the topics in the three volumes of Capital are included, providing the reader with a complete view of Marxist economics.

Foley begins with a helpful discussion of philosophical problems readers often encounter in tackling Marx, including questions of epistemology, explanation, prediction, determinism, and dialectics. In an original extension of theory, he develops the often neglected concept of the circuit of capital to analyze Marx's theory of the reproduction of capital. He also takes up central problems in the capitalist economy: equalization of the rates of profit (the "transformation problem"); productive and unproductive labor and the division of surplus value; and the falling rate of profit. He concludes with a discussion of the theory of capitalist crisis and of the relation of Marx's critique of capitalism to his conception of socialism.

Through a careful treatment of the theory of money in relation to the labor theory of value, Foley clarifies the relation of prices to value and of Marx's categories of analysis to conventional business and national income accounts, enabling readers to use Marx's theory as a tool for the analysis of practical problems. The text is closely keyed throughout to the relevant chapters in Capital and includes suggestions for further reading on the topics discussed.

From what i've read it's really good. He gets wordy and long winded but it's pretty technical. Has quite a few mathematical content, which always makes me put the book down if i'm not in the studious mood.

Definitely not a light read!

Marsella

25th October 2007, 14:41

I'm reading Das Kapital Volume 1 at the moment. Its actually got quite a good plot.

Is the second and third volumes worth reading?

blackstone

25th October 2007, 14:49

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 08:41 am
I'm reading Das Kapital Volume 1 at the moment. Its actually got quite a good plot.

Is the second and third volumes worth reading?
Read the second volume if you want to read Marx's original work. Or you can just read other Marxists books who condense the central concept of vol 1,2,3 into their books and papers.

Angry Young Man

26th October 2007, 11:10

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 01:41 pm
I'm reading Das Kapital Volume 1 at the moment. Its actually got quite a good plot.

Is the second and third volumes worth reading?
Oh yes darling, they're both atterly febulous! You mast read them!

Mind you the ending was a bit predictable

I'm also reading das Kapital vol. I. I just started Bleak House the other day. It's quite good if you like cynicism :)

Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg

26th October 2007, 13:10

Just finished a few pamphlet books by the CPB...interesting.

Malcolm X's Autobiog. love his change of opinion after the Hajj

Currently reading Chomsky..failed States...brilliant read

And for light reading...Rumpole of the Bailey - John Mortimer

RedAnarchist

26th October 2007, 13:41

At the moment, I'm reading Nestor Makhno Anarchy's Cossack, The Struggle For Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917-1921, by Alexandre Skirda.

Ramachandra

30th October 2007, 14:55

I'm damn crazy about isabel allandes writings."paula"is a shit but "the house of spirits" and "eva luna"-terrific stuff!

ellipsis

30th October 2007, 15:20

terror in quebec by gustave morf
FLQ anatomy of an underground movement by Louis Fournier

Mujer Libre

31st October 2007, 07:55

Iron Council by China Mieville. It's amazing so far- the man has a way with words. Plus I'm keen to see if there what the politics of the novel are, because it's plot is essentially political.

Led Zeppelin

31st October 2007, 09:43

Sun Tzu's Art of War.

RedAnarchist

1st November 2007, 05:27

Living My Life, by Emma Goldman

ellipsis

1st November 2007, 07:20

Originally posted by Led [email protected] 31, 2007 08:43 am
Sun Tzu's Art of War.
props

coda

6th November 2007, 05:12

The jungle by upton Sinclair, 2003 uncensored version, which had thus been censored for 80 years until an interesting little story in the preface of how it was refound and published and the comparison between the two texts (all in the preface--- a quite fascinating read in itself.) Well, i love the scrutiny it so well deserves.

Black Dagger

6th November 2007, 08:51

One dimensional man by Herbert Marcuse.

bolshevik butcher

6th November 2007, 14:08

Originally posted by bleeding gums [email protected] 06, 2007 08:51 am
One dimensional man by Herbert Marcuse.
Is that a good book? I've thought about reading it before but never got round to it.

I'm reading what is marxism by rob sewell, mick brooks and alan woods. Useful book that covers dialectical materialism, historical matierlaism and marxist economics pretty well.

Black Dagger

6th November 2007, 14:37

Originally posted by bolshevik butcher+November 07, 2007 12:08 am--> (bolshevik butcher @ November 07, 2007 12:08 am)
bleeding gums [email protected] 06, 2007 08:51 am
One dimensional man by Herbert Marcuse.
Is that a good book? I've thought about reading it before but never got round to it.
[/b]
It can be quite dense in parts, simpler in others (there's enough context to follow his analysis though) - im finding it really interesting and quite relevant/contemporary (despite being a theorisation of society in the 1960s) - it's certainly provoked some deep thought and reflection of my own about society, revolution and so forth - it's def worth checking out IMO.

which doctor

7th November 2007, 04:41

Horizontalism by Marina Sitrin is such an inspiring read.

Revolucija

7th November 2007, 11:28

Tobidjenja duso moja by Ivan Tobic

SonofRage

7th November 2007, 12:51

Originally posted by [email protected] 25, 2007 09:41 am
I'm reading Das Kapital Volume 1 at the moment. Its actually got quite a good plot.

Is the second and third volumes worth reading?
I'm reading Volume 1 right now as well (finally getting to it). It's interesting how he kind of repeats himself over and over and over but it helps everything to sink in.

Marsella

7th November 2007, 13:15

Originally posted by SonofRage+November 07, 2007 10:21 pm--> (SonofRage @ November 07, 2007 10:21 pm)
[email protected] 25, 2007 09:41 am
I'm reading Das Kapital Volume 1 at the moment. Its actually got quite a good plot.

Is the second and third volumes worth reading?
I'm reading Volume 1 right now as well (finally getting to it). It's interesting how he kind of repeats himself over and over and over but it helps everything to sink in. [/b]
Yeah I noticed that too! :lol:

http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic=46656&st=0

I noticed that ComradeRed summarised the LTV superbly but stopped there :(

Does anyone want to continue this study group?

I've got exams for the next two weeks but after that I can get into it and I'm sure others can help along the way.

Mariam

7th November 2007, 16:39

Originally posted by bleeding gums [email protected] 06, 2007 11:51 am
One dimensional man by Herbert Marcuse.

I've always enjoyed that book.

Exovedate

7th November 2007, 19:45

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond

che's long lost daughter

13th November 2007, 12:58

Chronicles of a Death Foretold- Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Led Zeppelin

13th November 2007, 13:43

The Social Contract by Rousseau.

RedAnarchist

14th November 2007, 16:28

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

blackstone

14th November 2007, 17:50

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America by Manning Marable

arthurseaton

19th November 2007, 21:09

"My American Century -The Studs Terkel Reader" - Studs Terkel

Excellent, first class, moving social history from one of the last century's understated but great radical figures in American culture. Makes "giving the people a voice" a reality, not a cliche.

SocialistMilitant

21st November 2007, 07:10

I'm currently reading Fidel Castro Reader. Great book, it's a collection of speeches from Castro.

Also, I'm currently trying to expand my knowledge of capitalism, mostly Austrian economics. Heres two "Austrian" books I'm currently reading:

Economics a Free Market Reader by Bettina Bien Greaves

The Case Against the Fed by Murray N. Rothbard

Comrade Nadezhda

21st November 2007, 18:44

I am currently reading: War, Racism and Economic Injustice: The Global Ravages of Capitalism by Fidel Castro

blackstone

21st November 2007, 20:25

Realizing Hope: Life After Capitalism by Michael Albert

Patchd

21st November 2007, 21:45

The Thief's Journal - Jean Genet

Brilliant book so far, you have to read it.

Revolucija

21st November 2007, 22:54

Vandana Shiva - Water Wars; Privatization, Pollution, and Profit

AGITprop

22nd November 2007, 00:17

Just finished a short book entitled Marxist Economcs by Allan Woods

oleros

25th November 2007, 11:24

The Book Thief by markus zusak. Just picked it up in a hurry and just started reading it. Is it any good?

w0lf

1st December 2007, 03:41

October Revolution.

I should read The Communist Manifesto next. Probably will

Brady

1st December 2007, 21:31

Just finished 'Changing Venezuela by taking power' by Gregory Wilpert.

An excellent (and balanced) review of the history and policies of the Chavez government, its successes and failures, the problems facing the Bolivarian project, and its chances of overcoming these problems in the future. I recommend it highly.

UndergroundConnexion

1st December 2007, 21:48

Bakunin - God and the State

fantastic!

freedomofspeech91

2nd December 2007, 13:35

Lenin's "Imperialism: the highest stage of Capitalism

which doctor

2nd December 2007, 18:55

The Citizenist Impasse: Contribution to a Critique of Citizenism

RedAnarchist

2nd December 2007, 19:03

The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins

blackstone

3rd December 2007, 22:54

Understanding Power: Noam Chomsky

UndergroundConnexion

4th December 2007, 22:41

a old biography of Gamal Abdel Nasser

coda

9th December 2007, 01:41

reading a small stack of labor history books.

Labor in America, by Foster Rhea Dulles

History of the Labor Movement, by Philip Foner

Labor Wars, by Sidney Lens

Question?

9th December 2007, 02:28

Revolutionary Catechism- Bakunin

Rolling Thunder Vol.4

Anarchist Cookbook

Einstein and the universe

Bilan

13th December 2007, 09:57

I just finished A Precocious Autobiography - Yevgeny Yevtushenko which was amazing. I totally recommend it.
I am now reading Radical Sociology, which has been really, really interesting, discussing the influence of bourgeois sociology, and the ways it used to stifle and weaken dissent, and revolutionary movements, as well discussing the universities position in bourgeois society, and radical activism inside the university, and in specific fields, and why it's often stifled (with exceptions of Paris 68 and so on).
Recommend the both!

jaffe

14th December 2007, 11:49

Anton Pannekoek - workers councils

Bilan

15th December 2007, 13:03

Originally posted by [email protected] 14, 2007 09:48 pm
Anton Pannekoek - workers councils
Good book. ;)

Zhou

15th December 2007, 13:38

Marx: A Philosophy of Human Reality by Michel Henry. It's an interesting read, I've just started a few days ago.

w0lf

29th December 2007, 22:46

What Uncle Sam really wants-Noam Chomsky

Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg

29th December 2007, 22:55

Originally posted by [email protected] 14, 2007 11:48 am
Anton Pannekoek - workers councils
That is one I must read. Is there a list of good liberterian communist literiture...

What is the God delusion like?

I wouldnt read the anarchist cookbook "Question?"
Most of it is dangerous bollocks.

As for me I'm reading Anarcho-Syndicalism - Rudolf Rocker
Its an interestin, easy introduction to syndicalism...well worth a read..so far!!!

which doctor

30th December 2007, 05:09

Originally posted by Y Chwildro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg+December 29, 2007 05:54 pm--> (Y Chwildro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg @ December 29, 2007 05:54 pm)
[email protected] 14, 2007 11:48 am
Anton Pannekoek - workers councils
That is one I must read. Is there a list of good liberterian communist literiture...

What is the God delusion like? [/b]
A bunch of bourgeoisie athiesm.

Pawn Power

30th December 2007, 05:46

Originally posted by FoB+December 30, 2007 12:08 am--> (FoB @ December 30, 2007 12:08 am)
Originally posted by Y Chwildro Comiwnyddol [email protected] 29, 2007 05:54 pm

[email protected] 14, 2007 11:48 am
Anton Pannekoek - workers councils
That is one I must read. Is there a list of good liberterian communist literiture...

What is the God delusion like?
A bunch of bourgeoisie athiesm. [/b]
what is the relationship between the belief or non-belief in a god and control of capital?

Qwerty Dvorak

30th December 2007, 18:51

Dante's Inferno.

bolshevik butcher

30th December 2007, 19:27

Originally posted by Pawn Power+December 30, 2007 05:45 am--> (Pawn Power @ December 30, 2007 05:45 am)
Originally posted by [email protected] 30, 2007 12:08 am

Originally posted by Y Chwildro Comiwnyddol [email protected] 29, 2007 05:54 pm

[email protected] 14, 2007 11:48 am
Anton Pannekoek - workers councils
That is one I must read. Is there a list of good liberterian communist literiture...

What is the God delusion like?
A bunch of bourgeoisie athiesm.
what is the relationship between the belief or non-belief in a god and control of capital? [/b]
If an athiest analysis isn't combined with materialism it becomes a farce. Dawkins is a middle class intelectual and it shows in his analysis. He basically sees religon as being some evil mystic force, against which stand enlightened athiests. This doesn't take into account class analysis at all. If we don't undersatnd the class nature and origin of religon and the role it plays in society then we also fall into this trap and will use the wrong tactics in dealing with it.

La Zora

30th December 2007, 20:49

At the moment I read another biography about Che, which is called: "Ernesto Che Guevara - Eine Chronik" by Waltraud Hagen und Peter Jacobs. Afterwards I will continue with the diary from the Fights in Kongo.

Pawn Power

30th December 2007, 21:42

Originally posted by bolshevik butcher+December 30, 2007 02:26 pm--> (bolshevik butcher @ December 30, 2007 02:26 pm)
Originally posted by Pawn [email protected] 30, 2007 05:45 am

Originally posted by [email protected] 30, 2007 12:08 am

Originally posted by Y Chwildro Comiwnyddol [email protected] 29, 2007 05:54 pm

[email protected] 14, 2007 11:48 am
Anton Pannekoek - workers councils
That is one I must read. Is there a list of good liberterian communist literiture...

What is the God delusion like?
A bunch of bourgeoisie athiesm.
what is the relationship between the belief or non-belief in a god and control of capital?
If an athiest analysis isn't combined with materialism it becomes a farce. Dawkins is a middle class intelectual and it shows in his analysis. He basically sees religon as being some evil mystic force, against which stand enlightened athiests. This doesn't take into account class analysis at all. If we don't undersatnd the class nature and origin of religon and the role it plays in society then we also fall into this trap and will use the wrong tactics in dealing with it. [/b]
Thats all very well and good but it has nothing to do with the book in question. In The God Delusion Dawkins' is challenging the arguments and existence of a "God." It is not a polemic against religion (which would indeed warrant a class analysis). However, in this book (which I would guess you have not read but are still quick to judge) the criticism in point revolves around philosophy and theology.

One can make arguments against a philosophical and spiritual conception of an all powerful super natural power on grounds of logic and philosophy... not necessarily related to class position. That is, you can be bourgeois and still make a logical refutation of god!

Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg

30th December 2007, 21:51

Is there an anti-religios book, with a clear class analysis about?

Cryotank Screams

30th December 2007, 22:02

The Blue and Brown Books by Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Pawn Power

30th December 2007, 22:29

Originally posted by Pawn Power+December 30, 2007 04:41 pm--> (Pawn Power @ December 30, 2007 04:41 pm)
Originally posted by bolshevik [email protected] 30, 2007 02:26 pm

Originally posted by Pawn [email protected] 30, 2007 05:45 am

Originally posted by [email protected] 30, 2007 12:08 am

Originally posted by Y Chwildro Comiwnyddol [email protected] 29, 2007 05:54 pm

[email protected] 14, 2007 11:48 am
Anton Pannekoek - workers councils
That is one I must read. Is there a list of good liberterian communist literiture...

What is the God delusion like?
A bunch of bourgeoisie athiesm.
what is the relationship between the belief or non-belief in a god and control of capital?
If an athiest analysis isn't combined with materialism it becomes a farce. Dawkins is a middle class intelectual and it shows in his analysis. He basically sees religon as being some evil mystic force, against which stand enlightened athiests. This doesn't take into account class analysis at all. If we don't undersatnd the class nature and origin of religon and the role it plays in society then we also fall into this trap and will use the wrong tactics in dealing with it.
Thats all very well and good but it has nothing to do with the book in question. In The God Delusion Dawkins' is challenging the arguments and existence of a "God." It is not a polemic against religion (which would indeed warrant a class analysis). However, in this book (which I would guess you have not read but are still quick to judge) the criticism in point revolves around philosophy and theology.

One can make arguments against a philosophical and spiritual conception of an all powerful super natural power on grounds of logic and philosophy... not necessarily related to class position. That is, you can be bourgeois and still make a logical refutation of god! [/b]
Well I checked a copy of The God Delusion and it appears it does have a section specifically addressing religion (organized and otherwise). I would agree that a class analysis would be essential in understanding the relationship between religion, people, and society...which Dawkins does not adequately provide. Nevertheless, I still maintain that a logical and useful refutation of arguments "proving" the existence or usefulness of god or spirituality can be produced regardless of class position. Dawkins does provide some easily understood and useful point on the matter (as well as in the field of biology) though I would not say his political points are that useful because he is indeed a bourgeois scholar.