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  1. 30th August 2006, 07:07 #1
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    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?
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  2. 30th August 2006, 07:35 #2
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    Homage to Catalonia by Orwell might be good
  3. 30th August 2006, 08:09 #3
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    looks interesting...I&#39;ll be checking it out. =)

    Anyone know any biographies of Rosa Luxemberg? I couldn&#39;t find any, I would also like to find a book on Paris &#39;68 and the Paris commune.


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    For stuff on Paris &#39;68 I&#39;d recommend Maurice Brinton&#39;s first-hand reports (http://www.geocities.com/cordobakaf/maya.html) and the Cohn-Bendit brothers&#39; "Obsolete Communism: The Left Wing Alternative" as the best places to start...
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    The entire Wells&#39; collection, it&#39;s online on his website. Google for it.
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    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...
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  7. 30th August 2006, 22:10 #7
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    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&#39;in nazi&#39;s, they&#39;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&#39;t, and when you don&#39;t they&#39;ll tear everyone else&#39;s room&#39;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&#39;s not all that bad I guess, most the teachers are pretty cool.
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  8. 30th August 2006, 22:11 #8
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    Originally posted by RebelOutcast@Aug 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...


    1) He probably doesn&#39;t even have a choice

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    2) "Without education you&#39;re nothing" - Malcolm X
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    Best two books I&#39;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
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  10. 1st September 2006, 23:06 #10
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    Ahh Thank you Comrade Marcel&#33; I was having trouble finding some.
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    If you live in the states it is always good to have a copie of The People&#39;s History by Zinn, if you don&#39;t already have a copie. Good reference.
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    Originally posted by RebelOutcast@Aug 30 2006, 07:41 PM
    Dropping out and enrolling in a state school
    Read the fucking post.
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    Originally posted by RebelOutcast+Sep 2 2006, 11:07 AM--> (RebelOutcast @ Sep 2 2006, 11:07 AM)
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    Dropping out and enrolling in a state school
    Read the fucking post. [/b]
    You talking to yourself again?

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    It would be far more revolutionary to radicalize your fellow classmates then to simply switch to a public school.
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    FoB: Why do you think I&#39;m getting all these good books?

    btw thanks for all the great book ideas guys&#33; They&#39;re en route as we speak.
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    Walden -- Henry David Thoreau
    Civil Disobedience -- Henry David Thoreau
    I wouldn&#39;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.
  17. 3rd September 2006, 00:28 #17
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    yea i opted out on walden after reading the summary. but i still want to read civil disobedience.
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    Isn&#39;t Civil Disobiedance only an essay and not a complete book?
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    fellas...i can only fit so many books on my desk at once.


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