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What's our next book club? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm back in good health and should start posting serious theory discussions instead of talking about football all the time.

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It would be good etiquette to mention the length of the book, as it's relevant to choosing.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I got a hold of books like Red Road to Freedom by Tom Lodge - It's about the history of the South African Communist Party. Pretty great so far. I could perhaps read it to the class.

I also have Armed and Dangerous and International Brigade against Apartheid, both by Ronnie Kasrils, though a mate at work is borrowing the latter.

There's also Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela; Why Israel? Anatomy of the Zionist Apartheid and Shattering Zionist Myths, both by Iqbal Jassat/Surya Dadoo.

Some forewarnings: The books do reference primary sources from "that time" in South African history, so there will definetely be the occasional hard-R and hard-K present. Also for the books regarding Isisrael, there is going to be quite several descriptions of death and gore.

Death to America

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Red Road to Freedom is a great one and I really wish people would read up on the Communist Parties besides the AES ones.