Wook Byrm wants to read Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, …
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[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, …
Since the civil rights era, the doctrine of nonviolence has enjoyed near-universal acceptance by the US Left. Today protest is …
“What is it about the social structures of Rojava that so inspires the fierce loyalty of its defenders and its …
"Why do people cross the border without documents? How do they make the journey? Whose interests does the border serve--and …
"Why do people cross the border without documents? How do they make the journey? Whose interests does the border serve--and …
The argument of this book is that an anarchist society, a society which organizes itself without authority, is always in …
Midway through her career, Le Guin embarked on one of her most detailed, impressive literary projects, a novel that took …
This book is an absolute treasure! I've been stopping on every second page, thinking about my life and experiences with masculinity and love, and having a little self-therapy session.
On the current page, bell hooks postulates that talking about genuine love is much more of a taboo than sex, which is actually a fairly casual topic, certainly not as taboo as we're made to believe.
I've read somewhere that the first three book of the Hainish Series more romantic and less 'articulate' than the later works of Ursula Le Guin, and I can definitely feel that. For me as a non-native English speaker (reader?), the language is a bit too convoluted and not as direct as e.g. in 'The Dispossessed'. As I recently became a dedicated Le Guin fanboy, I decided to go through these novels anyway.
It's outdated in many ways. It's very man-oriented and directs its message to men. The focus is on the proletariat and production, completely ignoring the fact that most work is actually care & maintenance. It's also very absolutist and utopian about communism. By that I mean that Berkman describes the process of communization as binary switch, arguing that no middle ground is possible after the revolution. The experience of Rojava gives us the hindsight that it is in fact possible and even necessary, as with any radical change, to introduce it gradually. Overall, I'd recommend this book for someone who's already acquainted with anarchism and wants to learn the history of anarchist thought.