Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic.
Hoping to finish up Lenins Imperialism this week! I sort of feel like I’m missing some stuff because I haven’t gotten to reading Caoital Vol 2 and 3 yet, but hopefully I’ll see some connections when I do read them
This week I started reading “the metamorphosis of prime intellect” by Roger Williams, it’s a Sci fi Romance about the technological singularity, and that’s all I know about it, as I don’t like to research too much a book before reading it. It’s freely available online on the author’s website, if you are interested.
I think it’s important to read fiction and things you like that are not directly relate to Marxist theory in times like this, to free your mind a little. You cannot produce good things in a bad state of mind. Take care of yourself guys.
I started reading Assata Shakur’s autobiography. This poem in chapter three really hit me emotionally. https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Library:Assata:_An_Autobiography#Chapter_3%3A~%3Atext=down+and+wrote-%2Cthis+poem%3A%2C-Rhinocerous+woman
spoiler
Rhinocerous woman
Who nobody wants
and everybody used.
They say you’re crazy
cause you not crazy enough
to kneel when told to kneel.
Hey, big woman—
with scars on the head
and scars on the heart
that never seem to heal—
I saw your light
And it was shining.
You gave them love.
They gave you shit.
You gave them you.
They gave you hollywood.
They purr at you
cause you know how to roar
and back it up with realness.
Rhinocerous woman.
Big momma in a little world.
You closed your eyes
and neon spun inside your head
cause it was dark outside.
You read your bible
but god never came.
Your daddy woulda loved you
but what would the neighbors say.
They hate you momma
cause you expose their madness.
And their cruelty.
They can see in your eyes
a thousand nightmares
that they have made come true.
Black woman. Bad woman.
Wear your bigness on your chest like a badge
cause you done earned it.
Strong woman. Amazon.
Wear your scars like jewelry
cause they were bought with blood.
They call you mad.
And almost had you
believing that shit.
They called you ugly.
And you hid yourself
behind yourself
and wallowed in their shame.
Rhinocerous Woman—
This world is blind
and slight of mind
and cannot see
How beautiful you are.
I saw your light.
And it was shining.
Fiction: I’ve read Muda de Chá (released as Tea Seedling in English), a comic book by Larkness. It’s a nice little story with an anti-capitalist message. Also odd characters full of personality and life. I’m probably reading The Hobbit next.
Non-Fiction: I’m doing well with the old Cowbee reading list. I’ll have to skip Blackshirts and Reds for now, since I bought the physical book but shipping is late.
I recommend replacing Blackshirts and Reds with just the 1986 speech then. I love Blackshirts and Reds but its utility is in convincing liberals that the USSR wasn’t an evil hellscape. For those of us here, it’s less usable and is more of a pleasure/anger read, it’s really cathartic and bitter-sweet.
I’ve watched the Yellow Lecture already =P
Next are the Ho Chi Minh and Krupskaya short essays about studying. Couldn’t get the time to read them yet, despite being so short. Then I’ll properly start Section 1.
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