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Leftist, horror movies, programming, dumb obscure indie games, angry techno, deathcore, enjoyer of theory.
ghost might be a reference to spectre or just a play on a trapcore artist name…
“I was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion of the hospital in Gaza yesterday, and based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.”
- Joe “I totally saw a picture of small babies without heads, trust me bro” Biden
I’m gonna add a reminder so I can get to this next week but adding a new language shouldn’t take too long. I sort of went with the main ones I could think of for the States and Europe. I’m upgrading my computer right now but I can get to it probably next week once I get everything back together and ping you after. This will also give me a chance to figure out how to put out a new release too.
This is my first foray into anarchist theory so I really only know a bit about mutual aid and sef-association so far, outside of the concepts that overlap more with ML, the state, police, church, etc.
I have tried listening to Anarchy and other Essays by Goldman but realized I really wasn’t paying attention so I will start that over at some point. I also have some more Errico Malatesta and some Daniel Guerrin on my list. I think Guerrin might be more modern though. I did toss God and State by Bakunin on there as well. There is a few counter argument pieces I wanna get to but that will be for later.
Anarchy Works was recommended on a few reddit posts while I was looking for books to add. It seems like a modern take on the theory. Conquest of Bread has been on my list since I started reading theory because it’s so highly regarded. The question is, do I wanna keep reading really old stuff and get the foundation or read something more modern for a change of pace?
I do plan on reading both this next year though.
If you are gonna do Mao, I’d say grab Five Essays. It’s got On Contradiction and On Practice both, which are always recommended for good reason, but it also has a few other really good works by him.
I’m trying to find it as an epud to add to my collection but I listened to the audiobook version which is on Spotify.
I finished The Origin of Family, Private Property and the State last week and then decided to finish this chunk of my deep dive in theory with Critique of the Gotha Programme.
My next big focus is gonna be in anarchist theory so I picked 2 small pieces to read through to get a basic understanding: An Anarchist Programmer by Errico Malatesta and Are You An Anarchist by David Graeber.
Before I actually jump in to that I wanna get a few more chapters knocked out of Inventing Reality and Killing Hope though. I’m having a hard time deciding on Conquest of Bread or Anarchy Works for my next book though.