Comrades, I have a good friend who’s in need of some history books. Specifically he knows nothing about British empire, russian empire and Mongolian empire.
Is there anything y’all can recommend?
Maybe here, check if we have something that strikes your fancy… https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Category:Library_works_about_history
Thx comrade
I can’t understand why David Graeber is there? He’s very anti-Marxist and anti-materialist
We host basically anything we can get our hands on
Critical question, how much are they into reading history? On a scale from Youtube video to academic essay?
He’s a teacher, he reads a lot. I’m not thinking he’s going to become Marxist or anything, but some dialectics won’t hurt him.
I would recommend Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Lenin. It does a very good job in outlining the economic situation of Europe before the war, as well as the economics of colonialism.
A more focused (and easier to read) book is The Crimes of British Imperialism.
Cannot emphasize this enough, we really need to meet americans where they are at and considering the literacy rates, their hatred of reading conditioned by gen ed, and the freetime it takes to read–something famously absent under capitalist systems (among many other factors) --trying to get americans to read is a Sisyphean task. Frankly, video essays, podcasts, and, if absolutely necessary, audiobooks are infinitely better for holding their attention while also being able to be played while working
Told a coworker to read a page from Lenin today, he said he’d read it later but who knows lol. I’m guilty of it too, I have so many things I’ve saved to read for later and end up forgetting
In have realized that the study of ML takes a life long dedication and even then it’s not enough time.
