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[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can start here before reading.

  1. Are We The Baddies?.

  2. Why Is The US Always At War?.

  3. How The US Took Over The World.

  4. Socialism for Absolute Beginners.

  5. Debunking every anti-communist talking point

  6. What Exactly is Liberalism? (no, it's not about being "woke").

  7. "We need a mixture of Capitalism AND Socialism" - BULLS#*T.

  8. Why Social Democracy Isn't Good Enough.

  9. What Should New Leftists Do? A Guide. (Highly recommended)

Non-Theory books(Page count in Brackets):

  1. Why Socialism? by Albert Einstein. (12)
  2. Blackshirts & Reds by Michael Parenti (165)

Podcast:

  1. Blowback (Highly Recommended)

  2. The Deprogram (Recommended)

  3. RevLeft Radio

  4. Red Menace

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@Cowbee@lemmy.ml posted a similar list and i've started there, but thanks for this one too nonetheless

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please let me know if you have any feedback! Looking for criticism as I start planning rev 3!

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yeah, inject directly into my brain somehow. lol.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

lmao

I do want to make a "basic" and "advanced" list, as I explained over on Grad.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i suspect that the trick is to somehow modernize it beyond audio books so that there tiny little doses of theory sprinkled throughout the day like tiktok has quick and tiny doses.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lady Izdihar does this kind of short-form theory! I just posted a video link to her over in c/videos.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

EXACTLY! i've been following her on tiktok. she and madeline pendelton have been the most helpful in my self education.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Awesome, glad to hear it!