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what are your favourite left wing authors which you would recommend?

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[–] pudcollar 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Blackshirts and Reds" is a good introduction by Michael Parenti that explains in plain terms they "why" of communism and fascism. Parenti's books tend to be in plain working-class American English, they're well-sourced, readable and informative.

Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" is a psychiatrist's view of the Algerian revolution and gives a on-the-ground impression of the why and how of a socialist revolution from someone who lived it, in a book addressed to the colonized people of the global third world.

"The State and Revolution" by Lenin is a very short and readable explanation about why we need both.

[–] Zstom6IP 1 points 1 year ago

why i take issue with some of his conclusions, i do think his books are very good in general.

[–] Zstom6IP 2 points 1 year ago

I personally would recommend karl kautsky or emma goldmen.