In this order: Imperialism (Lenin), Wretched of the Earth (Fanon), Neo-colonialism (Nkruma). If you prefer audiobook with context, all three of those are featured in the Marx Madness podcast as well and all are great reads.
trashxeos
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You must watch this at least once. Of course, it's for the greater good.
Yep, for the capitalist class who wants to buy up new neo colonial territory, this is a feature, not a bug.
Jenin, Jenin which is a documentary about apartheid conditions in Jenin, Palestine.
You also forgot, the few things still owned by the state have now been privatized by western capital to try and fund this foolish endeavour. When the west pulls out, not only will they have lost their land, homes, and lives, they'll be in a worse financial position because the state won't have the means to provide and will be relying on western capital. In the end, what's left of Ukraine becomes another neo-colonial capitalist hellscape for the workers while western capital sits back and counts new stacks.
I can't help with everything, but I can provide you with some possible hope. I have lived more than one of your bullet points in my lifetime. One thing I can tell you is that if you do end up with the life crippling medical debt, it can actually become a sweet release (hear me out, it isn't all sunshine and roses but it can end well).
My youngest was conceived while I was uninsured and the state that I lived in heavily means tested medicaid so I couldn't qualify because my parents made too much (though my child's mother wouldn't qualify to be on their plan). Even with near perfect cesarean delivery, that was one hell of an expensive pile of bills that I couldn't come close to affording. I started to get hounded by bill collectors regularly until I finally told one of them threatening legal action to go for it and hung up. I figured it was another empty threat but it wasn't and I got served a month later.
I was able to get the money for the bankruptcy lawyer (this is the hard part) and suddenly a whole ton of bills were just not an issue anymore. My credit score actually improved, ever so slightly, from the discharge.
It did take me damn near a decade to fully recover in terms of credit score and finding better work but I was able to get a high interest auto loan to get a bigger car that fit the whole family and was more reliable than my previous vehicle afterwards and also eventually relocate to an area with better opportunities.
Hang in there comrade, maybe see if any mutual aid exists in your area. I know it is difficult, but it can get better if the cards happen to fall just right.
Also, I totally understand dealing with reactionaries and fascists within your family. I don't talk to the vast majority of my extended family because they're either neo fascists or pompous liberals. Find yourself a group of comrades and make them your new family.
It's what happens when fascists roll through town and decide they can improve art.
I know more than 1 of those, so not perfect but for an American I'm probably above average (Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, and Julius Nyerere).
With techological progression you can work 16 hour weeks and just chill and everyone can chill once the work necessary to maintain civilization is satisfied.
Oh, what I wouldn't give for that reality. If I could just get through to people that we only work as much as we do because we must have enough bullshit jobs to satisfy the greed of the capitalists. If we restructured away from shit we don't need to worrying about socially necessary labors, we could all work a lot less and have a much higher quality of life.
If you enjoy theory and podcasts, you might check out Marx Madness. If they have a book you haven't read and would like to hear the book and get additional context (such as including current day equivalent items). I definitely need to re-read some of the books because my brain loses stuff too quickly but they'll be easier to get through the second time now that I have some context already.
Cries in Nurburgring 24H layout.