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A review by marisolsu
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, Earl Lee, Kathleen DeGrave
challenging
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
eye opening book especially considering the context it was written in, i was already a leftist when i started reading but it definitely added fuel to the fire
only complaints are the racist portrayals of black people in the book and the class reductionist ending (meaning socialism was promoted as the ‘cure-all’ for every single problem on earth, insinuating that abolishing capitalism automatically means the patriarchy/white supremacy/heteronormativity/etc are abolished as well. basically, lacking intersectional, but what can you expect from a cis white guy from the 30s-40s(?) who started a white-only commune)
only complaints are the racist portrayals of black people in the book and the class reductionist ending (meaning socialism was promoted as the ‘cure-all’ for every single problem on earth, insinuating that abolishing capitalism automatically means the patriarchy/white supremacy/heteronormativity/etc are abolished as well. basically, lacking intersectional, but what can you expect from a cis white guy from the 30s-40s(?) who started a white-only commune)
Content Warnings
Minor: Racism