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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) by Dean Spade
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
5.0
A wonderful pocketbool for folks new to organizing and mutual aid.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power by Peter Hutchinson, Jared P. Scott, Kelly Nyks, Noam Chomsky
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Reading this book is somewhat like reading the study Testing Theories (2014) again, if it was a (very) short book written for a general american audience. That being the case, this is a worthwhile read!
Testing Theories was a landmark study that deeply influenced many of us, confirming with solid math what social theory has long known: that the States are not a democracy. Requiem for the American Dream does the same with symbols familiar to the american reader.
Testing Theories was a landmark study that deeply influenced many of us, confirming with solid math what social theory has long known: that the States are not a democracy. Requiem for the American Dream does the same with symbols familiar to the american reader.
The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet by Michael E. Mann
sad
medium-paced
2.0
Co-opting progressive movements and icons for a message which sacrifices both to appeal to reactionary centrists is a mistake common to neoliberals. It is historically a losing strategy, but Michael Mann leans into it heavily in The New Climate War. Not worth much if you've read Naomi Klein's work already, unless you want to see the ways in which reaction co-opts climate movements.