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What is the easiest piece of theory you've read? You can post multiple in the order of easiest first to hardest last. (hexbear.net)

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In terms of theory, I don't consider myself well read. Theory is often really tough for me to read. Even with very easy-to-read writers like Michael Parenti, it's dense with mindblowing info. And things like the book Will to Change by Bell Hooks hits me in really raw feelings so I stopped at the first chapter. I need the easiest authors and their easiest-to-read works, or else I'm just not reading.

-Micahel Parenti: What’s a Slum? Urban Poverty and Marginality in America

-"I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision" by Michael Parenti"

-Friendly Feudalism: The Tibet Myth

No idea how I got through "Friendly Feudalism." I read these all about 3.5 years ago before I lost the bandwidth to go further.

Edit: I tend to watch things more so I guess you can add video links after everything else too.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Lenin's State and Revolution was surprisingly accessible. The Conquest of Bread is another good one that's very easy and you can really appreciate Kropotkin's passion for wanting to free his fellow man. Anything Parenti is a smooth read, imo; Blackshirts and Reds, Inventing Reality being tops.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Blackshirts and Reds, on Comlib. State and Revolution on Prolewiki, and The Conquest of Bread on Standard Ebooks (couldn't find it on the Anarchists library in the few seconds I used to search so went for Standard Ebooks, lol).

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 13 points 3 days ago

Oh, and I don't know if I'd count Jakarta Method as Theory, but it's an important read and accessibly written.

[–] MoreLikeHazBeen@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Came in here to say that blackshirts and reds was an incredible read