“it can’t happen here” is a fiction novel about rising fascism in America and the overwhelming denial surrounding the process of a fascist government takeover. i read it 4 years ago so i can’t remember if there is any romance (i don’t remember any) but it’s definitely pseudo-realistic feeling and is echoing the vibes in the US right now. i think i will definitely be giving it another go in the next week or so.
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It may not be exactly what you are looking for, but I was pleasantly surprised by how anti-capialist Richard Sugg’s Mummies, Cannibals and Corpses: A history of corpse medicine is. It’s a discussion of medical cannibalism that goes up to the present day with discussions about paid organ donation and forced organ donation. It examines exactly who was (is) consuming who and relates it to social and economic status as well as long-standing conflicts and how that affects the treatment of remains and bodies.
Actually if your interested I can also dig up a book I read a while ago about death culture in America, and it has a great chapter on how the concept of ‘haunted ancient Indian burial grounds’ was used to further colonialism.
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*All Systems Red* by Martha Wells
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Sci fi for every socialist! :
‘Use of Weapons’ / ‘The Player of Games’ – Iain M Banks (post-scarcity ‘Culture’ with socialist leanings – but not in a simplistic way; in TPoG comes into contact with a highly oppressive society with arguably fascist leanings)
‘The Dispossessed’ – Ursula K Le Guin (relations between a rich capitalist planet and a poor socialist one)
‘The Mars Trilogy’ – Kim Stanley Robinson
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Severance by Ling Ma (not related to the tv show).
It’s dystopian/anti-capitalist about the end of the world. It’s rife with social commentary about the horrors of capitalism.
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*What is antiracism and why it means anticapitalism* by Arun Kundnani
*Washington bullets* by Vijay Prashad
*Red deal* by Red Nation
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Feed by M.T Anderson. Brilliant depiction of unchecked capitalism that predicted the modern internet experience from way back in 2002.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl is deeply anti-consumerist and fairly anti-fascist, while being somewhat post-apocalyptic, although I wouldn’t categorize it that way because they don’t spend enough time on the surface. It’s a much better book than it deserves to be, and the series as a whole is the most fun I’ve ever had reading.
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*The Gulag Archipelago* by Solzhenitsyn; or maybe *The Foundation Pit* by Platonov
They are not so much anti-capitalist as much as they give you a very good understanding of the philosophical superiority of communism.
littleoldlady71 on
The Moon is Down
Strict-Marzipan4931 on
Anti fascism: Kaputt by Curzio Malaparte
anti capitalism: Infinite Jest
anti communist: Life and Fate by Vasili Grossman
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Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom…And What You Can Do About It -Jamie Court
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“it can’t happen here” is a fiction novel about rising fascism in America and the overwhelming denial surrounding the process of a fascist government takeover. i read it 4 years ago so i can’t remember if there is any romance (i don’t remember any) but it’s definitely pseudo-realistic feeling and is echoing the vibes in the US right now. i think i will definitely be giving it another go in the next week or so.
It may not be exactly what you are looking for, but I was pleasantly surprised by how anti-capialist Richard Sugg’s Mummies, Cannibals and Corpses: A history of corpse medicine is. It’s a discussion of medical cannibalism that goes up to the present day with discussions about paid organ donation and forced organ donation. It examines exactly who was (is) consuming who and relates it to social and economic status as well as long-standing conflicts and how that affects the treatment of remains and bodies.
Actually if your interested I can also dig up a book I read a while ago about death culture in America, and it has a great chapter on how the concept of ‘haunted ancient Indian burial grounds’ was used to further colonialism.
*All Systems Red* by Martha Wells
Sci fi for every socialist! :
‘Use of Weapons’ / ‘The Player of Games’ – Iain M Banks (post-scarcity ‘Culture’ with socialist leanings – but not in a simplistic way; in TPoG comes into contact with a highly oppressive society with arguably fascist leanings)
‘The Dispossessed’ – Ursula K Le Guin (relations between a rich capitalist planet and a poor socialist one)
‘The Mars Trilogy’ – Kim Stanley Robinson
Severance by Ling Ma (not related to the tv show).
It’s dystopian/anti-capitalist about the end of the world. It’s rife with social commentary about the horrors of capitalism.
*What is antiracism and why it means anticapitalism* by Arun Kundnani
*Washington bullets* by Vijay Prashad
*Red deal* by Red Nation
Feed by M.T Anderson. Brilliant depiction of unchecked capitalism that predicted the modern internet experience from way back in 2002.
Dungeon Crawler Carl is deeply anti-consumerist and fairly anti-fascist, while being somewhat post-apocalyptic, although I wouldn’t categorize it that way because they don’t spend enough time on the surface. It’s a much better book than it deserves to be, and the series as a whole is the most fun I’ve ever had reading.
*The Gulag Archipelago* by Solzhenitsyn; or maybe *The Foundation Pit* by Platonov
They are not so much anti-capitalist as much as they give you a very good understanding of the philosophical superiority of communism.
The Moon is Down
Anti fascism: Kaputt by Curzio Malaparte
anti capitalism: Infinite Jest
anti communist: Life and Fate by Vasili Grossman
Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom…And What You Can Do About It -Jamie Court
Why Socialism? -Albert Einstein