I have an “left unity” an-com comrade, and I’m looking for resources for moving them more “auth-ward.” Should I just send on authority and state and revolution? Any suggestions?
I have an “left unity” an-com comrade, and I’m looking for resources for moving them more “auth-ward.” Should I just send on authority and state and revolution? Any suggestions?
I can’t promise that these will persuade them too, but I can speak from personal experience when I say that reading Inventing Reality and Human Rights in the Soviet Union strongly reduced my negativity regarding the people’s republics, even if I was still unsure that state socialism was the best way to go. My view on state socialism (‘state capitalism’, I preferred to call it) evolved from it being an obstacle to it being an acceptable alternative (if not inevitability).
Based on your username you seem like the comrade to ask about this
What about blackshirts and the reds? I feel like it would have a similar affect.
It would help, yes. I was unconvinced with his argument against anarchism, but the rest of the book is still very useful. It’s also a compelling case that the destruction of the U.S.S.R. caused far more harm than good.