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@thedeprogram Just finished Episode 7 on the L’s of Former Socialism. Can you recommend any good books or articles for further reading on what future socialism c (mastodon.social)

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@thedeprogram Just finished Episode 7 on the L’s of Former Socialism. Can you recommend any good books or articles for further reading on what future socialism can or should do differently?

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[–] Kovpak@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Michael Parenti's book, "Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism" has a chapter covering faults, or rather, ineffiencies of the former USSR. I would look up the exact chapter, but my I lent the book to my dad, who was very interested in reading the book. It's an amazing book, so if you end up reading the chapter, I recommend the rest of the book as well :)!

If you don't have the means to buy the book, then it should be available on a lot of different sites, like archive.org, libgen and so on.

Also, shameless plug for the Michael Parenti video archive on YouTube.

[–] donthatedefenestrate@mastodon.social 6 points 2 years ago

@Kovpak Thanks!