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I actually managed to finish a book I started this month which is pretty rare for me, feels good! Gotta keep the momentum up. I start work back up this week, my goal is to not shrivel up and die lol
Hell yeah, which book?
Relatable
People's Guide to Capitalism by Hadas Thier, which was recommended to me by a few comrades here as an easier to disgest version of Capital. I bought a bunch of Marxist lit that I meant to dive into like a year ago and just started getting into it now lol.
I've been off of work for a month and a half; it's been amazing. We are bargaining a union contract and I'm one of 6 people who have been doing literally everything for the union effort and it makes me wanna cry and throw up to have to get back into it (been going hard since March 2023). Management is a fuck so there's constant new bullshit "restructuring" goin on and I think I should maybe just find another job. Eeeeeh
Also I'm stoked you'll be able to cuddle your pets soon! Always the best medicine
Oh wow what a surprise, a Jacobin writer, didn't see that coming. Do any of you even know that magazine receives money from a major Zionist fund?
I can't tell if the first part of your comment is sarcastic or not, and no I didn't know that about Jacobin nor did I know she was a writer for them prior to purchasing the book
So you're trying to tell me that you're both reading theory AND doing praxis? Folks, we have found the One True Leftist on this website!
Good luck with your union effort, I hope it's successful!
Thank you so much
I'm trying hard, used to be full of piss n vinegar in terms of being real militant/public with our contract but at this point it feels like we need to capture that CBA. Other departments in my agency recently secured their union contracts and got pretty favorable raises so we're hoping we won't need to fight too much longer to get something similar. Gotta remember that it's for the good of everyone and the folks coming in in the future