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Yeah I agree on the "historical" texts. He loves reading, so if he wants to go there, he'll do that when he's ready. It's more the worldview and the understanding and the like. I was considering Brumaire just because I felt like I had to give him some Marx and I hear it's the most approachable one.

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[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

Thanks! I'm considering sitting down with him to watch Loyal Citizens of Pyonyang. I¨ll look into the Bruce Cummings book.

I've heard mixed things about Stasi State or Socialist Paradise, so if you read it I'd love to hear your thoughts on it as well.

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You may wanna also see if you can find something that discusses the overlap between Nazi Germany and NATO then.

Yeah I've really been looking for that kind of book. I've got plenty of articles, but I don't have one super good one that compiles it all, and if it doesn't do that (from a lib-friendly source) then I'd much rather give him a book.

Operation Gladio : The Unholy Alliance Between The Vatican , The CIA And The Mafia, Paul L. Williams (2015)

I'll look into this one! Thanks!

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[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 11 points 3 days ago

The Jakarta Method is an excellent recommendation! Don't know why I didn't think of that myself. I think I have to read wrecthed of the earth myself first.

As for the rest of your recommendations, I appreciate them, but they seem more fitting for a USian than a european. Not that they're not good for a european too, but if you don't already have leftist worldview I fear it'll mainly just feed the basic notion of "the US sucks" which is broadly agreed upon here.

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After a long discussion with my dad about the invasion of Ukraine, what led up to it, leftism, anti-imperialism, life in the USSR, Stalin, stalinism, and so much more, he has told me he'd like to read the books I've read.

He's brought this request up twice more already and he's been very keen on my perspective when we recently had a talk about leftist perspectives on the concept of nations and states.

Now here's the issue, I don't really read books. I read articles, essays and other shorter texts as well as video lectures (I love you yellow parenti). He is very much a Book Reader. The type of dad to have more than one book about historical naval battles.

He's a good guy, but he can get very defensive and set in his ways, and he's sort of stuck in the basic NATO EU-leftlib mindset.

I plan on giving him Dominico Losurdos "Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend" as a christmas present alongside a list recommending him other books.

Blackshirts and Reds
This Soviet World (Though I've only read excerpts of this one sadly)
And which other books should I recommend him? I've been looking for a nice approachable Lenin one, I'm thinking State and the Revolution?
I was also considering Marx' "The 18th Brumaire", but I've also only read excerpts from that one, so I don't know.
Also are there any essays you'd recommend for him, despite him not being a short form enjoyer? I'm considering Engels' On Authority.

I'd like some recommendations for good books. I'm especially interested in stuff that can turn him towards a more third-worldist perspective. I've never read any Fanon @ReadFanon@hexbear.net (sorry) so I don't feel comfortable just throwing a book at him from there, but would it make sense? Likewise I'd like to get more modern stuff.

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