Recs if you like Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor...
The Big Bad Luddite List
ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind
Looking for fiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite Novel*.
anti-capitalist books
Intersectional books about anti-capitalism, economic injustice, and imagining better futures of interdependence and reciprocity
Brain Food (from kale to popcorn)
Yes, the government actually would do that
Non-fiction books inspired by the sound clip: "And remember, kids - the next time somebody tells you, 'the government wouldn't do that'. Oh, yes they would."
A History of the U.S. Labor Movement & Unions
For those who like the weekend, fair wages, the 40 hour work week (already seems unattainable!), and don't believe in child labor - a history of the fight. Seems like we are still having to work at it, since there are some that want to take these rights away. This is a non-fiction list - and I am open to recommendations!
There is power in a union
Non-fiction and fiction books about labour and union history.
Class Struggle & Labor
Nonfiction
Nonfiction books on my TBR
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