Recs if you like The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State...

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*.

work in progress!

nonfiction socialist and marxist literature

there is no required reading to be a leftist and support progressive ideologies, but if you’re interested, here’s a list to start

mainly focused on american/western issues and culture

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