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@Bursts__ Had this exact same experience and motivation for trying to read it... let me know if you get into it and if it's worth pushing through!

This was such a good book: straight forward language, covered a range of topics, flowed from subject to subject. I'm quite glad that I read this one and would suggest it to anyone. Williams' coverage of ideas from Hartman's (I believe) coverage of neglect, the discussion of lessons learned from Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, ideas from Cedric Robinson, CLR James and Modibo Kadalie and so much more really draws out a rich tapestry. A must-read for any anarchist in my opinion.

@neveralways whoa! Really curious how these hold up. I was super obsessed with these when they came out in English, which also coincided with my extremely into 1970s italian shit/Marxist-feminism phase

I'm really trying to finish this book this weekend (after starting last winter, fizzling out, and restarting around Christmas). My project last month of mostly reading dozens of zines and being overworked has subsided; my ability to focus is high and I have a lot more time, so I feel dedicated to this task. After crushing about 100 pages this morning I needed a little push so I was digging around for meta analysis and found this article by Olga Tokarczuk about her process and motivation for writing the book, i really enjoyed it and she is such a freak. www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/13404/olga-tokarczuk-how-i-wrote-the-books-of-jacob

@Leaving_Marx lol I feel like the actual things I got from this book could also be gotten from watching the Pixar movie "inside out"

This was really quite good, although super strange and disorienting, enhanced by reading it at bedtime and falling asleep in the middle of chapters most nights. Innumerable sentences and paragraphs highlighted just because of good arrangement of words. Definitely gave my whole life a melancholy tinge these last few weeks. I think I'd like to reread it when I'm older or if death feels more imminent.

(The pages go backwards, but still, this means I'm like 1/3 done)

This was super fun. I thought the oral history format was a really clever format choice, like looking into a giant construction site through little windows cut in the scaffolding and only kind of being able to grasp the depth of the pit. I kept thinking about KSR's New York 2140 and how it couldve been the same world almost, but with more grittiness and trauma and explanations about how we get from here to fully automated gay luxury space communism. I'm pretty sure I have big political differences with the authors, but I seriously enjoyed it nonetheless. I'd really appreciate seeing more of this kind of fantastic dreaming from those who want a drastically different world.