What are you currently reading?

[dpalme]

There are plenty of threads on what books to read about anarchism, so I thought this thread could be kind of a continuous thread of what you're reading. If something's really good, let us know. (Daily Anarchist book club anyone?!)

Right now I'm reading Defending The Undefendable by Walter Block. It's pretty good, but I think I would suggest it for someone who is just getting into anarchism. It has a lot of good info, but if you've read other things on libertarianism/anarchism, it's kind of a no brainer.

[assasin7]

There are plenty of threads on what books to read about anarchism, so I thought this thread could be kind of a continuous thread of what you're reading. If something's really good, let us know. (Daily Anarchist book club anyone?!)

Right now I'm reading Defending The Undefendable by Walter Block. It's pretty good, but I think I would suggest it for someone who is just getting into anarchism. It has a lot of good info, but if you've read other things on libertarianism/anarchism, it's kind of a no brainer.

A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn, best I get to read it for school.

[LegesNullae]

I'm reading Instead of a Book by Benjamin Tucker. It's a compilation of dozens of his articles from Liberty, organized into several sections that give the low down on his interpretation of Anarchism. I highly recommend it, especially if you're interested in Spooner or any of the other 19th/early 20th century Anarchists.

After that, I'll head into Studies in Mutualist Political Economy by Kevin Carson, which seems like a fascinating read from what I've sampled so far.

[JustSayNoToStatism]

A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn, best I get to read it for school.

According to Wikipedia, he described himself as "somewhat of an anarchist." But then how come in
"2008 Howard Zinn was selected as a special senior advisor to Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, the President of the United Nations General Assembly 63rd session." So he hated government so much that they wanted his help in running the global one. Yeah...sure. "Anarchism" at its finest? Radical champion of freedom? I think not.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebqz79O6AA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebqz79O6AA</a>

^Here's the scumbag with his "raise taxes and use free healthcare to bribe the masses into supporting the government" speech. "There has to be taxation." No wonder the program to give away his socialist propaganda to the schools has been so successful with the teachers.

"Established by school teachers while he was alive, the Zinn Education Project is Howard Zinn's legacy to middle- and high-school teachers and their students. The nonprofit organization offers classroom teachers free and low-cost teaching activities based on A People's History and like-minded history texts."
^assasin7, it looks like you've bought into the state propaganda just as they wanted you to do so. Good work. You feel "cool" or "enlightened" for being libcom or whatever you call it, but you're eating out of the state's hands. It's the irrational fear of freedom and free enterprise that keeps the state alive. You think your mind is free and revolutionary, but you've taken the state's bait, hook, and sinker.

[assasin7]

I read some of Rothbards crap, specifically because I wanted an open mind. I bought into it for a while, when opened this account I was ancap. School teachers aren't all that bad, its the system that creates schools that sucks. I'd like to know how many schools teach out of Zinn's book, I doubt its that many, and I bet allot of right wing reactionary's responded to it with protests.

How am I helping the state.

[Hanzo]

A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn, best I get to read it for school.

According to Wikipedia, he described himself as "somewhat of an anarchist." But then how come in
"2008 Howard Zinn was selected as a special senior advisor to Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, the President of the United Nations General Assembly 63rd session." So he hated government so much that they wanted his help in running the global one. Yeah...sure. "Anarchism" at its finest? Radical champion of freedom? I think not.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebqz79O6AA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebqz79O6AA</a>

^Here's the scumbag with his "raise taxes and use free healthcare to bribe the masses into supporting the government" speech. "There has to be taxation." No wonder the program to give away his socialist propaganda to the schools has been so successful with the teachers.

"Established by school teachers while he was alive, the Zinn Education Project is Howard Zinn's legacy to middle- and high-school teachers and their students. The nonprofit organization offers classroom teachers free and low-cost teaching activities based on A People's History and like-minded history texts."
^assasin7, it looks like you've bought into the state propaganda just as they wanted you to do so. Good work. You feel "cool" or "enlightened" for being libcom or whatever you call it, but you're eating out of the state's hands. It's the irrational fear of freedom and free enterprise that keeps the state alive. You think your mind is free and revolutionary, but you've taken the state's bait, hook, and sinker.

My history teacher has assigned us this. He's a marxist, and I think she may be too. All he talks about is class struggle. And on nearly every page he uses scare quotes. "Profit", "patriotism", "profit", "freedom", "socialism", "profit", "rent", and so on. He is like every other economically ignorant social scientist with an agenda.

It scares me how easy it is that my classmates are so easily convinced that socialism is a good idea. "They should make healthy foods cheaper!" One student said. "We need to stop the obesity epidemic" said another. "We should force people to finish high school. It would be for their own good" is another gem I can remember. A final one declared "I love bill maher!"

Uhhh, don't get me started on my classmates. So easily manipulated by teachers. It's sad.

[assasin7]

A Peoples History of the United States by Howard Zinn, best I get to read it for school.

According to Wikipedia, he described himself as "somewhat of an anarchist." But then how come in
"2008 Howard Zinn was selected as a special senior advisor to Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, the President of the United Nations General Assembly 63rd session." So he hated government so much that they wanted his help in running the global one. Yeah...sure. "Anarchism" at its finest? Radical champion of freedom? I think not.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebqz79O6AA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mebqz79O6AA</a>

^Here's the scumbag with his "raise taxes and use free healthcare to bribe the masses into supporting the government" speech. "There has to be taxation." No wonder the program to give away his socialist propaganda to the schools has been so successful with the teachers.

"Established by school teachers while he was alive, the Zinn Education Project is Howard Zinn's legacy to middle- and high-school teachers and their students. The nonprofit organization offers classroom teachers free and low-cost teaching activities based on A People's History and like-minded history texts."
^assasin7, it looks like you've bought into the state propaganda just as they wanted you to do so. Good work. You feel "cool" or "enlightened" for being libcom or whatever you call it, but you're eating out of the state's hands. It's the irrational fear of freedom and free enterprise that keeps the state alive. You think your mind is free and revolutionary, but you've taken the state's bait, hook, and sinker.

My history teacher has assigned us this. He's a marxist, and I think she may be too. All he talks about is class struggle. And on nearly every page he uses scare quotes. "Profit", "patriotism", "profit", "freedom", "socialism", "profit", "rent", and so on. He is like every other economically ignorant social scientist with an agenda.

It scares me how easy it is that my classmates are so easily convinced that socialism is a good idea. "They should make healthy foods cheaper!" One student said. "We need to stop the obesity epidemic" said another. "We should force people to finish high school. It would be for their own good" is another gem I can remember. A final one declared "I love bill maher!"

Uhhh, don't get me started on my classmates. So easily manipulated by teachers. It's sad.

Public school is immoral, if you ask me, it should be taken over by the students, parents and communities around it. I wouldn't want my ideas pushed in public school, because they make mindless drones who do a disservice to the beliefs they preach.

I advise you to read the book on your own, however, it is very good. The school's giving it to you has prejudiced you against it, when in fact it is a great book.

When I said I was reading it for school, I meant I was reading it on my own. And asked to school to let me read it over the summer.

[SinCityVoluntaryist]

 Well, right now I'm reading the final book in The Hunger Games series. Even though it's a fiction work, Collins has done a marvelous favor for us. Her book is an excellent allegory to libertarianism and the problems with the power and corruption of the State. Everyone here will catch on to the themes in an instant. If memory serves me right, a few individuals wrote some articles praising the book for LRC. Seriously: they're great books.

 I'll probably read Everyday Anarchy by Stefbot next.

[assasin7]

Well, right now I'm reading the final book in The Hunger Games series. Even though it's a fiction work, Collins has done a marvelous favor for us. Her book is an excellent allegory to libertarianism and the problems with the power and corruption of the State. Everyone here will catch on to the themes in an instant. If memory serves me right, a few individuals wrote some articles praising the book for LRC. Seriously: they're great books.

 I'll probably read Everyday Anarchy by Stefbot next.

GoT can be read as an attack on the political classes antics

[SinCityVoluntaryist]

 I've been meaning to read Game of Thrones as well. I'll pick-up the first book in the future.

[assasin7]

finally we agree

[Coltan L.]

Game of Thrones is solid. Like was said earlier, if you want to see the state at its finest read GoT. The classical "good" characters are naive and eaten by the system (RP). The bad characters are just assholes on the throne.  In the book they tend to get what's coming to them. Not so much in the real world. The real "heroes" are political animals who can survive their disgusting court politics. Good stuff on feminism, racism, original sin, class. AND my favorite fictional anarchists yet which are the Wildlings.  I stole the term "kneelers" from them when referring to statists.

Hunger Games is a no brainer.  You can read all of them in a weekend and either the author is a brilliant anarchist or she's a medium for some dead badass anarchist because to make that hardcore of a message that palatable for "normals" requires masterful writing.

Just finished the Prefect by Alastair Reynolds.  Pretty solid, scifi, 10k space habitats all with different governments.  A positive spin on anarchy in it too.

Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon by Neil Stepheson, both really interesting from an Ancap angle

Stranger in a Strange Land if you're ready for it The Moon is a Harsh Mistress if you're not. Both are awesome. 

I'm always looking for libertarianish fiction, I have two jobs where I can listen to audio books so I'm burning through them.  I'm finding more than I ever expected though, these are just the recent ones. If you know of any make sure and tell me.

[assasin7]

Class War Comix is supposed to be good, but I can't load the file on my laptop, so I'll have to wait for tommorrow in school, why should I "learn"

[assasin7]

While not anarchist by any stretch I intend to read some books on Maoist and Foco revolutionary warfare tactics as I am trying to build a theory of revolutionary war. Also the Art of WWar

[rahvin]

I'm reading the latest (latest in the starwars timeline, not the most recently written) star wars books which is fascinating from an anarchist perspective. 

And the Eragon Series.

And as I'm typing I realized I'm not reading any economic books.  Weird. 

And I am eagerly awaiting the future books of the Wheel of Time series by Branden Sanderson and the Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss.