Everyone knows what theory to read by this point.
But what about stuff on Colonialism, Feminism, Systemic Racism and so on.
Any recommendations are welcome, but more specifically I would be interested in and appreciate how colonialism worked and what makes it unique as I see lots of people just equate it to war and conquest at large which I feel is wrong but would need a better understanding as to why.
Wait, its all connected to capitalism? Always has been.
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon should provide you some insight into colonialism.
The TMBS reading list is a good place to start IMO.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/117332.TMBS_Book_Recommendations
While he was still alive, Michael was one of the few very outspoken voices in the Western Left talking about that stuff.
- The Invention of the White Race by Theodore Allen (Volume 1 and 2) is everything Settlers wishes it could be. Amazing account of colonialism in a specific US context, and how it worked to create a white race in order to have a bulwark against slave revolts.
- The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery 1776-1848 by Robin Blackburn and the prequel whose name escapes me right now is a fantastic leftist account of slavery in the New World. Also explains how systemic racism formed as justification for an exploitative economic system of slavery.
Those are the two best accounts I’ve found of the colonial/slavery link, and how colonies were explicitly about profit (despite that not being the case at first).
