The conquest of bread makes some good points about the practicalities of revolutions, especially pertaining to food supplies (hence, like, the name and shit). Basically, "On the third day of your new country don't spend all your time struggle seshing over the use of the oxford comma in the new constitution while people starve in the street"
There's also a bunch of anarchist-y stuff about "free agreement" and people spontaneously forming committees for the distribution of goods which seems a little too optimistic/bordering on naive, but it's a short read and very intelligible. Kind of an optimistic breath of fresh air in ole hellworld.
It was one of the first non-liberal political books that I read, and was instrumental in reshaping how I view the world. I consider it required reading, but it's more of a starting point than anything.
The conquest of bread makes some good points about the practicalities of revolutions, especially pertaining to food supplies (hence, like, the name and shit). Basically, "On the third day of your new country don't spend all your time struggle seshing over the use of the oxford comma in the new constitution while people starve in the street"
There's also a bunch of anarchist-y stuff about "free agreement" and people spontaneously forming committees for the distribution of goods which seems a little too optimistic/bordering on naive, but it's a short read and very intelligible. Kind of an optimistic breath of fresh air in ole hellworld.
It was one of the first non-liberal political books that I read, and was instrumental in reshaping how I view the world. I consider it required reading, but it's more of a starting point than anything.