note: the section labeled other things I want to read is just things I find interesting and want to learn about, not necessarily an endorsement of the ideologies or authors on there (and also not necessarily not an endorsement)
note: the section labeled other things I want to read is just things I find interesting and want to learn about, not necessarily an endorsement of the ideologies or authors on there (and also not necessarily not an endorsement)
If you are not already up to date with the latest works, I think it is absolutely critical to read things by authors like Hudson and Varoufakis. Xi counts as modern too. Paul Cockshott has done good work on modern socialism too even if he said TERF things (I don’t remember the specifics but iirc he did - doesn’t invalidate his work though). There are more great authors today I’m sure others can recommend.
The classics are always good, but the modern works tell you how capitalism is operating in the specific environment of today. The classics were written for specific material conditions of their times. Some things are good but some things simply don’t apply today. If we only focus on the classics we run the risk of becoming Maoists and even worse we end up lacking current knowledge.
The modern works also still teach you historical materialism/dialectics because thats what they’re built on.