A while ago, I posted this question on Mastodon: "Leftists and anarchists of the #Fediverse, If you had to recommend only one #book to push a centrist right down our pipeline, which one would it be?". The shelf below has been made with the responses provided. Want to attract a centrist to the left? Try these out!
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
E-book extra: In-depth study guide.Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and …
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her …
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Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich
Tools for Conviviality is a 1973 book by Ivan Illich about the proper use of technology. It was published only …
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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott (Yale Agrarian Studies)
4 stars
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian high-modernist planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or …
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
5 stars
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided …
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Los surcos del azar by Paco Roca
5 stars
A través de los recuerdos de Miguel Ruiz, republicano español exiliado en Francia, Paco Roca reconstruye la historia de La …
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4 stars
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a 1902 collection of anthropological essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter …
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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
4 stars
An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, and shock in the past …
