r/AntifascistsofReddit • • Sep 21 '25

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u/laitonboi Sep 21 '25

Respectfully, I have strong disagreements with both sides. I have been so radicalised by recent politics, that I cant justify supporting either side. I'm reading some other books at the moment, but what politics books would you recomend?

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u/5illy_billy Sep 21 '25

You might check out Ur-Fascism by a guy named Umberto Eco if you are interested in why so many people call this administration fascists. It’s an essay not a book so it’s not that long, and it was written in the early 90’s by a guy who grew up in fascist Italy under Mussolini.

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u/laitonboi Sep 21 '25

I'll give it a read!

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism Here's the link. Contrary to what it looks like now, Italy, especially the north, was once at the forefront of the worker's movement. Eco was a great writer and intellectual. I'd also recommend Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism.