My mum is a Leninist/Trotskyist and keeps trying to get me to read this book, does it have any literary merit or is it just pro commie trash?
>>8257189
It's really good. I find the Russian revolution the most fascinating period in history
If you're the kind of person who uses phrases like 'pro commie trash' you really do need to read more about communism - even if you still disagree with it, books like Reed's communicate perfectly the enthusiasm of what was still perhaps the most important moment of the whole of the 20th Century, doing a good job to explain it as a myth if not as a historical event. Read this book - and some other entry-level Marxist stuff, the manifesto, Edgar Snow's stuff on China, etc. - and you might understand why communism has been an essential part of the global system ever since.
>>8257245
Well nobody wants to read disguised propaganda. I think that's what OP meant
>>8257189
>My mum is a Leninist/Trotskyist
hot desu
>>8257250
Thing is, with communism everything is propaganda, either for or against. There is no neutral position on the idea.
>>8257288
your a dorable
>>8257291
Thanks. Want to cuddle?
>>8257257
She is only in the most superfluous and vacuous way possible, as are the majority of women who profess strong political opinions.
>>8257189
Its an important primary source of the Russian revolution and well worth the read.
Now if you want to trigger your mother mother by out lefting her
Take a look at
http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-there-is-no-communism-in-russia
If you enjoy that then read her bigger work on the matter
http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-my-disillusionment-in-russia
http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-my-further-disillusionment-in-russia