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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?

Update 2 (edited for clarity): You folks rock! I created a Bookwyrm list with your suggestions. https://bookwyrm.social/list/3367/s/the-leftistanarchist-pipeline

Book List: The Leftist/Anarchist pipeline - BookWyrm

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! 43 books - by [email protected]

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Marx's (although it is also attributed to Engels) op/eds, letters and speeches about the American Civil War as it was happening.

THE CIVIL WAR
IN THE UNITED STATES
by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
edited by Andrew Zimmerman
[direct link to PDF]
https://files.libcom.org/files/marx_engels_us_civil_war.pdf

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Show threadLudwig Vielfrass
@blogdiva @berniethewordsmith This has been great! I don't think I realized how large a role Marx played in keeping the UK out of the US Civil War in the wake of the Trent Affair. I was taught that the working class was anti-war, but Queen Victoria was pretty incensed about her "sovereignty" being violated and was pretty gung-ho about declaring war on the US, and that her husband, Prince Albert, talked her down from it, right before he died.
Nov 21, 2024 at 4:18amWeb
Show threadJasmine - VA3PRR | VA3NBYNov 21, 2024
@lerxst @blogdiva @berniethewordsmith I'd love to read more on this, can you suggest anything?
Show threadLudwig VielfrassNov 21, 2024

@va3prr @blogdiva @berniethewordsmith the Wikipedia article on the Trent Affair seems to be pretty good at first blush: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trent_Affair

it even mentions the Marx connection.

Trent Affair - Wikipedia

Show threadJasmine - VA3PRR | VA3NBYNov 21, 2024
@lerxst @blogdiva @berniethewordsmith Stellar, thanks for the suggestion!