Makan
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Makan@lemmygrad.mlMtoBooks@lemmygrad.ml•So, what have you been reading recently? | 📚 Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, February 15th, 2026English
3·2 months agoOh, I’ve heard of this one.
By Joe Abercrombie, right? Or is that The First Law trilogy? I think the author you’re at least referencing might be French.
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Books@lemmy.ml•A radical legacy: Revisiting Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ on the 175th anniversary of her deathEnglish
1·3 months agoBwahahahaha
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Gaming@lemmy.ml•I like PC as much as the next gal, but honestly? With the whole GPU situation we have now?English
4·3 months agoI don’t want to just play retro or Indie games.
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Gaming@lemmy.ml•I like PC as much as the next gal, but honestly? With the whole GPU situation we have now?English
2·3 months agoOh, fair lol
Makan@lemmygrad.mlMtoBooks@lemmygrad.ml•What is this community's opinion on Howard Fast.English
1·3 months agoWell, keep in mind that even Sankara said bad shit about Stalin.
But Fast supported the Soviet Union for a long time, keep in mind.
Makan@lemmygrad.mlMtoBooks@lemmygrad.ml•What is this community's opinion on Howard Fast.English
1·3 months agonope
Makan@lemmygrad.mlMtoBooks@lemmygrad.ml•What is this community's opinion on Howard Fast.English
1·3 months agoI know of CPUSA a lot. I was apart of the organization and read much of their history.
He was a great communist and a Jewish one at that who wrote a lot of “labor lore novels” or novels dealing with working-class issues as well as novels like Freedom Road and Citizen Tom Paine. He often cast events in American history through a labor perspective.
He wrote “Why the Fifth Amendment?”, which informs current CPUSA theory.
He pretty much wrote over a hundred works, fictional and non-fiction, up to around his death in 2003, including one about Nazim Hikmet (famous Turkish communist).
Makan@lemmygrad.mlMtoBooks@lemmygrad.ml•What is this community's opinion on Howard Fast.English
3·3 months agoWhat org was he apart of?
I may have heard of him.
Many communists believed Khruschev, but that doesn’t mean that they were all bad.
Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPtoLGBT@lemmy.ml•Armed Queers group has communist ties to China, Cuba #communism #Cuba #fbi #socialism #chinaEnglish
1·7 months agoMakes us all the more based.
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Technology@lemmy.ml•WARNING: Mouseless 0.4 might change how you computer (even faster clicks, RSI prevention, and more)English
1·1 year agoFair point.
Makan@lemmygrad.mlOPtoLGBT@lemmy.ml•Safest American Cities For LGBTQ People in Republican StatesEnglish
2·1 year agoyeah
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Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.ml•Death the cure to all diseasesEnglish
12·1 year agoSocial death.
There have been multiple uprisings in the West, meanwhile, such as the George Floyd uprisings and the ensuing labor revolts too.
The West is the belly of the beast. So of course, there wouldn’t readily be an AES state.
Only 5 are in the non-West.
That was a victory. Many representatives of the working class were ushered into the new government after May 1968. That’s why they had to combat the gains during the 1970s and 1980s.
There are only 5 AES nations in the world today.















Yes! That’s right! It inspired GRRM himself!