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Under the Eye of Power

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Democracy Awakening, Heather Cox Richardson. 2023. 304pp. Audiobook: Yes
- A contextualization of the current state of U.S. politics from the perspective of a thorough, well-spoken historian. Reminiscent of Zinn's A People's History of the United States, but with a more narrow focus. Possibly too rudimentary for this group.
The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want, Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna. 2025. 286pp. Audiobook: Yes
- Breaks down the constituent elements of the hype behind AI, traces the history of its current ascension, explores many of its political and social implications, and follows the money. Provides many examples of the (mis)applications of these technologies, often debunking them by explicitly spelling out the elided and often ridiculous premises of the hand-wavy syllogisms proffered by AI advocates.
Like A Thief In Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Human Capitalism, Slavoj Zizek. 2018. 256pp. Audiobook: Yes
Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There Is No Future, Slavoj Zizek. 2025. 192pp. Audiobook: Yes
Malign Velocities: Accelerationism and Capitalism, Benjamin Noys. 2014. 130pp. Audiobook: No
Spaces of Hope, David Harvey. 2000. 320pp. Audiobook: No
The Apprentice's Sorcerer: Liberal Tradition and Fascism, Landa Ishay. 2009. 368pp. Audiobook: No amz
Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton. 2024. 416pp. Audiobook: No
White Skin, Black Fuel, Andreas Malm and The Zetkin Collective. 2021. 576pp. Audiobook: No
Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back, Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry. 2024. 224pp. Audiobook: No
Open Veins of Latin America, Eduardo Galeano. 1997. 360pp. Audiobook: Yes
If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution, Vincent Bevins. 2023. 352pp. Audiobook: Yes
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Mark Blyth. 2013. 304pp. Audiobook: Yes amz
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life, Nathan Schneider. 2024. 208pp. Audiobook: No amz
The Federalist Papers, Madison, Hamilton, Jay. 1788. 342pp. Audiobook: Yes amz (selections?)
Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins. 2020. 320pp. Audiobook: Yes
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Naomi Klein. 2023. 416pp. Audiobook: Yes
On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal, Naomi Klein. 2017. 321pp. Audiobook: Yes
Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster, Mike Davis. 1998. 497pp. Audiobook: No
The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet, Brett Cristophers. 2024. 433pp. Audiobook: No
The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism, Jathan Sadowski. 2025. 293pp. Audiobook: No
Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change, William R. Catton Jr.. 1980. 324pp. Audiobook: Yes
Seeing Like A State, James C. Scott. 1998. 464pp. Audiobook: Yes
something by Deleuze and Guattari
something by Jacques Lacan
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers by Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli
The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces by Seth Harp

Completed

How To Blow Up A Pipeline, Andreas Malm. 2021. 208pp. Audiobook: Yes
The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism, Clara E. Mattei. 2022. 480pp. Audiobook: Yes
Slow Down, Kohei Saito. 2024, 288pp. Audiobook: Yes
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis. 2024, 304pp. Audiobook: Yes
Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization, Richard Seymour. 2024. 288pp. Audiobook: Yes