Peasants
I Malavoglia, or The House by the Medlar Tree by Giovanni Verga
RevSocialist اش... — Thu, 06/10/2010 - 17:00
This novel (255pg) by Giovanni Verga proves once again how radical and progressive an author this great Sicilian was. There are so many things to point out, but I will start first with the structure of this novel: you will notice that the first two pages of this novel contain a "cast of characters" much like that of a play.
I Will Marry When I Want by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Ngugi wa Mirii
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 04/20/2010 - 06:41
This play (117pg) by Kenyan leftist writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o was written after the "flag independence" (Nkrumah's term) from Britain. Ngugi often mentions the Mau Mau, which was the violent, revolutionary anti-imperialist resistance group which forced the british to leave Kenya (during which the british committed countless atrocities, including the execution of Mau Mau leader Dedan Kimathi, and the mass imprisonment of "sympathizers" in concentration camps, as well as routine and wide use of torture).
For the Good of All by Otto Rene Castillo
RevSocialist اش... — Sat, 03/20/2010 - 12:34
For the Good of All
By Otto Rene Castillo
Listen,
look,
touch
this voice,
for underneath
a man burns sweetly
for the good of all.
Cliches?
You,
try to be worthy
all day long.
Afterwords
we'll speak alone
if you wish.
I tell you.
At this stage of our time
after twenty centuries
of christian word,
man is worse than ever
more evil than ever
less caring than ever.
Even the word love
has been lost
—love!
This at least in my country
gentle and sonorous as no other.
And in spite of it all,
there are nations where man
Senora Carrar's Rifles by Bertolt Brecht
RevSocialist اش... — Wed, 02/24/2010 - 20:13
This is a beautiful play (30pg – it takes place during the Spanish Revolution), and it is basically a theatrical presentation of the argument between advocates of non-violence, and advocates of real change, and real struggle (i.e. advocates of armed resistance).
Don Licciu Papa by Giovanni Verga
RevSocialist اش... — Thu, 02/18/2010 - 14:22
This is a short story (5pg) by Italian writer Giovanni Verga. I have read a lot of his work, including two novels which I will be posting soon, and he always writes more like a socialist than a normal writer, which is why I have posted, and will continue posting, his work. This story attacks the repressive foundations and support of the capitalist state, i.e. laws, courts, and "law enforcement" (otherwise know as dirty fucking pigs). This short quote from the story best explains what it is about, and I would even say that this statement is the foundation on which the story was written:
Red "Terrorist" answers White Terrorist
RevSocialist اش... — Tue, 02/02/2010 - 14:43
When I was younger I thought I hated poetry because all the stupid poems I was forced to read in school were shit, things like "the snow glistened white as his conscience" stupid poetical ramblings about things which I (and the majority of people on earth) could care less about. Why do I want to read barely decipherable poems about an "august night" or "winter morning" or such crap? In fact I really like poetry, but didn't realize it until lately when I started reading poems by political and socially conscious such as Mario Benedetti, Darwish, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Pablo Neruda, and now Ahuti.
Liberty (1883) by Giovanni Verga
RevSocialist اش... — Thu, 01/07/2010 - 10:49
This story was written by the Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga (1840-1922), about a small rural town's revolt during the time the Italian nationalist Giusepped Garibaldi was in Sicily.
