The following is a(n obviously incomplete) directory of indoctrinatory primers, catechisms, and introductory readers for various political points of view – left, right, lawful, chaotic, good, evil, sane, insane, whatever – which take the form of links to essays, blog posts, or books available easily online, and/or FAQs, which, while not precisely reading lists, seem to me to be in the same spirit. I have not read through most of these – though it’s certainly on the bucket list – and therefore cannot vouch for their quality, but have limited myself to pages that seem to show at least some degree of effort. Use to avoid epistemic closure, deepen your understanding of the One True Way, know thy enemy, or simply gawk at the moral diversity of mankind.
The organization of this is admittedly somewhat arbitrary, and will no doubt offend someone by placing them overclose to their enemy, or too far from whom they see as their natural comrades. Inocculatory readers and FAQs have been placed with their infectious counterparts, rather than from the point of view from which the attack has been launched; compilations of questions of fact have been placed with the traditions with which they are most readily associated, rather than the ideology of the compiler; either of these could have been otherwise. At the moment, in its incomplete state, this is not a terrible problem – the list is small, the organization hardly matters. As omissions are corrected and lacunae filled, it may become more of one.
Additions and correction appreciated.
- Meta
- Fifty Contemporary Political Ideologies (pro-click)
- Really Meta
- Right
- Neoreactionary
- Neoreactionary Canon
- Library of the Dark Enlightenment (mostly books, but some accessible)
- Avante-Garde Reactionary Book Collection
- Anti-Reactionary FAQ
- Nationalist, Alt-Right, and Paleo
- A Conservative Reading List
- Pro-Western Christian Reading List
- National Anarchist Reading List, FAQ, and manifesto
- Nationalism FAQ
- HBD Fundamentals and FAQ (curator is liberal)
- Anti-Racialist Q&A (right-libertarian)
- Holocaust Revisionist FAQ
- Nizkor Project FAQs (ant-revisionist)
- Traditionalist Catholic
- Traditional Catholicism 101
- Monarchism FAQ
- Distributist FAQ and reading list
- Neoreactionary
- Lib
- Right-Libertarian and Ancap
- Libertarian (with paleo bent)
- Libertarian (with ancap bent)
- A Reading List for Anarcho-Capitalists
- Reading List in Austrian Economics and Libertarianism
- Anarcho-Capitalist FAQ
- Libertarian FAQ
- Critiques of Libertarianism (including FAQ)
- Left-Libertarian and Mutualist
- boring centrist garbage (j/k they seem like nice ppl)
- The Case for Open Borders
- Liberal FAQ (web 1.0 as fuck)
- Right-Libertarian and Ancap
- Left
- Leftist Study Guide Project (components not necessarily high quality, but would be remiss not to include)
- MIA Subject Archive (some sections more usefully organized than others)
- Ancom and Left Communist
- Anarchism Reading Guide and FAQ (relatively more sympathetic to Marxism)
- Anarchist FAQ and Library (relatively less so)
- Left Communist Recommended Reading (see sidebar)
- Leninist
- Basic Marxism-Leninism Study Plan
- Marxist-Leninist Study Guide
- Education Plan (Trotskyist)
- the Weapon of Theory (Maoist-Third Worldist)
- RAIM 101 Study Guide (Maoist-Third Worldist, some overlap with above)
- Onkwehón:we Rising Recommended Reading (also MTWist)
- Arm the Spirit Archived Readings (MLM)
- Feminist (see also several subsections of the above)
- Green
- Not necessarily political but arguably in the same spirit
Senpai~ <3
Also, that Jayman guy is going to object for sure!
Object to what? Does he read this blog?
Jayman is a black dude, but I have him listed under the “euphemisms for white supremacy” section. Nevertheless, and however ironically, his is probably the best pro-biological racism link roundup I could find, and I think it’s appropriate to place that in that section for reasons roughly analogous to the placement of Austrian economic stuff under right-libertarianism.
It would be helpful if you got a few things at least right.
As said above, I am Black. But I am not “alt-right,” (see here), indeed, I am liberal, even socialist (here). Nor am I “paleo.” See the above link.
I am however pretty hereditarian. But that’s for one reason (the only reason that matters): it is correct.
Thanks, I’ve added a note, though am keeping the positionality now for the reasons mentioned. I also see you have an associated FAQ and have added that as well.
May I suggest The Nationalism FAQ?
http://www.amerika.org/conservation/the-nationalism-faq/
Done.
Thank you, Matthias.
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JT suggested “Platformism” via Faceplant:
http://libcom.org/library/organisational-platform-libertarian-communists-dielo-trouda
That first linked meta-list is a hilarious illustration of the non-neutrality of everything. For example, if you’re frothing at the mouth at having Ken fucking Wilber but no Maoists, “neo-confucianism” under socialism, and a symmetrical alignment of black nationalism and white “nationalism”, then you’re like me or senpai.
Also, lol @ Land following you.
I love this list. Much thanks for creating it. May I suggest a link? Under “Left-Libertarian and Mutualist,” I would recommend adding: http://praxeology.net/all-left.htm
As someone with heavy left-libertarian and mutualist inclinations, I’d say this is the most informative site/ list, and the most popular that I know of among free market left-libertarians.
Thanks! And sorry for taking forever to respond.