- Capitalism and Alternatives -

I'll probably read it when I get the chance.

In Reply to: Someone tried to flog me that book the other day posted by Lark on January 31, 19100 at 13:37:36:

: Someone tried to flog me that book the other day is it any good? what is it about? Is it an anti-capitalist book?

I don't know, but I do know it's set in an environment where any thinking person would be anticapitalist- the Congo of the early sixties, where a democratically elected socialist was overthrown by CIA action and the country descended into capitalist barbarism and civil war. The book, I think, is about a group of American Baptist missionaries who go into the Congo and try to convert the people, with little success. I'll probably read it when I get the chance. I just finished another excellent book, "The Comedians" by Graham Greene, about the Duvalier dictatorship in Haiti- definitely an anticapitalist book.

Follow Ups:

• About Graham Greene Lark January 31 19100 (4)
  • GG was famously a Soviet fellow traveler. Nikhil Jaikumar DSA MA, USA February 01 19100 (3)
    • Oh no!! Lark United States of Europe February 02 19100 (2)
      • he wasn't a totalitarian, but he did admire certain progressive features of teh Soviet model. NJ DSA MA, USA February 03 19100 (1)
        • I can understand that too, I'm not excusing it though. lark February 03 19100 (0)