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A Brief Book Review: Thomas Sankara Speaks- The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987

When I first heard about the late revolutionary Thomas Sankara from Burkina Faso I was instantly fascinated. Why had I heard about political figures like Margaret Thatcher (yuck) and never Sankara? Well besides eurocentrism and racism it is perhaps because his revolution was unfortunately cut short by his assassins. Like Mandela, Guevara, and many moreContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: Thomas Sankara Speaks- The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987”

A Brief Book Review: The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin

I first saw a video of Ursula K. Le Guin talked about the failures of capitalism and I knew I had to read some of her work. I ordered this novel because sci-fi genres like this are definitely out of my comfort zone. I figured the 12 different stories would give me some brief tastesContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin”

A Brief Book Review: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

I first heard of this book in my research to find a good introductory book to the world of global geography. I have to say while there were many things I really liked about this book there were also some areas where I really felt the narrative fell short and the story was not asContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall”

A Brief Book Review: The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel

After reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein I decided my next book in my steps towards radicalization and self-liberation should be this wok by Hickel. After reading this in less than 24 hours you could say I was very impressed. This book was very similar to Klein’s but provided an easier and more digestibleContinue reading “A Brief Book Review: The Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel”