This list contains books, movies, and series which impressed DIEM25 members, ie Yanis Varoufakis, Srećko Horvat and host Mehran Khalili [1], in 2024. Thanks to Razeesh Sainudiin for compiling the list [2].
Works of art, books, movies, etc. that have left an impression this year (see [1] at 1:06:17):
- Book: The Dawn of Everything: https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9781250858801
- Book: Communal Luxury: https://www.versobooks.com/products/63-communal-luxury
- Book: Communal Form: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3223-the-commune-form
- Book: Gramsci at Sea: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517915919/gramsci-at-sea/
- Book: Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines – The Search for a Planetary Intelligence: http://jamesbridle.com/books/ways-of-being
- Book: The Incarcerations – BK16 and the search of democracy in India: https://www.alpashah.co.uk/incarcerations
- Movie: The Old Oak: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19883634/
- TV Series: Silo: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14688458/
- TV Series: Years and Years: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8694364/
- Fossil Capital: https://www.versobooks.com/products/135-fossil-capital
- Martin Eden: Book: https://archive.org/details/martin-eden and movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4516162/
- Future Primitive Revisited: https://archive.org/details/JohnZerzanFuturePrimitiveRevisited
- Joanna Macy’s latest book: https://www.shambhala.com/a-wild-love-for-the-world.html
Link:
[1] DIEM25(2024-12-11). E104: Is 2025 Europe’s Last Chance? Yanis Varoufakis and Srećko Horvat on Palestine, Syria and more, https://www.youtube.com/live/VKcoi4camxI?si=K4-aB94SCc_n9EcK
[2] https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7272992964564385793?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7272992964564385793%2C7273024468917104642%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287273024468917104642%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7272992964564385793%29