Book · 2011 · Civil disobedience
Work
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Crime Think has a really good book just called work which is another another one that gets referenced a lot even even in the subreddit.
The best things said about it
I've been doing a lot of union stuff recently, so I've been thinking a lot about the concept of work. So, I have kind of returned to this really good book Crime Think put out titled work.
Why people recommend it
Work by CrimethInc. is a widely circulated anarchist critique of modern labor that questions the necessity and morality of traditional employment structures. On Behind the Bastards, a host recommended the book on January 6, 2024, noting that involvement in recent union organizing led them to revisit the text as a foundational introduction to anti-work theory. Garrison also mentioned the publication on November 27, 2021, describing it as a popular resource that frequently surfaces in online leftist communities and subreddits. During the same episode, Garrison returned to the CrimethInc. volume to illustrate a core argument regarding technological advancement. They pointed out that society has long been promised that automation and technological progress would eventually liberate humanity from the burden of labor, yet the book highlights how this promise has continuously failed to materialize. Together, the speakers positioned the text as a sharp, provocative tool for rethinking the daily grind of modern economic life.
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Garrison (full name unknown) Crime Think has a really good book just called work which is another another one that gets referenced a lot… 2
“Crime Think has a really good book just called work which is another another one that gets referenced a lot even even in the subreddit”
“I do this is something that the the Crime workbook uh points out. And you know, this is a pretty it's pretty obvious thing. I' I've certainly thought of this before is that, you know, we've been told that the like technological progress will soon liberate humanity from the need to do work”
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“I've been doing a lot of union stuff recently, so I've been thinking a lot about the concept of work. So, I have kind of returned to this really good book Crime Think put out titled work.”
