May Day Books Blog

  “L’Assommoir” by Ėmile Zola, 1867 This is a marvelous story, part of Zola’s 20 novel cycle, detailing Parisian proletarian life in the ...

  “The Wonder,” film directed by Sebastián Lelio, 2022 (some spoilers…) This is another one of those depressing Irish films, dwelling on t...

  “Capitalism in the 21 st Century – Through the Prism of Value,” by Guglielmo Carchedi and Michael Roberts, 2023 ( Part 2 ) These sectio...

  Modern Rhinoceroses If you ever read or seen the play Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, you might know what I’m talking about.   It was inc...

  “Capitalism in the 21 st Century – Through the Prism of Value,” by Guglielmo Carchedi and Michael Roberts, 2023 ( Part 1 ) This is simi...

  “The Last Czars ” – Docudrama produced by Jane Root, 2019 This is an attempt at explaining the fall of the last Czar – Nicholas II – by ...