I have created a subsection to this substack in which I plan to be offering movie recommendations and/or reviews every Friday. Subsections are a new feature and I’m not 100% sure how they work, but as of right now if you’re receiving this email, you will be signed up for Reasonable Movies as well. I believe you can unsubscribe from it at https://birrion.substack.com/s/reasonable-movies if you just want to keep receiving An Appeal to Reason and are not interested in movie recommendations. I just wanted to give you all a heads up before it releases tomorrow in case you aren’t interested in movies.
Why movie recommendations? I realize that not everyone consumes media the same way - not everyone wants to read articles on Marxist theory. In a world full of media, we can reach more people through a multi pronged approach. Podcasts like Crawdads and Taters are another approach. I can’t make movies, but I can recommend ones that aren’t highly propagandized for capitalism. So much of what Hollywood produces are simply advertisements for nationalism, the police state, and the military industrial complex. It’s difficult to find movies that take a leftist perspective on matters - which is why I decided to add movie recommendations to my substack.
I also wanted to give a shoutout to all my paid subscribers - your donations help give me more time to dedicate to this newsletter and allowed me to feel like I could add movie recommendations with this subsection in addition to continuing with the regular An Appeal to Reason posts. Thank you so much!