totalitarianism

The Last Summer of Reason | Tahar Djaout

My #10BeforeTheEnd are:
The Adventure of Vela for #Samoa
The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout and Black Suits You so Well by Ahlam Mosteghanemi for #Algeria
The Devil in Love by Cazotte and Fontamara by Ignazio Silone for #Italy
Paris noir
Edith Wharton's Ghost Stories
Jami's Mejnun & Leila
The Last Quarter of the Moon by Zijian Chi
Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
(tagged countries for #FoodAndLit )
@ChaoticMissAdventures

Liz_M I just read EWs Ghost Stories! Excellent writing even if the stories are not great. 1mo

Dilara @Liz_M I agree. have a couple left to read: the plots are hit and miss, but Edith Wharton could make the phone-book interesting... And she has such an ear for dialogue. 1mo

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ncsufoxes

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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Lesson #17 is our current state: “Listen for dangerous words: Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.” There were 4 shootings in 24 hours this weekend. When the violence is done by another white male, there is an excuse. But no laws are made for gun control. Instead anyone on the “left” has now been labeled as an

ncsufoxes extremist. Giving a vague generalization as to who is the “enemy” is dangerous & one we should all be concerned about. Characterizing transgender persons as dangerous & violent is another step in labeling other people as the enemy. But meanwhile normalizing the terror that certain agencies are imparting on anyone that is not white is horrific & we should all be angry over this. Anyhow very quick read of part guidance but also makes you say holy 2mo

ncsufoxes crap we‘re descending into something other than democracy (authoritarianism, theocracy, oligarchy, facism) 2mo

Ruthiella 100% agree. 2mo

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dabbe 💙🎯💙 2mo

Leftcoastzen 👏✊ 2mo

AnnCrystal It's horrible...and enraging! I can't even really focus on anything right now because of the insanity we're all witnessing. All the Chaos this administration is causing! Tuesday is worrisome...with the meeting and everything. ✊🏼🦅✌🏼💝. 2mo

Pogue I love this book. 2mo

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SanjanaGhosh

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

so-so

57/100

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Gleefulreader

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

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A brief book on the ways to challenge tyranny. Important and timely in the world we currently live in.

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Tkimsal

The Origins of Totalitarianism | Hannah Arendt

So much this. Happy 4th of July?

Ruthiella 👍👍👍 4mo

Chrissyreadit I am celebrating No Kings Day from now on…. 4mo

Deblovestoread 💙💙💙 4mo

dabbe #word 💙✊💙 4mo

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Leftcoastzen

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | Timothy Snyder

Some read , some yet to explore , You‘re welcome! Love these tags !
#Antifabookclub #readingispolitical
#overcomingevilempires

AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Susanita, TheLudicReader, Suet624, Deblovestoread, Chrissyreadit, CBee, dabbe

AmyG I seem to be audiobooking my antifa reads. Great books. 4mo

TheBookHippie Oooo yes!!!!! 4mo

TheBookHippie Need to get strongmen. 4mo

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lil1inblue 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 What a stack! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻 4mo

Deblovestoread Great stack! Have a few need to get and read others! 4mo

Amiable I need to stack several of these! Thanks! 4mo

Suet624 Thank you. Now more than ever these books need to be read. 4mo

Chrissyreadit Great stack!!! Thank you for sharing the tags 💙💙💙 We need more democracy and less fascism 💙 4mo

dabbe W😍WZA! What a list! 💙✊🏻💙 4mo

Christine A very patriotic shelf! 🩷 4mo

AnnCrystal 👏🏼📚✊🏼📚👍🏼💝. 4mo

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lil1inblue

Animal Farm and 1984, Centennial Editions | George Orwell

I was looking on Libby for 1984 for #withthebanned, and the waitlist was a mile long. But the Animal Farm/1984 combo was available. Lucky for me, but did no one else realize they could just borrow this instead of waiting? 😂

ChaoticMissAdventures I have the same thing with Once and Future King! Months wait for the full audio, but there is also an option to get each book separately now, no wait! I think people just don't know what to look for. 4mo

lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures Fair point. I believe I also searched by author, so if they search by title, it may not come up. At least I lucked out! 4mo

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kspenmoll

Origins of Totalitarianism | Hannah Arendt

Just finished viewing this mesmerizing PBS documentary- if you have access to PBS it‘s well-worth viewing! Parallels to our existing executive branch are glaring. #adventuresinphilosophy

TheBookHippie, GingerAntics, ravenlee, Bookwomble

Tamra Thanks for posting! Off to find it. 5mo

squirrelbrain I just finished this book, in which Arendt is featured. Not sure I understood a lot of it, but still worth a read.

Book of Records

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Deblovestoread Thanks for this. Will definitely find and watch. 5mo

Bookwomble Thanks for the tag 😊 5mo

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