Books are Good, Actually

For April, we read the first four chapters of We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Umoja. We discussed our knowledge of civil rights movement, non violence vs self defense, surprising new things we learned and also who we would be in the foxhole with! May - Finish up We Will Shoot BackJune - Log Off Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross

For March, we read On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. We did...not like this book and why it didn't work for us, the shallow communist history examples, we had an anime corner, and if this book really is for anyone. April - We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Omowale UmojaMay - Log Off Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross

For the month of February, we read In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later by Abby Schneiderman, Adam Seifer, Gene Newman! We discussed what levels we have accomplished, how we may engage our family about their wills and other important items, what we think the minimum amount should be, password managers, and a homelab way of storing things. March - On Tyranny by Timothy SnyderApril - We Will Shoot Back by Akinyele Omowale UmojaMay - Log Off Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix by Katherine Cross

For the start of the new year, we read Red Star by Alexander Bogdanov! We discussed if we enjoyed Red Star or Engineer Menni, Bogdanov's view of women, if the book is effective socialist education, and if we would go to a Martian utopia! February - In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later by Abby Schneiderman

For December, we ready Babel by R.F. Kuang! We discussed favorite characters, unexpected climaxes, Harry Potter comparison and our favorite ship! January - Red Star by Alexander Bogdanov February - In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later by Abby Schneiderman

For November, we read Play Nice by Jason Schrier! We discussed our history with Blizzard, surprising facts and uncovering misconceptions, the difference between iD and Blizzard and brainstorming how we could solve Blizzard's problem forever! December - Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang January - Red Star by Alexander Bogdanov February - In Case You Get Hit by a Bus: How to Organize Your Life Now for When You're Not Around Later by Abby Schneiderman

For October, we read The Witch by Ronald Hutton. We discussed our knowledge of witches and witchcraft, how this books differs from The Calaban and the Witch, shamanism and how the Catholic church turned out to be reasonable! November - Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier

For September, we read Technopoly by Neil Postman and boy howdy...we had some thoughts and feels about this book. We discussed some Postman's war against social science, US a technopoly hellscape?, industries that have surrendered to technology and some Warhammer 40k! October - The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton November - Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier

For August, we watched Don't Look Up directed by Adam McKay. We discussed our favorite characters and moments, what worked and didn't work, we answered the question about was this really an allegory to climate change and so much more! Articles referenced: https://www.technicianonline.com/culture/critics-are-right-about-don-t-look-up-it-sucks/article_528e4384-7224-11ec-acb0-7740f9a22af1.html https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2021/12/critics-of-dont-look-up-are-missing-the-entire-point https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2022/01/dont-look-up-satire/621256/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-crude-demagogy-of-dont-look-up Back to reading for the rest of the year! Maybe...? September - Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology by Neil Postman October - The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton November - Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier

For July, we read The Murderbot Diaries: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells! We discuss our favorite characters and moments, revelations made or not made in the book, and if we are AI if we took questions from Reddit. For August, we are going to watch "Don't Look Up!" available on Netflix. Reddit questions: https://www.reddit.com/r/bookclub/comments/199kj1a/discussion_bonus_book_artificial_condition_by/

For the month of June, we read Slow Down by Kohei Saito! We discussed the life long pursuit of studying and reinterpreting Marx, Saito's four outcomes and futures, disaster capitalism, another rant on vegetarianism by Angela, and a very bad attempt to end on a more hopeful note. July:⁠⁠ Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

For May, we read Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham! We discussed the little town around the little nuclear plant, the big explosion, who's at fault, and if we would even visit. June: ⁠Slow Down by Kohei Saito⁠ July:⁠ Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

For April, we read Socialist States and the Environment Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures by Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro! We discussed things we have learned from the examples of socialist states, what was missing from the book, comparison to Half-Earth Socialism, and degrowth policies. https://monthlyreview.org/2022/09/01/a-new-environmental-history-of-socialist-states/ May: Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham June: Slow Down by Kohei Saito July: Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

For March, we read King Richard by Michael Dobbs! We discussed our knowledge about Watergate, interesting tidbits gleamed from the book, what critical mistakes were made and the structure of the book. Upcoming: April - ⁠⁠Socialist States and the Environment Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures by Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro

For February, we read Neuromancer by William Gibson! We discussed our favorite characters and scenes, vocabulary/language, comparing Neuromancer with its contemporaries, Gibson's vision of the future and would we live in that world! Angela wrongly misidentified the comic Transmetropolitian as Cosmopolitian. Sorry for that mix up. Upcoming Books: March - ⁠King Richard by Michael Dobbs⁠ April - ⁠Socialist States and the Environment Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures by Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro

New year, new book! For January, we read How to Read Lacan and we sort of understand it now. We discuss the regrettable choice of reading Less than Nothing first, looking at horror movies through Lacian lens, how dating can also be looked at in a Lacian lens and even Kingdom Hearts! Upcoming books: February - Neuromancer by William Gibson March - King Richard by Michael Dobbs April - Socialist States and the Environment Lessons for Eco-Socialist Futures by Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro

Our last book of the year, we read Half-Earth Socialism! We discussed that this is actually our third eco-socialist book, interrogated the solutions provided, veganism (again...Angela's fault), and the critique's! https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2022/05/30/book-review-half-earth-socialism-a-plan-to-save-the-future-from-extinction-climate-change-and-pandemics-by-drew-pendergrass-and-troy-vettese/ https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/10/who-holds-up-half-the-earth-a-review-of-half-earth-socialism/ January -⁠⁠⁠ How to Read Lacan by Zizkek⁠

For November, we discuss Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe! We discuss our own misconceptions and myths we have about Israel and Palestine, socialism and Zionism, an interesting discussion about Hamas, one state solution and how we can support the Pro-Palestinian side. December -⁠⁠ Half-Earth Socialism by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese ⁠⁠ January -⁠⁠ How to Read Lacan by Zizkek

Another late one but we managed, for our October book we read Men,Women and Chainsaws! We discussed the surprising analysis of possession films, could we apply the same analysis to contagion movies, grouping of horror movies, horror movies and race, and a side chat about Resident Evil movies and The Human Centipede! Due to the Gaza Genocide we moved books down by one month: November -⁠Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe December -⁠ Half-Earth Socialism by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese ⁠ January -⁠ How to Read Lacan by Zizkek

For September, we read Hegemony and Socialist Strategy by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe! Although we were late we did finish the book, we discussed the definitions, post-marxism, direct democracy, and starting compounds in minecraft. Youtube summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEnjZZzcJ4Y October - Men, Women, and Chainsaws by Carol J. Clover November - Half-Earth Socialism by Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese December - How to Read Lacan by Zizkek

For August, we read Weird Scenes inside the Canyon and it was a doozy. We discussed the author's thesis, the evidence presented, debunked a misconception about Jim Morrison, the CIA, and most importantly Charles Manson! September - ⁠⁠Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

For July, instead of reading a book we watched a movie - How to Blowup a Pipeline! We discussed our favorite characters, how those character's motivations worked for us, opsec corner, FBI's portrayal, the trolley problem and much more. Next month, we are back to reading! Upcoming: August - ⁠Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon⁠ September - ⁠Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

For June, we read Blood in my Eye by George Jackson! We discussed Jackson's historical view and definition of fascism, Frankenstein's monster as capitalism, dogmatism in revolutionary theory and tactics, our favorite passages, and revolutionary violence. Question sources: https://www.liberationschool.org/blood-in-my-eye-study-guide/ https://www.liberationschool.org/george-jackson-blood-in-my-eye/ Upcoming: July - How to Blow up a Pipeline the movie 50th episode bonanza August - Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon September - Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

For May, we read Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes du Mez! We discuss muscular christianity, the tenets of evangelicalism, the myth of the cowboy and John Wayne, evangelicals obsession with sex and being very angry! Questions from: https://kristindumez.com/jesus-and-john-wayne-book-club-guide/ June - Blood in My Eye by George Jackson

For April, we read Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky! We discussed some of our misgivings with the tactics Alinksy described, the two people who recommended this book (surprising but at the same time...unsurprising), the categorization of haves and have-nots, means to an end, big tent organizations, and being on a CIA list. May - Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes Du Mez June - Blood in my Eye by George Jackson

For March, we read State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin! We discussed our history with him, Kautsky, opportunists and what their goals are, how we can/cannot wither away the state, the problem with the dictatorship step and Sonic the hedgehog! Liberation School Questions - https://www.liberationschool.org/study-guide-the-state-and-revolution/ April - Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky May - Jesus and John Wayne by Kristen Kobes Du Mez June - Blood in my Eye by George Jackson

For the month of February, we finished up (well in the case for Jimmy...) The Dawn of Everything! In this episode we discussed why Angela didn't finish and the elusive chapter 11.5, how we felt the book defined states and other aspects of political power, bird chirping, cheesecake making, and discussion of critiques that were levied at the book. We also got sidetracked by communist sonic fan art.  https://mronline.org/2021/12/20/the-dawn-of-everything-gets-human-history-wrong/ March - State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin 

For the month of January we started The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow! We discussed our history with pre-history and anthropology, failing of high school history, trying to define freedom, misconceptions of "tribal" life and a side bar about Guns,Germs and Steel.  February - Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow Chapters 7 - 12 March - State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin 

New year, late start but we read in December Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton! We discussed our very tepid background on the author, Black Panther Party, the concept of revolutionary suicide and reactionary suicide, solitary confinement, cults, and the legacy of Black Panther Party itself. It gets a little spicy at the end ;)  Articles referenced: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mood-swings/201008/revolutionary-suicide  https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=34268  January - Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow Chapters 1 - 6 February - Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow Chapters 7 - 12 March - State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin 

For November, we read Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg! We discussed Bernstein's and Luxemburg's position, just shitting on Bernstein, had a lot of side bars about vanguard parties and revolutions in history, pre-mature revolutions and changing our outro!  Resources: https://www.socialistrevolution.org/reform-or-revolution-a-reading-guide/ December - Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

For spooky October, we read Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill. We discussed changing narratives, our previous knowledge of the time period of the book, what we think is the connection between the CIA and Manson, and remind everyone to not do speed! November - Reform or Revolution and Other Writings by Rosa Luxemburg  December - Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

For September we read Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer. We discussed our initial thoughts and impressions, how the book approached science and spirituality, reciprocity and gift economy, vibing with verbs, and potentially smoking peyote.  Discussion questions from:  https://medium.com/fwslibrary/braiding-sweetgrass-discussion-questions-eb7d3e0dc9ff https://inspiredepicurean.com/braiding-sweetgrass-book-club-questions/ Upcoming Books: October - Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill November - Reform or Revolution and Other Writings by Rosa Luxemburg  December - Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

For August, we read Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu! We discussed our parallels with the author's journey, the naivety of the Cathedral and the Bazaar, we review her steps and how we think they didn't go far enough, and if we would join a start up and more!  Wendy Liu on Trash Future - https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-trashfuture-31139233/episode/abolish-silicon-valley-feat-wendy-liu-36102326/  Upcoming Books September - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer October - Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill November - Reform or Revolution and Other Writings by Rosa Luxemburg  December - Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

For July, we read and discuss Settlers by J. Sakai. We go over our impressions of the book, how this compares to People's History, failure of leftist organizations, J. Sakai's thesis, criticism and how to try to scam our way to a history master's program. We had a guest commentary from Angela's partner!  Sites mentioned: https://thecharnelhouse.org/2017/05/15/dont-bother-reading-settlers-by-j-sakai/ https://skeptomai.substack.com/p/j-sakai-mim-and-anarchism https://old.reddit.com/r/communism101/comments/lyt97l/information_about_j_sakai/ https://libcom.org/article/when-race-burns-class-settlers-revisited-interview-j-sakai August - Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu

For June, we read Goddess of Anarchy by Jacqueline Jones, we discuss our previous knowledge of Chicago and Texas history and labor movements, some critical Amazon reviews, the Haymarket trial, Lucy's and Albert's tactics and their effectiveness, amongst other things including if Lucy would be a podcaster or a debate bro.  Support abortion funds! https://abortionfunds.org/ July - Settlers by J. Sakai August - Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu

For May, we read All Systems Red by Martha Wells! We discussed our impressions, our favorite characters and moments, the gender of Murderbot, what we hope to see in the future books and we didn't talk about Elden Ring even once!  Jimmy sounds like he's in a fishbowl due to some unavoidable sound issues, I tried my best.  Tor Article: https://www.tor.com/2018/03/21/life-lessons-from-a-murderbot-reading-all-systems-red-as-a-trans-woman/ Additional Discussion Question: https://wpl-podcast.winnipeg.ca/july-discussion-all-systems-red-by-martha-wells/ June - Goddess of Anarchy by Jacqueline Jones July - Settlers by J. Sakai August - Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu

We finally finish up our fourt parter of Less than Nothing! We discuss the last part and the conclusion, our feelings about it, we try to answer the question of does Zizek accomplish what he was after, do we still need Zizek, Chomsky vs Zizek, then we go on various tangents and a bird appears!  Articles mentioned:  https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/04/noam-chomsky-on-how-to-prevent-world-war-iii  May - Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red by Martha Wells June - Goddess of Anarchy by Jacqueline Jones July - Settlers by J. Sakai August - Abolish Silicon Valley by Wendy Liu

We continue reading Less than Nothing for March and part 3 was a very difficult section to get through, we talked about Terminator and the letter, how Zizek presents Lacan and our lack of knowing Lacan, Elden Ring, being able to skip Hofstadter, and Zizek's articles on the Ukraine and Russian war.  Next month we will wrap up Less than Nothing and will provide a book list for the next few months! Related Articles: https://theoryreader.org/2022/02/25/was-russias-rape-of-ukraine-inevitable-by-slavoj-zizek/ https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-unequal-treatment-of-refugees-exposed-by-ukraine-by-slavoj-zizek-2022-03 https://kurtayacademics.com/2022/03/04/ukraine-and-the-third-world-prof-slavoj-zizek/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lacan/ https://www.textetc.com/theory/lacan.html

In February, we are continuing to read to the end of Part 2 of Slavoj Zizek's Less than Nothing! We attempt to connect F.D. Signifier's video on Drake and the Death of Hip Hop with dialectics, we veer into Dark Souls and Elden Ring association with dialectics, we talk about our favorite passages, Zizek's problem with marriage, and we once again answer do we need Hegel in our current time.  F.D. Signifier - Drake and the Death of Hip Hop Less than Nothing March - Part 3 April - Part 4 (Summing up and re-examiniation )

For January, we started reading Less than Nothing! We stumbled and bumbled our way through to Chapter 5, relating Hegel to Pokemon, would we get something from this book, our definition of dialectics, dialectics and pop culture, do we need Hegel in the modern world?  How to Read Zizek - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-to-read-zizek/ Less than Nothing 4 Parter! February - Read the rest of Part 2 March - Part 3 April - Part 4 (Summing up and re-examiniation )

For December, we read Hammer and Hoe by Robin D. G. Kelly! We discussed our general thoughts and feelings about the book, the differences of the application of the New Deal, black communists vs black folks in labor movements, naacp vs ild, white leftism in the 30s and now and how it relates to race and sex, and lessons learned from these organizations. Less than Nothing 4 Parter! January - Read to Chapter 5 February - Read the rest of Part 2 March - Part 3 April - Part 4 (Summing up and re-examiniation )

For November, we read Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti! We discussed the author's background, thoughts and feelings about the book, siege vs pure socialism, general take aways. We had a few technical difficulties on Angela's end so apologies if some parts of the podcast are choppy! Noam Chomsky article - https://www.greanvillepost.com/2020/06/03/the-mainstream-and-the-margins-noam-chomsky-vs-michael-parenti/ December - Hammer and Hoe by Robin D. G. Kelley January+ - Less than Nothing by Slavoj Zizek

For the spooky month of October we read The Occult Book: A Chronological Journey from Alchemy to Wicca by John Michael Greer. We discuss our history/interest of the occult, our not so great feelings on our monthly reading, why did entries of the book seemed to fall off around the 50s, the resurgence of astrology and a special tarot card reading! And of course a list of Jimmy's favorite podcast for spooky times. November -  Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti December - Hammer and Hoe by Robin D. G. Kelley January+ - Less than Nothing by Slavoj Zizek

For the month of September, we read The Legacy of Ashes: History of the CIA by Tim Weiner! We discuss the author, our impressions, the one critique we found, and a hypotheticals of CIA existence and the need for CIA if the US was a socialist country.  Critique - https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2007/10/legacy-of-ashes-the-history-of-the-cia/ October - The Occult Book by John Michael Greer November -  Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti December - Hammer and Hoe by Robin D. G. Kelley January+ - Less than Nothing by Slavoj Zizek

For August, we read How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm! We discuss the author's background, our impressions of the book, addressing critiques and what we can do as a society and as individuals. Articles mentioned - https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/sabotage-can-be-done-softly-on-andreas-malms-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline/ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/how-to-blow-up-a-movement-malms-new-book-dreams-of-sabotage-but-ignores-consequences September - Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner October - The Occult Book by John Michael Greer November -  Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti December - Hammer and Hoe by Robin D. G. Kelley January+ - Less than Nothing by Slavoj Zizek

For July, we read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark we use a reading guide questions to discuss our book, how Jonathan and Mr. Norrell are a representation of liberal and conservative thought. This is also our first time recording in the same room! Jimmy references more podcasts he listens to and we have the rest of the year's reading list.  https://www.bookbrowse.com/reading_guides/detail/index.cfm/book_number/1463/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell Reading List -  August - How to Blow Up A Pipeline by Andreas Malm September - Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner October - The Occult Book by John Michael Greer November -  Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti December - Hammer and Hoe by Robin D. G. Kelley January+ - Less than Nothing by Slavoj Zizek

For June, we read Masters of Doom by David Kushner, a brief overview of Masters of Doom, a lot of talk Daikatana, The Two Johns and their break up, Joe Lieberman and Columbine, surprising crossovers, the influence of Doom and Quake on video games and future esports, what the Two Johns are up to and our history with id games.  Bill Gates in Doom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dVAhFYjp9c  July - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norwell by Susanna Clark

For the month of May, we discuss the book Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross! We discuss definitions of fascism, things we learned from our reading, do the definitions of fascism hold up in a modern age, and how can leftists create networks across the globe.  Additional Notes:  Response to a critique - https://towardfreedom.org/story/archives/americas/against-the-fascist-creep-mistaken-histories/ Definition of Fascism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism Additional Podcasts:  Behind the Bastards  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-birth-of-american-30110960/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/does-punching-nazis-work-a-conversation-29751052/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/the-silly-bastards-behind-the-modern-29745220/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-how-the-john-birch-75193831/ https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/behind-the-insurrections-how-fascism-76855632/ I Don't Speak German - https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/ Youtube:  The Great Replacement isn't Real - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbxVfSqtt8 June - Masters of Doom by David Kushner July - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norwell by Susanna Clark

For April we read, The Assassination of Fred Hampton by Jeffrey Haas! We discuss the overarching book, what is Fred Hampton's legacy, was justice served, when to take up armed resistance, and the new documents obtained from the FBI about COINTELPRO. Also Jimmy says redact a lot!  Dollop Episode about Fred Hampton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgLMEdslAI Behind the Bastards about Fred Hampton - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-one-the-bastards-who-killed-the-black-panthers/id1373812661?i=1000463894711 Jacobin Article - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/03/fred-hampton-black-panther-party-fbi-documents Weather Underground - https://www.globalresearch.ca/weather-underground-members-speak-out-on-the-media-imperialism-and-solidarity-in-the-age-of-trump/5606614 Revolutionary Left Series on Fred Hampton -  https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/fred-hampton https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/fred-hampton-foia Revolutionary Left on George Jackson -  https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/blood-in-my-eye May - Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross June - Masters of Doom by David Kushner July - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norwell by Susanna Clark

For March, we read Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon. We discuss our impressions, do a brief overview with the help of the Standford Encyclopedia article, and some discussion questions.  Youtube video mentioned - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE5BTPb0X2g Summary - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/frantz-fanon/ Discussion questions - https://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks/tag/black-skin-white-masks/ Upcoming books -  April - The Assassination of Fred Hampton by Jeffrey Haas May - Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross June - Masters of Doom by David Kushner