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On the Imperial Highway: New and Selected Poems | Jayne Cortez

News of the possible lynching in Mississippi has sent me over the edge today.

Excerpts from There It Is by Jayne Cortez
Full poem: https://spare.poems.com/poem/there-it-is/

#poemadayish #poetrypals #overcomingevilempires #readingispolitical #antifabookclub
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Cuilin And there it is!!! I‘m so tired today, so sad, resting to fight another day. 😞 2w

dabbe I. Can't. Even. P😢WERFUL. 💛💜🧡 2w

lil1inblue @Cuilin #ditto 😓 2w

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lil1inblue @dabbe 💔 💔 💔 2w

AnnCrystal 😢 this just can't be happening again...✊🏼🥺. 2w

lil1inblue @AnnCrystal 💔😓 💔 2w

Reggie Also because I‘ve been on YouTube rabbit holes. There‘s been Black truckers who have gone missing near West Virginia and North Carolina. One was found hanging and same thing. It was ruled a suicide. 1w

lil1inblue @Reggie 💔💔💔 1w

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ncsufoxes

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South | Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

A page on Threads, Whiteness Studies, has listed several important books that are very relevant to our current timeline. I have a few & read a few but found many new ones to read. Linking list if anyone is interested. It links to a Black owned bookstore. https://shop.mrwelltravelled.com/collections/whiteness-studies #antifabookclub

Cuilin Thank you 🙏 2w

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Chrissyreadit

Enough: Our Fight to Keep America Safe from Gun Violence | Gabrielle Giffords

NPR had a 2022 article and because Children in Evergreen Colorado had to face the horror of a school shooting yesterday i am sharing some books related to ending gun violence.
#overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub

AmyG “Gun deaths are the cost of Liberty” - Charlie Kirk 2w

ImperfectCJ I asked my 16yo how he was doing in the wake of yesterday's violence in Utah and Colorado, and he said, "It's just the same old, same old, you know?" It about broke my heart. 2w

DinoMom @ImperfectCJ what a horrible feeling it is as a parent to hear how today‘s children and youth recognize this as just “same old , same old”. My heart goes out to all the families but also to just all the youth that this has become the state of the world they live in 2w

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AnnCrystal Thank You for sharing this post 👏🏼🫂💝.

None of this craziness should be understood as normal, we have to work to correct this 😢🇺🇲🫂🇺🇸✌🏼. (edited) 2w

kspenmoll Thank you.💔❤️ 2w

Bookperson96 😔🥺💔 Have to agree with you. @ImperfectCJ and @DinoMom So true @AnnCrystal 2w

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lil1inblue

A People's History of the United States | Howard Zinn

An earlier edition of this book sat on my parents' bookshelf for most of my life. I'm finally diving in. 😅

#realhistory #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub #readingispolitical

dabbe I can't wait to read what you think about it. I've read bit and pieces but never the whole. People at my high school tried to ban it. And this was before the #cheetosatan years. 😵‍💫 3w

lil1inblue @dabbe I got through Chapter 1 last night. I have a feeling I'm going to be posting about this one a lot. And I am unsurprised, though saddened, that people have tried/are trying to ban it. It challenges our savior narrative. 😏 3w

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩵🎯🩵 2w

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ncsufoxes

Saving Five | Amanda Nguyen

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“In America‘s criminal justice system, survivors become background characters to a story that is actually about us-our lives, our bodies, our dignity…Victims are erased from their own narratives.” Nguyen‘s story is about how she fought to make sure that women‘s rape kits are not thrown away while women take the time to decide if they want to pursue justice. She talks about the odds stacked against women to get convictions against their rapist. She

TheBookHippie This was so good. 3w

ncsufoxes highlights the insurmountable odds to getting a bill passed. The odds are stacked against women in the legal & legislative system (99% failure rate for both). There needs to be better laws for women to pursue justice. The loopholes need to be shut. #believewomen #fthepatriarchy #antifabookclub 3w

ncsufoxes Trigger warning: abuse, Nguyen talks about her childhood abuse (edited) 3w

AnnCrystal
👏🏼😢📚💔❤️‍🩹💝. 3w

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ChrisBohjalian

What We Knew: Terror, Mass Murder, and Everyday Life in Nazi Germany: An Oral History | Eric A Johnson, Karl-Heinz Reuband

I am deeply alarmed by the state of the U.S. Many of you are, too. So, let‘s learn about fascism — a book club, perhaps. But, if nothing else, book suggestions. Let‘s start with WHAT WE KNEW: TERROR, MASS MURDER, AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY.

Amiable Thank you for speaking out! And for the book suggestion—requesting it from the library right now. (edited) 1mo

charl08 You might also be interested in a fictional exploration of the same topic

Once the Deed Is Done

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TheKidUpstairs A short, but impactful novella:

Address Unknown

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marleed Stacked!📖 1mo

Deblovestoread Thank you! I will check out the book. 1mo

Chrissyreadit #antifabookclub #overcomingevilempires Just adding some hashtags so this post can pop up in more places. @LitsyEvents 1mo

Chrissyreadit I will try to get this book as well. 1mo

TheBookHippie It‘s so so good. I just read it. 1mo

kspenmoll I will try & get the book as well. 1mo

Dilara The hashtag #readingispolitical might also be of interest.
I've been reading a lot of non-fiction about fascism, nazism and authoritarianism in the last couple of years, but not in English and not necessarily of direct interest to US readers, so I'll probably lurk rather than participate... 1mo

Bookwormjillk Just requested it from the library. Thank you for the suggestion. 1mo

Lcsmcat Just added it to my Kobo. 1mo

BookwormAHN I'm in, I just downloaded it 4w

Graciouswarriorlibrarian Just requested it. 4w

Liz_M book suggestions: Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Fascism: A Warning 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This is the book club I need right now. Add me to tags too 3w

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Bookwomble

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Based on the Hilarious BBC Radio 4 Series | Alexei Sayle

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It helped that while reading this book, I had Alexei's voice in my head, from deranged apoplexy to soft thoughtfulness. He's humorous, but as with much comedy adapted from standup routines, it's infinitely better hearing it being performed, so I again recommend checking out his radio show 📻🤣
#AntifaBookClub 🚩🏴

The_Book_Ninja It‘s uncanny, he is the spit of my old landlord Jerzy Balowski 1mo

Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Now you mention it, he also has a look of Harry the Bastard from our local Rumbelows! 1mo

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble Not the bloke who‘s always eating Pot Noodles? 1mo

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Bookwomble

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Based on the Hilarious BBC Radio 4 Series | Alexei Sayle

"Here, I'll tell you what I hate - Fascism! I can't stand it, me, I think it's really, really terrible. I do. I think it's bang out of order. That's just me, though. You might like it, you might think it's OK. Indeed, you might be a fan of radical authoritarian nationalism but I think you'd be wrong."
[Said in a loud, thick Scouse accent, softening to a matey tone, one eyebrow raised ?]

How to respond to Reform UK and MAGA ??s
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AmyG I hate Fascism! 1mo

lil1inblue 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 1mo

CarolynM Ah the memories… I miss the political comedy of the 80s 1mo

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lil1inblue

The National Value of Art | Aurobindo Ghose

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/24/nx-s1-5511241/smithsonian-white-house-art

https://www.utrgv.edu/claa/exhibitions/rigoberto-gonzalez/index.htm

https://www.rair.org/rigoberto-gonzalez

https://www.utep.edu/rubin/exhibitions/past/baroque-on-the-border.html

#haikuhive #haikuaday #antifabookclub #overcomingevilempires

JenlovesJT47 ♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

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