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Overview
Learn what you can in order to fight misinformation, propaganda and the language of tyranny and oppression. The books will help you better understand how and why we are in our current political situation.
Information is power found in non-fiction. Reading is resistance found in stories.
Information is power found in non-fiction. Reading is resistance found in stories.
Reading is Resistance
2 participants (19 books)
Overview
Learn what you can in order to fight misinformation, propaganda and the language of tyranny and oppression. The books will help you better understand how and why we are in our current political situation.
Information is power found in non-fiction. Reading is resistance found in stories.
Information is power found in non-fiction. Reading is resistance found in stories.
Challenge Books
1
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder
The most important book to read as you journey on the road to resistance. Understand the tenets of tyranny.
3
Calling In
Loretta J. Ross
Helps you to learn how to expand the resistance coalition by identitying potential allies based on shared values, even if your values don't 100% align. An excellent resource for talking to parents, friends and neighbors.
4
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
The classic speculative fiction that feels almost like the outline for project 2025.
5
The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
George Lakoff
A brief look into how Republican think-tanks and political strategies have opened the tent to a range of issues not always part of the Republican agenda and how the language and framing of Republican issues have been so successful and how progressives can come together to push back more effectively.
6
The Fourth Turning Is Here
Neil Howe
This book provides big picture perspective on our current crisis and helps you understand where we are in cyclical history through the lens of generational theory.
