Is anyone interested?
We could go with one book a month or every couple of months?
I want to know what people are reading. I want to learn. I want to be challenged. I want to be ready for the days ahead.
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I’m interested. Can we be sure to include some progressive reading in the list? As a progressive author (of books and reports not suitable for a progressive book club) I have been very frustrated by how little support I receive from the progressive and liberal community. I am certain many progressive authors are struggling in the same way, and I would really like it if we do our part to help give them a chance.
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Suggest away!
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Interested, objective of 60 books this year so let’s suggest.
My suggestion to understand the disruption of AI and how it is already shaping democracy into a digital autocracy, Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari(author of Sapiens) is amazingly well written.
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I have just released The Case for Common Sense: Why Far-Left ‘Extremism’ Deserves a Hearing, which is essentially an opinion piece questioning why progressives are considered ‘radical’ and ‘extreme’ when many of us are actually the ones who are reasonable, rational, and practical.
If anyone cannot afford the $2, message me and I will give you a smashwords coupon to get it for free.
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@mggbwmn8 I think there are enough suggestions, you should pick one or two for this month. Are we meeting on discord or a faceapp or skype-like system to discuss the books, or are we just starting a thread for each book on the forum? If so, you should get the moderators to create a category for the book club.
I’ll have something more fleshed out this weekend, but maybe @karaeastman or @Galphar could suggest.
Here’s all the books so far:
Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis edited by Tracy K. Smith and John Freeman
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Off With Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman
The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
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I am interested. I think that many of us need extra support to recover from the election trauma. I know I do.
Maybe something about dealing with trauma and PTSD.
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@vanidackp @harpy @jackdallaire and everyone!
Let’s start on Goodreads, especially if we want to attract and encourage variety in thought:
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I vote for A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. I was actually going to start reading that again next week. I read it to my kids over their younger years and thought it would be a good one to go over again.
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Get on GoodReads 
Books can be nominated there.
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Cool! I just got GoodReads and asked to join the group. Thank you! 
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Here’s the Channel we use over in TYT-Official-Discord to recommend books and discuss them: TYT-Official-Discord-Book-Club
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I do have a BA in psychology, so I am always interested in everything that explains human behaviour. Here’s what I recently read that enlightens us about the dangers and opportunities of what happened. I am also a former tech CEO(AI) who got terrified of what was happening and I am always recommending people to read these books;
-Fear by Bob Woodward: Because it shows how unprepared they were the first time, but also how Trump was frustrated to not be able to do horrible stuff like retiring troops from south Korea.
-Rage and War from WOodward: Gives a lot of thoughts on how Trump would act if surrounded by yes men.
-The authoritarian nightmare by Dean and Altemeyer: Gives us a deep dive into the subject of authoritarianism and why his supporters are becoming less inhibited about their extreme opinions.
-Disloyal by Cohen: super biased but gives a good idea of the man he is.
-Algorithms of math destruction and shame machine by Cathy O’neil: Very good review on the issues we face due to social media algorithms and how it divides and isolate us in echo chambers that are perfect for mass manipulation.
-From zero to one by Peter Thiel: Gave me a good understanding of Thiel’s thought processes and how dangerous he is.
-The anxious generation by Haidt: Very important read on moral psychology applied to today’s reality.
-The elements of journalism by Rosenstein: All medias and people who are interested into resistance movement should read this.
-The plot against America from Roth: A fiction book but a rare one that gives us a scenario that is currently happening a hundred years later.
-Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari: A must read, period. I cant explain it but everyone should read this book.
-Merchants of doubts: Show us how the industries that are threaten by progressive changes are able to manipulate and break the law for it. Applies to what the oil and big tech industries are doing right now financing Trump, and why they do it.
We should also consider conservatives writers. We want to be challenged, right?
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Highly recommend Nelson Mandela’s The Long Walk to Freedom audio book, in addition to Justice is Coming of course 
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I literally just finished the audio book this week and I agree with you, highly recommend it.
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