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So, what have you been reading recently? | ๐ Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, June 7th, 2026
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Fiction or Non-Fiction, academic or casual, theory or non-theory, feel free to mention books of any genre and on any topic.
Two hilarious quotes from Fraud, Famine, and Fascism:
"Although Dalrymple admits 'that there has been some question as to the existence and magnitude of the famine,' he hastily discredits those whose reports beg to differ, declaring: 'those who did not 'see' the famine may be divided into two groups: those who for one reason or another actually did not see it; and those who saw the famine but did not report it.' Having established that he can count to two, Dalrymple has from the start ..."
"One gets a more graphic sense of the unscientific nature of such statistical manipulation by projecting a hypothetical famine-genocide onto population trends in the province of Saskatchewan. ... Citing such statistical 'proof', some might argue that the capitalists committed deliberate genocide against the population of Saskatchewan in the 1930s so as to suppress the militant resistance of prairie farmers and workers, whose lives were being ruined by economic depression. Suppression of the masses' struggle - such as the RCMP attack on the Estevan strikers or the bloodshed inflicted on the unemployed Trekkers in Regina - could be cited, not to mention the mass eviction of poor tenants and farm foreclosures."