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Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund

by Molly Crabapple (Goodreads Author)

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May 04, 2026 07:10PM

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Orwell's Roses

by Rebecca Solnit

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Marissa’s Quotes

“Does a man become a revolutionary out of the belief he's entitled to joy rather than submission?”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

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“Recognizing “enoughness” is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

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“Everyone should get dirt on his hands each day. Doctors, intellectuals. Politicians, most of all. How can we presume to uplift the life of the working man, if we don't respect his work?”
― Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

tags: people, socialism, work

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“I grew up thinking that parks were somehow just “leftover” spaces, but I’ve learned that the story of any park or preserve is absolutely one of “redemption preserv[ing] itself in a small crack in the continuum of catastrophe.”
― Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy

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