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“We place the poorest segment of society behind bars.”
― Prison on Trial
― Prison on Trial
“I saw the prison as an institution within which a proportion of the unproductive population of late capitalist societies could be housed, controlled and conveniently forgotten.”
― Prison on Trial
― Prison on Trial
“Words matter, and the fantastic has multiple resonant connotations. The fantastic captures the wonder of stepping into a world-that-never-was, and immersing yourself in it in a way that speculative fiction does not.”
― The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games
― The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games
“Racist ideas love believers, not thinkers.”
― How to Be an Antiracist
― How to Be an Antiracist
“The future throws a bridge toward the past, over the gaping abyss of capitalist non-culture.”
― On Changing the World: Essays in Marxist Political Philosophy, from Karl Marx to Walter Benjamin
― On Changing the World: Essays in Marxist Political Philosophy, from Karl Marx to Walter Benjamin
Victorians!
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Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more
The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910
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This is a group for discerning readers looking to discover, explore, and critically discuss some of the World’s literature, with a primary emphasis on ...more
Dickensians!
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Do you love the stories by Charles Dickens, and anything Victorian? Are you keen to chat about his books, his life, the times or places he lived in, o ...more
Award Winning Fiction Book Group (Reading, Berkshire)
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— last activity May 23, 2026 02:31AM
Our book group based in Reading Berkshire has now been going since 2010. We are always open to new members. So if you're local and love reading, come ...more
English language Silent Book Club Paris (online)
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— last activity Feb 24, 2026 03:54AM
Silent Book Club is happy hour for introverts. Bring a book and maybe bring a friend. Then settle in for an hour of reading in silence with fellow boo ...more
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