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Book cover for The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

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Internally, when anticommunism is the ruling ideology, almost the national religion, any legitimate complaint from below can easily be dismissed as communist. Anything that would be an obvious inconvenience to the small clique of rich ...more

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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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Horror Spotlight — 1407 members — last activity Mar 20, 2023 07:29AM
We read diverse horror. Our readalongs take place on our discord server each month.

Reading with Comrades — 889 members — last activity Oct 03, 2026 05:19PM
A space for communists, anarchists, socialists and anti-imperialists to share and discuss reading recs!

Literary Darkness — 4886 members — last activity 10 hours, 12 min ago
This group is dedicated to an appreciation of important works of literature, both classic and contemporary... that happen to fall into the category of ...more

Worlds Beyond the Margins — 2173 members — last activity 3 hours, 23 min ago
Celebrating Adult Fantasy, Scifi, and Horror books that promote diversity and inclusion. In all styles and formats: genre, literary, short stories, ...more