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Book Recommendations (lemmy.zip)
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Pretty much the title. I'm looking for something interesting to read. Feel free to share anything you've read recently or something that you found fascinating. Thanks!

Edit: Thank you to everyone who gave me a suggestion/list. If I didn't reply specifically to you, please don't take offense. Your recommendation was added to my list. I've got a great selection to work with now.

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[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America by Gerald Horne

And as others have mentioned The Jakarta Method and Blackshirts and Reds.

[-] deforestgump@hexbear.net 3 points 22 hours ago

Everything I've read by Gerald Horne is straight fire

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