Show threadDoomsdaysCW14m ago

Some *light* reading -- history and prophecy...

I read "#TheBookOfTheHopi" many years ago, but misplaced my old copy. Refreshing myself on #HopiProphecy and what it all means for the times we are living in.

#EricCline's "#1177BC" has been a good read. I'm finding his chapter about a "perfect storm of calamities" to be relevant to the age we are living in now, especially with regard to #ClimateCrisis and #Polycrisis.

Graeber/Wengrow's "#TheDawnOfEverything" has taken me a while to get through... So much to take in. Learning about power and systems of power and their origins.

"The Occult Features of #Anarchism" by Erica Lagalisse also deals with systems of power -- and how #MutualAid is part of true autonomy (I agree).

#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism

DoomsdaysCW33m ago

[Thread] What's in my book piles these days? Let's take a look and find out...

#Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism

Show threadPeter Riley1h ago

@ReggieHere

#BannedBooks #Censorship #Libraries

Peter Riley10h ago

@angryeducationworkers

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/03/26/book-ban-in-manchester-school-are-we-becoming-texas/

#BannedBooks #Censorship #educationworkers #Libraries #Manchester #Trumpland

Book ban in Manchester school: Are we becoming Texas? - Freedom News

Without even being told to, the school authorities arbitrarily decided to censor titles like Twilight  and 1984  ~ Andrew J Boyer ~ It has been …

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MikeDunnAuthor1d ago

Today in Labor History March 25, 1957: U.S. Customs seized copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and City Lights manager, Shigeyoshi Murao, were arrested on obscenity charges for publishing and distributing the poem. Howl was inspired, in part, by a terrifying peyote vision Ginsberg had in which the façade of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, in San Francisco, appeared as the monstrous face of a child-eating demon. The obscenity charges stemmed from homophobic responses to his explicit references to homosexuality. Ginsberg’s first experience with LSD, as well as Kerouac’s and Burroughs’s, was with acid provided by the anthropologist Gregory Bateson, one-time husband of and long-time collaborator with Margaret Mead. You can read more about Bateson and Mead’s early experimentation with, and promotion of, psychedelics (and their collaboration with the CIA) in the recent book, “Tripping on Utopia.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #poetry #howl #lgbtq #allenginsburg #homophobia #lawrenceferlinghetti #citylights #obscenity #censorship #bannedbooks #kerouac #mkultra #cia #williamburoughs #lsd #peyote #margaretmead #gregorybateson #psycheldelics #books #writer #author #poet @bookstadon

Protyus A. Gendher2d ago

#bannedbooks #redstates #rft #hostagepledge

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/23/%f0%9f%94%93-if-the-15-strongest-hostage-pledge-states-dropped-their-bans/

🔓 If the 15 Strongest Hostage‑Pledge States Dropped Their Bans:

The removal of book bans in specific states would expose critical truths about history, race, gender, consent, family, morality, state authority, and work. It would reveal how narratives have been …

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Protyus A. Gendher2d ago

#bannedbooks #hostagepledge

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/23/%f0%9f%93%9a-eight-state-banned-books-juxtaposition-through-the-hostage-pledge-lens/

📚 Eight-State Banned‑Books Juxtaposition Through the Hostage‑Pledge Lens

(NY • CA • TX • FL • VA • NE • NV • WA) This table and analysis show how eight major states reveal different intensities, strategies, and logics of the hostage‑pledge system.Each state’s banned‑boo…

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Protyus A. Gendher2d ago

#hawaii #books #bannedbooks #rft

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/23/%f0%9f%8c%ba-hawai%ca%bbis-banned-books-profile-what-a-low-hostage-pledge-state-reveals/

🌺 Hawaiʻi’s Banned‑Books Profile: What a Low Hostage‑Pledge State Reveals

Hawaiʻi’s lack of book bans illustrates a unique educational and political culture resistant to censorship. Characterized by high truthfulness in curriculum, strong Indigenous influence, and …

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Protyus A. Gendher2d ago

#bannedbooks #mississippi #hostagepledge

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/23/%f0%9f%8c%aa%ef%b8%8f-mississippi-as-contrast-when-the-hostage-pledge-system-drops-the-mask/

🌪️ Mississippi as Contrast: When the Hostage‑Pledge System Drops the Mask

Mississippi’s book bans reflect a governance strategy focused on controlling narratives around race, gender, and authority, contrasting with Colorado’s reactive measures. The bans serve…

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Protyus A. Gendher2d ago

#bannedbooks #colorado #casestudy

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/23/%f0%9f%93%9a-what-banned-books-reveal-a-hostage-pledge-indictment-with-colorado-as-case-study/

📚 What Banned Books Reveal: A Hostage‑Pledge Indictment (With Colorado as Case Study)

Banned-books lists reveal a system’s vulnerabilities and control mechanisms, framing restrictions as protection when they actually preserve obedience. Analyzing Colorado’s recent bans i…

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