"It is little wonder that the war against empathy has escalated at the same time as the war against books. One of the many ways we learn empathy is through reading. People who hate books are not readers, or, more likely, they are poor readers."

~ Jacqueline Allen Trimble

#fascists #storytellers #culture #historians #art #music #literature #imagination #empathy #books
/8

https://www.salvationsouth.com/whole-armor-poetry-jacqueline-allen-trimble/

"It’s a story of Übermenschen and heroes who once were great until the 'invasion' of the undesirables, who are often people of color, immigrants, uppity women, and LGBTQ+ folks."

#fascists #storytellers #culture #historians #art #music #literature #imagination #race #gender #LGBTQ
/6

"There’s a reason why fascists have always silenced and censored the storytellers, historians, and cultural workers first. They need to replace our collective memory with a single, mythical story written and perpetuated by the regime."

~ Rebecca Solnit quoted by Wajahat Ali

#fascists #storytellers #culture #historians #art #music #literature #imagination
/5

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/hope-and-imagination-as-the-antidotes