Has anyone read "They Thought They Were Free"? I haven't, but I just saw it mentioned & looks like I should.

"They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 is a 1955 nonfiction book written by Milton Mayer, published by the University of Chicago Press. It describes the thought process of ordinary citizens during Nazi Germany.

August Heckscher, the chief writer of editorials of the New York Herald Tribune, wrote that the book "suggests how easy it is for human beings in any society to fall prey to a dynamic political movement, provided their lives are sufficiently insecure, frustrated or empty."[1] He stated that the book is simultaneously a discussion on ethics, on "how political tyranny is established", and on issues in Germany and the "German mentality".[1]"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Thought_They_Were_Free

PDF
https://ratical.org/PandemicParallaxView/TheyThoughtTheyWereFree-Mayer1955.pdf

Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/theythoughttheyw00maye

#AntifaAF #ArtFED #ResInt #History #Nazi #Germany #Fascism #Books

Botanists Vote To Remove Racist Reference From Plants’ Scientific Names For First Time
https://botany.fyi/v5y05s

The change will see hundreds of species names altered.
#Botany

Reminder that Amazon and Space X are fighting in court to have the NLRB declared unconstitutional.

This means the two richest men on earth want to dismantle the government agency that holds them accountable for union busting.

Nothing terrifies them more than worker power.

California State University leadership simply walked out of today's bargaining session with the faculty union, so it looks like we're going forward with a statewide strike — across 23 campuses, serving almost half a million students — starting January 22.

https://www.calfac.org/strike

#California #academia #labor #CSUstrike