Monday, December 09
Paris, France
Resistance Reading Room
The Resistance is now. Join us as we meet twice a month to share and discuss relevant readings for our moment in US politics, and what we can do from Paris — with eyes on helping Democrats taking back House and Senate in 2026.
Each session will incorporate three different kinds of texts - a core work of non-fiction, one shorter contemporary article, and one piece of fiction or poetry. These sessions and the proposed reading are intended to encourage engagement as people have capacity, but to also grow community and discussion even if not everyone can read every word, every time. This is NOT homework. We want to encourage reading, reflection, listening and discussion as we come together to deepen our understanding of how to drive lasting, positive democratic change.
December 9 & January 13
- On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder. Find the book at Shakespeare & Company, Red Wheelbarrow, or an independent bookshop near you. Also available online at Archive.org
- "10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won" by Daniel Hunter. Read here at Waging Nonviolence.org
- "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Read here at The New Yorker
This event is free and open to DA members. New members always welcome. To join Democrats Abroad go here: www.democratsabroad.org/join (Membership is free and open to US citizens 18 years of age or older and living abroad.)
Not based in Paris Centre, but interested in hosting a Reading Room near you? Please get in touch with Ada [email protected] for details
Our next meeting is December 9, 2024. The following one due to the winter holiday will be held January 13, 2025.
WHEN
Monday, December 09, 2024 at 06:00 PM Paris Time
WHERE
Treize au Jardin
5 Rue de Médicis
Paris 75006
France
Google map and directions
CONTACT
Ada Shen
[email protected]