Resistance Reading Room

The Resistance is now. Join us twice-monthly as we 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. Brought to you by the Veterans and Military Families Caucus, the Diversity Caucus, and the Paris Chapter of DA France.

This is not homework, even if Resistance is work -- we will always feature a core text, an article, and a work of poetry or short fiction selected to guide our discussion but please read what you can, as you can. And if you can't get to it please join us anyway for a drink and good discussion. 

Our 90-minute format will always include discussion of the texts, we will always take a concrete action; and we will always have open discussion on what is happening and what we can do about it. See you there!

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Theme: Refusal, Bearing Witness, and Hope as Activism

• “To Whom It May Concern (Tell Me Lies About Vietnam)” — poem by Adrian Mitchell, 1964. Watch the author read it 11 June 1965 at Royal Albert Hall, London | Read it at Poetry International
• “Facing It” — poem by Yusef Komunyakaa, 1988. Watch the author read it 2011, Minnesota | Read it at the Poetry Foundation
• Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities — book by Rebecca Solnit, 2004. Read it at Internet Archive (free with login). If purchasing this book please support local independent booksellers like Red Wheelbarrow and Shakespeare & Company.
• "Betrayal, Refusal, and the Yes That Follows" — essay by Charles Eisenstein, March 2026. Read it on the author's Substack.

NOTE: the March 23 RRR will also be a sign-making / protest song practice event in advance of the NO KINGS protest on Saturday, March 28. Bring your poster board, markers, sign ideas and your outrage.

WHEN

Monday, March 23, 2026 at 06:00 PM Paris Time

WHERE

Location available with RSVP
Paris 75006
France
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CONTACT

Ada
[email protected]

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