The Gathering
Selected Books and Discussion Topics
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​May 13th: Climate change (subtopics: conservation, environmental justice)
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No Planet B edited by Lucy Diavolo: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1518-no-planet-b
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June 3rd: Mutual Aid (subtopics: disaster relief, community gardens, types of activism)
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Let This Radicalize You edited by Kelly Hays and Mariame Kaba: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61187307-let-this-radicalize-you
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A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56631485-warmth
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Immigration (subtopics: understanding legal system, legal rights of immigrants, refugees)
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36544614-dear-america
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Food insecurity (subtopics: food deserts, sustainability)
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How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America by Priya Fielding-Singh: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57007694-how-the-other-half-eats
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AI (subtopics: misinformation, corporate application)
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Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/204927599-nexus
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Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence by Kate Crawford: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50131136-atlas-of-ai
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Labor (subtopics: unions, strikes)
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Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58438592-fight-like-hell
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Civil Rights (substopics: women’s rights, LGBTQIA rights, disability justice, racial justice)
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Women's rights - The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17573685-the-feminine-mystique
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