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DESCRIPTION:For our November meeting we will be reading the first five chapters (the 
 first two sections) of\n\nEnd Times Fascism And the Fight for the Living 
 World\n\nby Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor\n\nAmazon, MacMillian.\n\n\nA 
 scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian 
 nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who 
 increasingly define the contemporary right—and a recipe for how to fight 
 them. This program is read by the authors.\n\nAs the planet burns and 
 shared reality melts, a new iteration of the far right is on the march. How 
 can we understand this dangerous new development, and what resources can we 
 draw on to resist it? In their scathing assessment of the contemporary 
 scene, the celebrated activists and authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor 
 explore how the religious fundamentalists, Silicon Valley technologists, 
 and ethno-nationalists who make up this apocalyptic alliance share more 
 than one might think: they are united in their belief that some kind of 
 cleansing cataclysm is coming, whether through the manifestation of 
 messianic prophecy, the rampages of a resource- and job-consuming 
 artificial intelligence, or the purported existential threat of immigration 
 and cultural replacement. Rather than avoiding this conflagration, they 
 welcome it, convinced they will be among the saved on the other 
 side.\n\n“End Times Fascism” is the ideology of the actors who strive 
 to make the world unlivable and then seek to protect themselves from the 
 fallout—whether by repairing to luxurious private islands, rocketing off 
 to Mars, or bunkering the nation to keep their enemies at bay. The new 
 survivalists have accumulated power, but they are far from impregnable. As 
 Klein and Taylor show via original reporting and analysis, their many 
 internal conflicts and contradictions and their nihilistic inability to 
 envision a shared future, even for their ostensible allies, leave them 
 vulnerable to a new kind of “pro-life” politics—rooted in reverence 
 for our shared existence and regard for the earth we inhabit and must 
 protect.\n\n\nStrike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group 
 discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Our first book was 
 Doughnut Economics. Some of our more recent books have been Hayek's 
 Bastards, Here Comes the Sun, Pacific Circuit, A Paradise Built in Hell, 
 What’s Left – 3 Paths Through the Planetary Crisis, The Age of 
 Insecurity and Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/10/13/18889289.php
SUMMARY:Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: End Times Fascism
LOCATION:Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online 
 invite. All are welcome!
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