Join Left Book Club for a friendly discussion on this month’s book.
Each month on a Saturday afternoon we’ll meet up to discuss a book published by Left Book Club; previous titles include authors such as Neil Faulkner, bell hooks, Rosa Luxemburg and Ellen Wilkinson.
The book for each month’s reading group will be announced on Left Book Club’s Eventbrite pages in advance of the event.
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Suitable for 16+ (under 18s must have an accompanying adult).
This month we will be reading The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.
About the book:
Written at the height of the Algerian war for independence from French colonial rule and first published in 1961, it analyses the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for freedom. Showing how decolonization must be combined with building a national culture, it continues to be one of the most important books on racism ever written.
Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was born in Martinique and studied medicine in France, specializing in psychiatry. Sent to a hospital in Algeria, he found his sympathies turning towards the Algerian Nationalist Movement, which he later joined. He is considered one of the most important theorists of the psychology of race.
Don’t worry if you don’t get chance to read the book, we’ll be using it as a starting point to discuss themes such as class, race and decolonisation
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