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Big @batmanisagatewaydrug book bingo update! I've been. In a reading mood.

This time we got "The Light Fantastic" by Terry Prachett for "sequel," "How Immigration Became Illegal" by Aviva Chomsky for "social justice & activism," and "The (Uncensored) Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde for "published before 1950"

Mini reviews under the cut, and here's the last one!

First, "The Light Fantastic" by Terry Prachett for "sequel"

I jumped right into this book after I finished the first Discworld book. Another fun book! I read the whole thing in four days. This series might be one of my new go-tos when I need some lighthearted fun.

Next I read "How Immigration Became Illegal" by Aviva Chomsky.

Definitely outdated now being over a decade old, but a great look into the history of immigration in the US. I've always seen and vaguely agreed with the sentiment "no human being is illegal," but I didn't have a deep understanding of the idea. I knew the state of immigration was messed up, but I was appalled to see how this has been such a long time in the making. This book might be very elementary to anyone outside the US but they either don't teach this stuff in our schools or maybe I missed it because I was a dumb teen who thought history class was lame.

Mostly the book focuses on the history of immigration between Mexico and Central America and the US, looking at how we've been changing their legal status while continuing to rely on their labor. It also goes into the gross history of ICE and border enforcement and digs into the Obama administration's hypocrisy in it's handling of immigrant rights. This book really showcases how much of a tailspin the treatment of immigrants has been, and knowing this book was published pre-Trump is horrifying because it is so much worse now.

Probably one of the most important books I've read in my adult life.

On a (somewhat) lighter note, I've got "The (Uncensored) Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde for "published before 1950"

I know, I know, the uncensored version wasn't released until 2011, but it was the version Wilde had sent to Lippincott's Magazine and was the version that was intended to be published so I'm counting it.

Honestly when I read the description of this book and saw that they restored the "graphic homosexual content," I was expecting something a bit different. I would love to give Lippincott's editors even 100 words of some modern gay smut writer's AOL fic and watch them probably have a heart attack on the spot from shock.

BUT! This was a really beautiful book. It's been sitting on my shelf for a while but after reading this comic I felt extremely drawn to it and read it in an almost obsessive fever. The introduction gives context into Oscar Wilde's life (greatly appreciated since I knew the name, but I don't know much about his life or read any of his work) and the culture and legal atmosphere at the time, and shines some light on some of the old British queer innuendos that completely went over my head. I've always had a hard time appreciating older books, but I adored this one. It's a classic for a reason. Just like quote about his grave in the comic, I so so wish I could pluck Wilde out of the 19th century and show him how beloved and treasured his works are and how embraced and valued his queerness has been by millions. I picked up a copy of Wilde's prison writings and will undoubtedly be devouring that book next.

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The Nightmare in Gaza

In July 2025, the Massachusetts legislature’s Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill to make it the 38th state to follow the federal

The Nightmare in Gaza

Preventing Criticism of Israel by Defining It as Antisemitic

BY AVIVA CHOMSKY

Excerpt:

“In July 2025, the Massachusetts legislature’s Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill to make it the 38th state to follow the federal government, 45 other countries (almost all of them in the global North), and more than 50 U.S. local governments in adopting a strange definition of antisemitism.

“In 2016, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), a group of 35 mostly European countries, drafted what it called a working definition of antisemitism. The Alliance had been founded in 1998 to promote Holocaust education and, in its own words, to “strengthen governmental cooperation to work towards a world without genocide.” All too sadly, right now, its definition is being used to do the opposite: it’s helping to criminalize opposition to genocide.”

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Brett Wilkins: News of Chomsky's Ill Health Prompts Outpouring of Gratitude for 'Lion of the Left'

“So many thousands of people have stories about how he has changed their lives,” said one admirer. “He certainly changed mine.” News that renowned American linguist, dissident, and author Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in Brazil following a massive stroke he suffered last year was met with an avalanche of accolades and well wishes from members of the international left on Wednesday. Noam Chomsky…

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L’emploi, l’environnement et la planète en crise. Syndicalisme et écologie

L’emploi, l’environnement et la planète en crise. Syndicalisme et écologie

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Aviva Chomsky est une historienne américaine, professeure à l’Université de Salem (Massachussetts). Spécialiste de l’histoire du travail dans les espaces latino-américains, elle a notamment contribué à façonner une histoire connectée, puis une histoire globale du travail, en étudiant les migrations du travail entre l’Amérique du Sud et les Etats-Unis.…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaJlJHmkEAA

Majority Report - Episode 1782 - Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal w/ Aviva Chomsky

1 hr 3 min 59 sec

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Hablemos sensatamente de la inmigración. Por Aviva Chomsky

Hablemos sensatamente de la inmigración. Por Aviva Chomsky

Trump y sus partidarios, por supuesto, solo quieren que todos los inmigrantes sean criminalizados y excluidos o deportados porque, de un modo u otro, consideran que son un peligro para nosotros. La pelea sobre la criminalización de los inmigrantes Introducción de Tom Engelhardt Olvidaos del poema de Emma Lazarus y de la Estatua de la Libertad: en realidad nadie querría ser un inmigrante en el…

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