Blue Wave Bookworms announce the new book for the June and July discussion will be Timothy Snyder’s “On Freedom.” The meeting is on Tuesday, June 24th, from 1:30 – 3:00 pm at Rowan County Democratic Headquarters, 1504 West Innes Street, Salisbury, NC 28144.

All are welcome and if you have not read the book you are still invited to attend and listen. The plan is to try and cover pages 1-161 at the June meeting and then to wrap up pages 162-276 and conclude the book at the July 29th meeting. Book club meets the last Tuesday of each month at 1:30 pm.

Kirkus Reviews calls the book: An incisive, urgently relevant analysis of—and call to action on—America’s foundational ideal.”

“The author argues that it’s absurd to think of government as the enemy of freedom; instead, we ought to reimagine how a strong government might focus on creating the appropriate conditions for human flourishing and genuine liberty. Another essential and overlooked element of freedom is the fostering of a culture of solidarity, in which an awareness of and concern for the disadvantaged becomes a guiding virtue. Particularly striking and persuasive are the sections devoted to eviscerating the false promises of libertarianism, exposing the brutal injustices of the nation’s penitentiaries, and documenting the wide-ranging pathologies that flow from a tax system favoring the ultrawealthy.”

Read the entire review at: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/timothy-snyder/on-freedom-2/