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Reposted from lemmy.world c/politics since it violated it's rule #1 about links.

Now that the fascists have taken over, what books, academic studies, and pieces of knowledge should take priority in personal/private archival? I'm thinking about what happened in Nazi Germany, especially with the burning of the Institute for Sexual Science(Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) and what was lost completely in the burnings.

Some of us should consider saving stuff digitally or physically.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

All the instances where the Dems were doing the exact same shit so they can't pretend they are the solution

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Considering the precedents in the US, any books about gender, sex and history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 35 minutes ago

Considering the precedents set in Nazi Germany... same exact things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any specific ones in mind that are of great importance or influence?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

seconding a focus on sexology; we don't need another Institut für Sexualwissenschaft incident.

off the top of my head:

  • The History of Sexuality (Michel Foucault 1976 – 84 + 2018)
  • Transgender Warriors (Leslie Feinberg 1998)
  • Gender Trouble (Judith Butler 1990)
  • Undoing Gender (Judith Butler 2004)
  • Caliban and the Witch (Silvia Federici 2004)
  • Black on Both Sides (C. Riley Snorton 2017)
  • The Stonewall Riots (Marc Stein 2019)

 

including all the works of Judith Butler and Silvia Federici.

more academically:

  • Kinsey Reports; The Kinsey Institute: The First Seventy Years; and any other expansions on the work of the Kinsey Institute
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare: A Clinical Guide to Preventive, Primary, and Specialist Care (Kristen Eckstrand, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld 2016)

 

you can probably farm the bibilographies on these.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

I would suggest medical texts, survival and military field manuals. I don't think they will be needed but it might be best to be prepared. As for culture, stash what you like.

On second thought, the medical texts would be useful either way. https://www.alreporter.com/2024/10/31/analysis-rural-hospitals-closure-crisis-alabamas-healthcare-safety-net-at-risk/ Hospitals closing have been happening for a while.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really hope archive.org has a backup of itself somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I remember reading somewhere that there are copies of bits of archive.org distributed across the globe, but the majority of it is in US data centres. It’s incredibly big, though, so it’s hard to just take a copy of it and move it somewhere else.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I get the sentiment, but in this time and age and with the internet, I think the information most likely to be at risk of being destroyed or censored is the one that is not commonly available, or in the hands of law enforcement.

A fascist government will more likely effectively prevent creation of new dissenting works, than suppressing existing ones.

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