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- Essential Third-Worldist literature
What are some books that talk about how whitey plundered the Global South? For instance: >J. Sakai - Settlers >Eduardo Galeano - Open Veins of Latin America >Frantz Fanon - Wretche
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thoughts?
- >age >current book >your thoughts on it
- /clg/ - Classical Languages General
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