Midnight in Chernobyl

IN PERSON: Let's meet and talk about the untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster based on Adam Higginbotham's work(https://a.co/d/hds2sJv).

"Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering one of the 20th century’s greatest disasters. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of the world: shorthand for the spectral horrors of radiation poisoning, for a dangerous technology slipping its leash, for ecological fragility, and for what can happen when a dishonest and careless state endangers its citizens and the entire world. But the real story of the accident, clouded from the beginning by secrecy, propaganda, and misinformation, has long remained in dispute.

"Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of more than ten years, as well as letters, unpublished memoirs, and documents from recently-declassified archives, Adam Higginbotham brings the disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it firsthand. The result is a “riveting, deeply reported reconstruction” (Los Angeles Times) and a definitive account of an event that changed history: a story that is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth."

Everyone is welcome whether you have explored the topic before or not.

You can:

read sample(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GNV7PNH?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_DP70MRPZ27WA570E42RK_1&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_DP70MRPZ27WA570E42RK_1&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_DP70MRPZ27WA570E42RK_1&bestFormat=true&asin=B07GNV7PNH&revisionId=e9797b06&format=3&depth=1)
view past selections(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1obtqw5MLQU5LCB2O53-_r1cmwwigvPlY-o36UomzzgQ/edit#gid=784660170)
view pool of candidates(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1obtqw5MLQU5LCB2O53-_r1cmwwigvPlY-o36UomzzgQ/edit#gid=1700718540)
add your ideas to the pool of candidates(https://forms.gle/k9m9TsTSBFKEmjHy9)
* join the chat group on Signal(http://eat-the-elephant.github.io/lnk)

At this meeting each person can nominate a publication to be voted on whether it is from the pool of candidates or not.

We'll be meeting at Cafe Express. There is ample parking in the nearby lot.

Come prepared to discuss and share ideas on the topic and have a good time.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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