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Virtual Meeting – The Robert Welch Book Club

Week 11

Today’s Book: The Politician – click here to purchase.

Dates for The Politician will be held on the following Sundays:

February 11, 18, 25, and March 3

Dates: Sunday, February 11, 2023

Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm Eastern Time

Admission: Purchase of book

Registration Link: https://form.jotform.com/232737508978169

** MUST REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE **

Questions: Contact Matthew Rhodes at [email protected] or (207)391-0970.

General Information:

Purpose: The purpose of the Robert Welch Book Club is to give participants an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the wisdom of our founder and the philosophy of The John Birch Society. Members of the Club will become more effective in promulgating the cause of Americanism. They will gain a better working knowledge of Constitutional Originalism, obtain a proper historical perspective, and gain an active working knowledge of The John Birch Society and its goals.

Objective: The goal of the Club is not to supplant the activities of JBS members in the completion of their monthly duties, in fact the Club’s hope is to augment and draw attention to The John Birch Society’s weekly and monthly activities as these are born out of the works of Robert Welch. In less than a year, members will have completed, systematically, majority of our founder’s published works.

Expectations: Members of the club will read 50 to 100 pages a week, which is about 7 to 14 pages a day. While some with handicaps may wish to listen to the audio versions of these presentations, this privilege is reserved for those with a true reading disability. Reading books will be the requirement for all able-bodied participants, as reading is the greatest means of gaining permanent knowledge.

Formality: Classes will be informal, and the leader will serve only as a guide and moderator, who uses small prompts that will be given to ensure the class stays focused on the material having been read that week.

Time and Place: Classes will be held Sunday evenings from 7 to 8pm, via Zoom, beginning November 19^th. Once a person registers, the first assignment with a Zoom link will be sent to them. Registrants must obtain (either a hard copy or the PDF) at least a week before class starts in order to read the assigned pages prior to the first Zoom meeting. We will take a two-week break over Christmas and New Year’s.

Books and their completion times:

• The Blue Book –  3 Weeks (COMPLETED)
• The Life of John Birch – 2 Weeks (COMPLETED)
• May God Forgive Us! – 2 Weeks (COMPLETED)
• Again, May God Forgive Us! – 3 Weeks (COMPLETED)
• The Politician – 4 Weeks
• The Romance of Education – 3 Weeks
• The New Americanism – 3 Weeks
• Total Time: 5 Months