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2025-26 OBOC: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

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As a One Book, One College selection, The Dispossessed opens discussions around the purpose of government, the limits of cooperation, and the need for sustainability. The novel’s nuanced examination of utopia, revolution, and the cost of idealism makes it deeply relevant to today’s world. In our world that is marked by growing economic inequality, social polarization, and environmental challenges, The Dispossessed resonates as both a critique and a call to action. You cannot buy the revolution. 

You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.

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