books by Common Courage Press     books:     Common Courage Press      Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II-Updated Through 2003 William Blum Common Courage Press, 2003 The Best Reference Out The book does a great job showing the irony in the double-standards the US has used in its foreign policy since WWII, as State department officials confessed to (shown in the last chapter). This also makes for a more entertaining read than most other books on the ...             From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice Anne Firth Murray Common Courage Press, 2007 Truly Inspiring "From Outrage to Courage" is a remarkable book that should be a must-read for all of us. Beautifully written and extremely well-researched, Anne Firth Murray takes you on a journey into the challenges and inequalities faced by women throughout our world. This book is ...             The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan for America Jennifer Van Bergen Common Courage Press, 2004 "Down the road to fascism." Author & lawyer Jennifer Van Bergen's thought provoking book "The Twilight of Democracy" "ferrets out principles of constitutional law and juxtaposes them with ... statutes, regulations, international laws, legal strategies and actions of the Bush administration." ...             No Sucker Left Behind: Avoiding the Great College Rip-off Marc Scheer Common Courage Press, 2008 Three stars for the price My only comment is that no matter how useful the information may be, charging 39.95 seems like the ultimate ripoff irony. I don't think this book is out yet, but start to combat the college ripoff early and get it from the library. When I do, and if the book is good, ...             Eyes of the Heart: Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization Jean-Bertrand Aristide Common Courage Press, 2000 Thinking Outside the Box By all accounts, life for Haiti's desperately poor majority is difficult. By most accounts, that life is hopeless- newspaper reports see only squalor, development strategies see only economic enslavement as the lesser of evils, even supporters of Haiti cannot see the ...             Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.: Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love David H. Albert Common Courage Press, 2005 Remember why we do this... David Albert is without a doubt, one of the most refreshing voices in the alternative education movement. He shows you what is possible in educating our children; and does it with infectious joy and good humor. Life should be fun! Learning should be fun! Why do we make ...             Annexation of Mexico: From the Aztecs to the IMF John Ross Common Courage Press, 2002 A good history of Mexico The author discusses the dictatorship in Mexico of Porifiro Diaz (1876-1910). Dissidents were thrown in gulags. The author writes that in the slums of Mexico city, 43 out of every 1000 adults died a year compared to 6 out of a 1,000 in not very healthy London and half ...             Toxic Sludge is Good For You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton Common Courage Press, 2002 These Guys Are Good, and Fighting the Good Fight! Where oh where do I begin? Toxic Sludge... takes a jaded look at the public relations industry, and exposes more than a few objectionable practices perpetrated on behalf of (mostly) corporate America's pursuit of the Almighty Buck. I say 'mostly' because, however ...             Rogue State, 3rd Edition: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower William Blum Common Courage Press, 2005 Brilliant survey of US foreign policy This is an indispensable guide to the domestic and foreign policies of the US state. In Part I, Blum analyses the US state's use of terrorists, particularly those who fought in Afghanistan, and its use of mass murderers like Pol Pot. In Part II, he analyses the US uses ...             The Uses of Haiti (3rd Edition) Paul Farmer Common Courage Press, 2005 Wake up America! The content, in the beginning, was difficult for a non political/history reader....but before long I was locked in and was amazed...appalled...at the role of our government in keeping the Haitian people in 'slavery' while claiming to support democracy. Life is a ...             Oil, Power, & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda Larry Everest Common Courage Press, 2003 Worse fears confirmed I just saw Larry Everest on CSpan as well. This man is no nutcase-- he makes the kind of sense that gives a chilling credibility to one's worst suspicions and fears about what is going on in this country right now. I knew nothing about him or his book but I'm about to ...             Derailing Democracy: The America the Media Don't Want You to See David McGowan Common Courage Press, 2000 Scary - But A Must Read & Excellent Reference Resource I grew up believing that my country's government was good and could be trusted to do what was right, and it hurts to learn that that is no longer so (if it ever was). I trusted Ted Koppel and Peter Jennings and Mike Wallace and Hugh Downs and others. Now I learn on ...             Women, Poverty & AIDS: Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence (Series in Health and Social Justice) Paul Farmer, Margaret Connors Common Courage Press, 1996 One of the Best Books on Women's Health Issues "Lucid, smart, passionate, and compassionate, Women, Poverty & AIDS puts the calss back into class analysis. Through a diversity of voices, experiences, geographies and disciplines, the contributors argue that poverty as a factor in the global HIV epidemic is ...             The Quotable Rebel: Political Quotations for Dangerous Times Teishan Latner Common Courage Press, 2005 Political organizers, activists, artists: this book is HOT Calling all conscious artists, song-writers, and organizers: you need a copy of The Quotable Rebel: Political Quotations for Dangerous Times !!! (Common Courage Press, 2005) In the week or two that I've had this book, edited by the ...             Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama: Globalization and the Downsizing of the American Dream Kevin Danaher Common Courage Press, 2002 a salient contribution With contributions from Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader, David Korten, Jeremy Rifkin and a host of other equally seminal thinkers, "Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Mama" reveals how the corporate economy is subverting democracy (or its remnants), polluting the environment ...          products you might be interested in search for books corporations, curriculum, globalization, homeschooling, interventions, superpower      toavi.com    web we recommend Brilliant survey of US foreign policy randomly chosen VHS: Road House