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Guerrillas of Peace: Liberation Theology and the Central American Revolution
Blase Bonpane
iUniverse.com, 2000
Blase Bonpane has lived and worked with the realities of liberation theology for more than a quarter of a century. In Guerrillas of Peace , Bonpane takes the reader from the high country of Huehuetenango in Guatemala to intensive grass roots organizing in the United States. He shows that we cannot renew the face of the earth and coexist with the torturing, murdering governments of Guatemala and ...
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Conversations with Edward Said (Conversations With)
Edward W. Said
Seagull Books, 2006
Finally the complete transcript!
+ Slim, accessible introduction to Edward Said
This short book includes the New Left Review article by Tariq Ali commemorating Said's life. The second part is the complete transcript of the conversation Ali had with Said, filmed for British Channel 4. The interview, though somewhat dated (1994) is an excellent glimpse into the thoughts of ...
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Trilateralism: The Trilateral Commission and Elite Planning for World Management
South End Press, 1999
An extremely foretelling, Orwellian, and stimulating book !
+ Propaganda or Truth? - Much needed perspective
+ Trilateralism - A Biased But Worthwhile Read
Trilateralism is a magnificient collection of essays that tackle the trilateral commission's policies for world management and domination.
Even though this book was published over twenty years ago, it gives you the sense of the here and now, because we are witnessing and living today most of these ...
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Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire
John Pilger
Nation Books, 2007
Amazing
+ God is Crying
+ Excellent investigative journalism exposing the truth of current atrocities
+ A truly shocking and vitally important expose
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Imperial Alibis: Rationalizing U.S. Intervention After the Cold War
Stephen Rosskamm Shalom
South End Press, 1999
Context
Fantastic study of weapons of mass destruction, the drug war and other short-sided foreign policies (from both parties) that leads to so many of our avoidable messes. Nice depth and footnotes to back it up.
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The Electronic Sweatshop: How Computers are Transforming the Office of the Future
Barbara Garson
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1989
The Office of the Future is the Factory of the Past
This 1988 book traces automation at work from the fast-food clerk to the stock broker and upwards, and explains what happens when a job is automated. Computer systems contain the skill and knowledge about a job so it can be done by those with less skill and knowledge. The effect is to centralize ...
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Before and After: US Foreign Policy and the September 11th Crisis
Phyllis Bennis, Noam Chomsky
Olive Branch Press, 2002
A Bit of Clarity amidst Obscurity
+ A must read for an informed US and global citizen
+ A must read for an informed US and global citizen
In 'Before & After,' Phyllis Bennis has provided Americans with an essential book on 9.11. Her points are well-documented and enumerated in a clear and jargon-free language. Moreover, she discusses each of the required topics: Oil and Israel, Palestine and human rights, American and international ...
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Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
Vandana Shiva
South End Press, 2005
perhaps the world's finest eco-warrior
+ Organic food is a human right!
+ A more peaceful and secure future
+ An excellent primer
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An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
Arundhati Roy
South End Press, 2004
Imperial mix democracy
+ A Book to Make you Squirm
+ America in the eys of the rest of the World
Arundhati Roy's book "An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire" is a collection of essays and speeches compiled into a book. While some people may be disappointed in the format and the repetition of some information, that does not detract from her brilliance as one of the most prolific writers of our ...
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A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
Howard Zinn
City Lights Publishers, 2006
Validates my choice to oppose Cheney & attack on Iran
+ Master Teacher Zinn
+ a powerful message
+ a fantastic "must" read!
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Playing Left Wing: From Rink Rat to Student Radical
Yves Engler
Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd., 2006
Every student should read this!
This is a fun and interesting look at how the author went from being a junior hockey player to becoming a student activist. It's easy to read and aimed at young people, from high school to undergrads. I suspect most old radicals (like me) will also really enjoy it. It gives me hope that the next ...
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Crude: The Story of Oil
Sonia Shah
Seven Stories Press, 2006
A Green Critique of Fossil Fuels
+ "Crude"
+ Crude: The Story of Oil
+ A Very Informative Read!
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The More You Watch the Less You Know
Danny Schechter
Seven Stories Press, 1998
Important story - great read
+ Sadly, 'tis the truth
+ Thought-Provoking
This is just about as engaging an adventure story as you could possibly hope for, from the media-[Groucho]Marxist whom Boston-area progressives will remember as The News Dissector. Somebody is bound to make this book into a movie. It's just too visual, too many great characters to keep pent up ...
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Living in Hope: People Challenging Globalization
John Feffer
Zed Books Ltd., 2002
This volume attempts to reveal what ordinary people around the world are doing in life-affirming response to economic globalization. From small farmers in Honduras, to urban poor in Bosnia, to Cambodian woodcutters, these essays show modest attempts by those who do not benefit from globalization, to create alternatives that may yield sustainable improvements in people's lives.
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Gene Traders: Biotechnology, World Trade, and the Globalization of Hunger
Toward Freedom, 2004
A "must-read" for anyone concerned about world starvation
+ Let's globalize sustainable agriculture, not poverty, hunger and ecological destruction!
Gene Traders: Biotechnology, World Trade, And The Globalization Of Hunger is a selection of seven essays by learned authors questioning the spread of genetically engineered agriculture worldwide. Revealing ways by which developments in biotechnology cn actually increase dependency and hunger, while ...
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