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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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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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New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11
David Ray Griffin
Arris Books, 2007
September 11, 2001 Day of Deceit
+ An eye-opener for the American misinformed
+ Comprehensive Breakdown of the 9/11 attacks...
The collapse of the twin towers didn't look right to me, but so much was happening that I had to let it go. There was the antrax attacks that was "military grade" thought to come from Ft. Dietrick. There was a killer in my neighborhood called the DC sniper. Oh yeah, lets not forget the invasions of ...
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Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky
Noam Chomsky, Peter Mitchell
New Press, 2002
read it for yourself
+ GET ONE THING THROUGH YOUR CLOSED-MINDED - ANTI-CHOMSKY HEADS; HE HAS "NO," AGENDA & TELLS "IT LIKE IT IS," VERDAD...!
+ Best Chomsky book I have read
+ Fascinating collection of interviews
+ Excellent understand without actually understanding
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Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq
Jonathan Steele
Counterpoint, 2008
Superb study of a criminal war
+ A futile occupation
+ Insightful grounds-eye view of a fiasco in the making
Jonathan Steele, the Guardian's Senior Foreign Correspondent, has written an outstanding account of the war on Iraq. He argues that from the start the occupiers were bound to lose and that they have in fact already lost. As the Iraq Study Group said in December 2006, "The situation is deteriorating ...
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The Enemy Within: The Secret War Against The Miners
Seumas Milne
Verso, 2004
Good exposition but more documentation needed.
+ terrific
+ Scargill and Heathfield were heroes of the first order!
I'd like to begin with a disclaimer: I broadly share the politics of the author and I'm sure this influenced my rating. ...I would have preferred much MORE detail, ...In particular, I think it is regrettable that there is no appendix which gives verbatim extended extracts of the original Mirror and ...
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Which Side Are You On?: Ken Loach and His Films
Anthony Hayward
Bloomsbury UK, 2005
Making groundbreaking dramas for the BBC's "Wednesday Play" series in the 1960s, Ken Loach was one of the first to show life as it was really lived. With the film Kes, the director established an international reputation. After falling on hard times in the 1980s, he then made a feature-film revival that was little short of remarkable, with masterpieces such as Land and Freedom, Carla's Song and ...
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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
Nicholson Baker
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Human Smoke is a chronicle of how the world self-destructed in the inferno of World War II
+ HUMAN SMOKE by Nicholson Baker
+ Question
Human Smoke is the most unusual book on World War II which I have read. The reason is the format. Award winning American pacifist author Nicholson Baker has told the grisly story by using a Wikepdia approach to his narrative structure. In succinct paragraphs he tells how the world entered the ...
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A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
This should be required reading in our schools
Our country will never be able to live up to the lofty ideals of our founding documents unless we come to grips with the truth of how we got where we are. This book tells the truth about how the people on top have butchered and suppressed others in order to STAY on top. The first 10 pages are ...
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Imagine ("Rebel Inc")
Tommy Sheridan, Alan McCoombes
Rebel inc., 2000
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Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta
Gore Vidal
Nation Books, 2003
The United Oil Oligarchy of Amnesia and Entropy
+ The Hobo Philosopher
+ Thought provoking......
+ Gore Vidal Has Done His Homework and Relates Unpleasant Truths
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Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq
Patrick Cockburn
Scribner, 2008
In depth look at Iraqi Culture and Politics
+ A Personal View of the Shia Political Culture and Muqtada al-Sadr
+ For What It's Worth
+ essential reading for anyone interested in Iraq
+ This is a superb book!
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Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon (Nation Books)
Robert Fisk
Nation Books, 2002
Not an easy read
+ Excellent Journalistic Account of the Civil War and Israeli invasion of Lebanon
+ Not for the faint of heart
+ Must-Read
+ Days in life of a journalist in Lebanon
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The Great Terror War
Richard A. Falk
Interlink Publishing Group, 2002
Useful study of the law against war
Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University, has written a thoughtful survey of the war on Al Qa'ida terrorism. He differentiates this from other forms of terrorism, because of its genocidal intent and worldwide scope.
Chapter 1 looks at what winning and losing ...
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Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey through Heartache to Activism
Cindy Sheehan
Atria, 2006
Blood for oil.
+ CINDY SHEEHAN FOR VICE PRESIDENT, FOR SECRETARY OF PEACE!
Cindy is a hero. She stood up to the most corrupt president in U.S. history.
I keep a copy of her book next to my copy of the Bill of Rights. I can see the day when people will recognize Cindy Sheehan as a great American and Bush as a national shame.
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