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Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration
Deepa Fernandes
Seven Stories Press, 2007
Authoritarian madness in the "land of the free"
+ Think of the implications
+ An excellent pick for any college-level survey
+ A must-read for those who care about immigrants' rights
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Confronting Globalization: Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in Mexico
Kumarian Press, 2003
Globalization as seen from the bottom in Mexico
+ Pondering labor, agricultural, & environmental issues
A Review: Confronting Globalization: Economic integration and popular resistance in Mexico Wise, Timothy A., Salazar, Hilda, Carlsen, Laura eds., 248 pages (paper), Kumarian Press, Bloomfield, CT 2003 ....) Globalization and trade policies such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ...
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Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media
Eric Klinenberg
Metropolitan Books, 2007
A Critical Contribution to the Field
+ Any college-level course in media studies needs this.
+ What to do about media consolidation should be the #1 issue in the 2008 election.
+ FCC = BIG BUSINESS agency that writes the laws for their PUPPET LEGISLATURES..
+ Figthing for Air is essential reading for understanding media reform
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Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man
Susan Faludi
Harper Perennial, 2000
What DOES it mean to be a man?
+ This book made me a Susan Faludi fan
+ Want to offer understanding to the men in your life?
+ Were the Astronauts Who Went to the Moon "Stiffed?"
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Thelma & Louise (Special Edition)
Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
Why can't we just have an innocent good time?
+ Good copy!
+ fantastic!
If you can imagine a blend of "9 to 5", "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Bonnie and Clyde", you should come up with an approximation of "Thelma and Louise": a mix of adventure, humor and comrade in the style of the Burt Reynold's chase movies, and getting even with the stereotypical men who try to ...
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Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer
Helen Caldicott
New Press, 2007
Well worth the read
+ Valuable info the Nuclear industry don't want the public to know!!
+ Follow the money...
I always thought that a nuclear power plant was something like a sketch from a Simpson's cartoon, with a rock (uranium) behind a piece of glass emitting radiation which somehow turned into electricity.
After reading this book my metaphor for a nuclear plant has changed -- rather it's a type of ...
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Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism
Katha Pollitt
Vintage, 1995
a very fine book
+ Straight to the Point
+ Puh-leese
+ I loved this book!
+ A great thinker and essayist
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Selling Anxiety: How the News Media Scare Women
Caryl Rivers
UPNE, 2007
Lies, damn lies, and statistics...
Because of advertising and viewers demographics, the news media present stories with a clear bias-how to scare women. Whether it's the idea that divorce will ruin children, looking older will ruin women, or that feminism ruined everything for everyone, media outlets took anecdotal evidence and ...
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Targeting Iran (City Lights Open Media)
David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky, ...
City Lights Publishers, 2007
Interviews on the Past, Present & Future of the U.S.-Iran Relationship
+ Clear, simple arguments to counter the warmongering against Iran
+ unknown society
+ Iran is not the enemy!
+ Target Iran
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Jackson Browne, the story of a hold out
Rich Wiseman
Doubleday, 1982
Excellent overview of the life and times of Jackson Browne
+ A Great Biography about a Man who wants no Publicity
+ Thumbs up!!!
+ THIS BOOK IS A MUST HAVE FOR ALL JACKSON BROWNE FANS!!
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Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country
William Greider
Simon & Schuster, 1989
The Hobo Philosopher
+ Very informative but too detailed
+ How the Fed ruins the Country
"Secrets of the Temple" is a book that discusses the interaction of the Federal Reserve and Government economic policy. This book is basically a detailed analysis of the Reagan administration and the Volcker chairmanship of the Reserve.
Once again Mr. Greider teaches us how the "clock" works by ...
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Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam (American Empire Project)
Robert Dreyfuss
Holt Paperbacks, 2006
Complements Web of Deceit
+ Shows that playing with fire is not a good idea
+ A veritable text book on fundamentalist Islam
Robert Dreyfuss interviewed me once, for a piece in WIRED or Mother Jones, and I remember him as a serious, methodical person. It is no surprise to find him producing this meticulously documented and objectively constructed history, a perfect complement to Web of Deceit: The History of Western ...
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Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist
Mike Farrell
RDV Books, 2007
NIce Book, I enjoyed it.
+ Just Call Me Mike
+ Inspirational is a really great word to describe this book
I am a conservative, over 20 years served, active duty US Marine, currently deployed to Baghdad Iraq. I am guessing some readers would wonder why I read the book. I know Mr Farrell is a little to the left, so what. I have enjoyed hearing his opinions on various political shows over the years so ...
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PR! - A Social History of Spin
Stuart Ewen
Basic Books, 1996
A book about thought control
+ Required reading for anyone who wants to understand mass media.
+ Good book on the subject of PR
+ read me
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Extra! - the Newsletter of Fair
Fair
EXTRA! is the CONSUMER REPORTS of the news business
+ Eye-epening and thought provoking magazine for those concerned about the US news media
+ Food For The News Junky
The newsletter of the non-profit media watchdog organization Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (F.A.I.R.), EXTRA! provides unbiased, trustworthy news reporting criticism. Conglomerates whose interests oppose the people's continue buying broadcast and print news establishments. EXTRA! serves as a ...
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