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SOME GOOD LIBERAL BOOKS The Truth, with Jokes by Al Franken American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips - This deals with the issues of oil, radical religion and oil. Kingdom Coming by Michelle Godberg - This is an excellent awakening to thee rise of Christian Nationalism America. Static by Amy and David Goodman - This is a wonderful expose of the government lies and the supporting corporate controlled media. The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind - This is the Cheney theory that became policy and its affects. Original Zinn by David Barsamian and Zinn - Enlightening conversations with Howard Zinn. Crimes of War by Robert Jay Lifton (editor) - This is a collection of essays and speeches, court cases etc that speak to the issue of war and violence. Remember Lifton from Viet Nam and WW!!. He is as effective today. Failed States by Noam Chomsky Wealth and Democracy by Kevin Phillips - A good historical perspective on globalization and trend towards empire. The Great Unraveling, losing our way in the new century by Paul Krugman - A collection of his writings… where we are and where we’re headed. One of several outstanding books. War Talk by Arundhati Roy - Beautifully written; the emerging fascist state in India and the anatomy of a growing American empire. A short, enlightening read. War is a Force that Gives us Meaning by Chris Hedges - A war correspondent reveals how easily we slip into a mentality of violence. He’s been there. A thought-provoking read, especially in these times. Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington - A quick,well-researched look at the hijacking of American democracy by special interests. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Erenriech - Sharp writing. Erenriech goes undercover and tries to make a living at various minimum-wage jobs. A biting condemnation of economic policies that deny hard-working Americans an adequate life. A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn - This book tells the American story from the point of view of its poor, its factory workers and its minorities. Minutely documented, arguments well backed-up. Lies and the lying liars who tell them by Al Franken - No one has more fun pointing out scary truths… how manipulated our media has become and how skillfully our leaders deceive us and control the fare. Dude, Where’s my country? By Michael Moore - Author of Stupid White Men. Funny, cutting, and to the point. Check out both books. The New Nuclear Danger, George Bush’s military-industrial complex by Helen Caldicott - Outlines and documents the activities of powerful defense contractors and the consequences of their influence in our spending and in our foreign policy. More Equal Than Others by Godfrey Hodgson - This book deals with economic and social polarization in America with cause & effect relating to politics, technology, immigration, gender, race, geography and the future. After The Empire by Emmanuel Todd - An essay on the long term effects of American unilateralism that ends with it being one nation at par with Euro-Asia. Includes an analysis of the economic effects of a world that finds it can get along without the U.S. Moyers on America by Bill Moyers - Nothing short of an aroused public can restrain the oligarchic state with an agenda that serves the few who will always increase their advantage at the expense of the people and the democracy itself. Reason –why liberals will win America by Robert Reich - With reason, values, passion and organization the liberal agenda can win. It will take understanding that we can overcome the imposed paranoia of liberalism and that reason is for liberals, the issue of morality is not in the bedroom but the boardroom. The Working Poor – Invisible in America by David K. Shipler - This is an excellent description of the condition of the working poor, with many living examples. He shatters by explaining to many stereotypes and the interrelating issues of poverty. He makes plain that solution is in terms of all issues, not solved singly. The Exception to the Rulers by Amy Goodman - Recommended on the cover by Norm Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Arundhati Roy and Michael Moore; this book truly as the sub title indicates exposes the "oily" politicians, war profiteers, and the media that loves them. A great indictment of media and those in it with frightening stories not previously given press. Any book by Noam Chomsky… The Coming Anarchy, by Robert Kaplan - Not exactly a liberal book but a sobering and well-documented read and a good intellectual challenge to idealists trying to formulate a coherent foreign policy. We need to read outside our personal ideology. How marvelous if Republicans would read any of the books we’ve listed on this sheet ON VOTING FRAUD :What happened in Ohio, A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election, Robert J Fitrakis, Steven Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman, The New Press. Fooled Again; How the Right Stole the 2004 Election, and Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them), Mark Crispin Miller, Basic Books, Oct. 2005 What Went Wrong in Ohio? The Conyers Report on the 2004 Election; John Conyers, Anita Miller ed. June 2005 The Battle for Florida, Lance DeHaven Smith, Univ.Press of Fla., June 2005 Battlefield Florida, chat with L.D. Smith by J.Pequet in Research and Review Mag. U.of Fla., Fall/winter, 2005 Black Box Voting, Bev Harris, 2003 Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast - This deals with the application of the neo conservative agenda and the class war in this country. WEBSITES:
www.blackboxvoting.org ON FASCISM: The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War, Oxford University Press, 2005 The Sorrows of Empire, Chalmers Johnson, Owl Books, 2005 Incoherent Empire, Michael Mann, Verso, 2003 Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, Seymour Hersh Friendly Fascism, the new face of power in America by Bertram Gross - First written in 1980 and later updated, a challenging read documenting the forms fascism has historically taken and outlining the possible trajectory of fascist tendencies here. The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton - Paxton takes us through the stages of the development of fascism based on a study of the development in many countries. While he avoids direct indictment of this administration, he uses many pertinent examples that show how the indications are there. WEBSITES:
www.defendamerica.mil (Department of Defense reports on US military activity) ON THE MIDDLE EAST: Understanding Iraq, William R. Polk, 2005 Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, Rajiv Chandraskaran, 2006 The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, Ilan Pappe (Israeli historian) Israel – Palestine on Record , Howard Friel and Richard Falk.(comparison of US press to Israel and Europe) Palestine: Peace not Apartheid , Jimmy Carter The power of Israel in the United States, James Petras (no equal says Mearsheimer and Walt) They Dare to Speak Out , Paul Findley (former US congressman who saw the lobby first hand and what happened to those that didn’t play the game) The Zionist Fingerprint on the Post 9/11 World, Dr Ahmed Yousef Searching for Jenin, Gilbert DiLucia with forward by Noam Chomsky ( the story of the Israeli invasion of 2002) The Case for Palestine, Gilbert Dilucia (an outline of the UN resolutions on legal position of Israel and Palestine violated by Israel and the US veto) Once Upon a Country , Sari Nusseibeh (the story of the life of the author – president of Al – Quds university in Jerusalem and pacifist advisor to Yasir Arafat.) Freedom Next Time, John Pilger ( a must read on Palestine, Diego Garcia,Afganistan and South Africa. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks - This is a detailed description of what really went wrong and how in Iraq. The Way Out of War by McGovern and Polk WEBSITES: HUMOR: New Rules, Bill Maher, 2005 A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut, 2005 Dictionary of Republicanisms, Katrina Vanden Heuvel (editor of “The Nation”), 2005 WEBSITES: ON MEDICAL CARE IN AMERICA: A Second Opinion: Rescuing America’s Health Care, Arnold S. Relman, M.D. (former editor and chief of the NE Journal of Medicine and Harvard professor) - makes the case for changing from a for-profit model to a non-profit (single payer) universal health care system. The Truth About the Drug Companies, Marcia Angell, M.D. (former editor of the NE Journal of Medicine), 2004 One Nation, Uninsured: Why the US has no National Health Care, Jill Quadagno, 2005 GENERAL POLITICAL The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorder, Mark Crispin Miller, 2001 Cruel and Unusual, The Bush/Cheney New World Order, Mark Crispin Miller, 2004 Don’t Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate, George Lakoff, 2004 Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, George Lakoff, 2002 Imperial Designs: A History of the Neoconservative Movement and the “Project for the New American Century”, Gary Dorrien, 2005 Fascists in Christian Clothing: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Richard J. Weisman, 2005 Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins, 2004 The Price of Loyalty: The Education of Paul O’Neill, Ron Suskind Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky, 2003 Imperial Hubris, Anonymous, 2004 Against All Enemies, Richard A. Clarke, 2004 The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money, Dan Briody, 2004 Imperial Ambitions, Noam Chomsky, 2005 Moyers on America, Bill Moyers, 2004 Losing America: A Reckless and Arrogant Presidency, Senator Robert Byrd, 2004 Our Endangered Values, President Jimmy Carter, 2005 The Secret History of the American Empire, John Perkins The Assault on Reason, Al Gore Losing our Democracy, Mark Green Don’t shoot the Clowns, Jo wilding ( a circus for Iraqi children) Freedom Next Time: Resisting the Empire, John Pilger Blackwater, Jeremy Skahill DVDs We Recommend The following by Michael Moore: Fahrenheit 9/11 - the classic film highlighting
Bush administration incompetence and lies. Orwell Rolls in his Grave - why the media fails to do its job Outfoxed - exposing Fox News bias The Corporation - an investigation of corporations in the US The Iron Wall - exposes the deplorable treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank War made easy - how we have been conditioned by the military industrial complex Iraq for Sale - profiteering on the war Why We Fight - Unconstitutional - the war on civil liberties A Crude Awakening - our addiction to oil – its cost – and what can be done An Unreasonable Man - the story of Ralph Nader’s conviction Who Killed the Electric Car An Inconvenient Truth - Al Gore's assessment of Global Warming Jesus Camp - the evangelical conditioning of children Kicking away the ladder - Noam Chomsky Distorted Morality - Noam Chomsky John Pilger on America today Jenin -the story of west bank life in Jenin – Palastine Such a Normal Thing - today in Palastine
AND THERE ARE GOOD MAGAZINES TO LOOK INTO:
AND ON TV, look for NOW with David Brancaccio, AND ON RADIO listen to RADIO OPEN SOURCE with Christopher Lydon, (Monday - Thursday, 7 - 8 PM. WCAI-NAN (90.1FM or 94.3FM) and WGBH (89.7FM) And listen to ON POINT with Tom Ashbrook (Monday - Friday 10AM - Noon and 7 - 9PM WBUR (90.9FM) Also WCAI's Sunday evening programming (7 -11 PM) takes a in-depth approach to many less-covered issues. For Progressive Talk Radio - Air America (1430AM All Day - Access on-line at www.airamericaradio.com) And We’ve got liberal columnists in the Cape Cod Times: Lawrence Brown & Sean Gonsalves write weekly, and there are additional good reads to watch for on bi-weekly or monthly rotations.
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