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The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy, and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision Making, Degrade Our Democracy, and Put Our Country and Our World in Peril The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Fear, Secrecy, and Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision Making, Degrade Our Democracy, and Put Our Country and Our World in Peril
by Al Gore
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THE ASSAULT ON REASON is an indictment of the President Bush-led radical neo-conservative Right's disdain for the principles of reasoned decision-making, and a reckoning with the degradation of the public sphere that facilitates their rule of unreason.... (read more)
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The Anatomy of Fascism The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O Paxton
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What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract. The esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question for the first time by focusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than what they... (read more)
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The Conscience of a Liberal The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman
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In this "clear, provocative" (Boston Globe) New York Timesbestseller, Paul Krugman, today's most widely read economist, examines the past eighty years of American history, from the reforms that tamed the harsh inequality of the Gilded Age and the 1920s... (read more)
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
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The bestselling author of No Logo shows how the global free market has exploited crises and shock for three decades, from Chile to Iraq In her groundbreaking reporting over the past few years, Naomi Klein introduced the term disaster capitalism. Whether... (read more)
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Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House
by Valerie Plame Wilson and Laura Rozen
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On July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq, former ambassador Joseph Wilson's now historic op-ed, "What I Didn't Find in Africa," appeared in The New York Times. A week later, conservative pundit Robert Novak revealed in his... (read more)
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The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration
by Jack L Goldsmith
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Goldsmith, head legal counsel to President Bush, found many legal opinions, especially those regulating the treatment of prisoners, were deeply flawed. His analysis shows why Bushs apparent indifference to human rights has damaged his presidency and... (read more)
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Bait and Switch Bait and Switch
by Barbara Ehrenreich
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The New York Times bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism--The New York Times Book Review Americans' working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash... (read more)
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Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
by John W. Dean
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Dean, an outspoken and perceptive critic of the current Bush administration and author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Conservatives Without Conscience" and "Worse Than Watergate," faults Republican mismanagement for the current government crises.... (read more)
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Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights
by Thom Hartmann
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"Unequal Protection"<BR>"The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights" <BR>Was the Boston Tea Party the first WTO-style protest against transnational corporations? Did the Supreme Court sell out America's citizens in the... (read more)
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Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And What We Can Do about It (Bk Currents) Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - And What We Can Do about It (Bk Currents)
by Thom Hartmann
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Nationally syndicated radio host and bestselling author Thom Hartmann exposes the covert war conservatives, and corporations are waging against America's middle class?a war that's reducing the rest of us to a politically impotent working poor. This book... (read more)
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