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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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To be honest, I could not finish this book. It made me too angry. These are the stories about our country you don't want to know. Naomi Klein has cast a spotlight on the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the American dream. The Shock Doctrine... (read more)

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Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order
Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order
by Noam Chomsky
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Why is the Atlantic slowly filling with crude petroleum, threatening a millions-of-years-old ecological balance? Why did traders at prominent banks take high-risk gambles with the money entrusted to them by hundreds of thousands of clients around the... (read more)

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The Creature from Jekyll Island
The Creature from Jekyll Island
by G. Edward Griffin
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Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magicians' secrets are unveiled. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A dry and boring... (read more)

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The Ethics of War and Peace: An Introduction to Legal and Moral Issues
The Ethics of War and Peace: An Introduction to Legal and Moral Issues
by Paul Christopher
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//--> 9238C-9, 0-13-092383-4, Christopher, Paul, The Ethics of War and Peace: An Introduction to Legal and Moral Issues, 3/E //--> This classic introduction to the ethics of war and peace explores the legal and moral issues of when and how to use force... (read more)

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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear
by Paul Rogat Loeb
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What keeps us going when times get tough? How do we keep on working for a more humane world, no matter how hard it sometimes seems? In a time when our involvement has never been needed more, this anthology of political hope will help readers with the... (read more)

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Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life
Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life
by Michael Moore
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"I had an unusually large-sized head, though this was not uncommon for a baby in the Midwest. The craniums in our part of the country were designed to leave a little extra room for the brain to grow in case one day we found ourselves exposed to something... (read more)

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The Marx-Engels Reader
The Marx-Engels Reader
by Karl Marx
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This revised and enlarged edition of the leading anthology provides the essential writings of Marx and Engels--those works necessary for an introduction to Marxist thought and ideology.... (read more)

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism (Politically Incorrect Guides)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism (Politically Incorrect Guides)
by Kevin Williamson
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Praise for The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to Socialism “This really should be required reading for those who think that socialism is a relic of a half forgotten past. Contrary to popular belief, the socialist impulse is alive and well. Its... (read more)

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The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
by Amy Goodman
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Now in paperback, the national bestseller that challenges the corporate and political hypocrisy that has silenced America n Exception to the Rulers, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman exposes the lies, corruption, and crimes of the power elite-an elite... (read more)

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The Terror Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11 -- and America's Response
The Terror Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11 -- and America's Response
by Paul Thompson
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Paul Thompson's The Terror Timeline offers a complete and thorough history of the many roads that converged on 9/11, including the development of Islamic fundamentalism, the activities of bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and the failures of U.S. investigations... (read more)

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Capital, Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy
Capital, Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx
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Das Kapital, originally intended as an unbelievably ambitious (and never completed) six-volume work, represents one of the key landmarks in the scientific understanding of capitalist development, bourgeois society and the economics of class conflict.... (read more)

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The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community
by David C Korten
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* Sweeping survey of world history offering a new understanding of the key challenge of our time* Offers a positive message of hope for a sustainable and just future and a practical strategy for getting thereIn The Great Turning, David Korten argues that... (read more)

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What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank
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With a New Afterword by the Author The New York Times bestseller, praised as "hilariously funny . . . the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests" (Molly Ivins) Hailed as... (read more)

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Time for Outrage: Indignez-Vous!
Time for Outrage: Indignez-Vous!
by Stephane Hessel
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This controversial, impassioned call-to-arms for a return to the ideals that fueled the French Resistance has sold millions of copies worldwide since its publication in France in October 2010. Rejecting the dictatorship of world financial markets and... (read more)

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Rogue State, 3rd Edition: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
Rogue State, 3rd Edition: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
by William Blum
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“Bravo! A vivid, well-aimed critique of the evils of US global interventionism, a superb antidote to officialdom’s lies and propaganda.”—Michael Parenti “Rogue State forcibly reminds us of Vice President Agnew’s... (read more)

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Occupying Wall Street: The Inside Story of an Action That Changed America
Occupying Wall Street: The Inside Story of an Action That Changed America
by Writers For The 99%
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"An essential and galvanizing on-the-ground account of how oxygen suddenly and miraculously flooded back into the American brain."—Jonathan Lethem For two months in fall 2011, Zuccotti Park, squeezed deep in a canyon between bankers' skyscrapers in... (read more)

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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq
by George Packer
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THE ASSASSIN'S GATE recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It tells the story of the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy, the... (read more)

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Media Control : the Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (2ND 02 Edition)
Media Control : the Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (2ND 02 Edition)
by Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to... (read more)

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Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play (12 Edition)
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play (12 Edition)
by James C. Scott
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"James Scott is one of the great political thinkers of our time. No one else has the same ability to pursue a simple, surprising idea, kindly but relentlessly, until the entire world looks different. In this book, he also demonstrates a skill shared by... (read more)

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Simpler: The Future of Government
Simpler: The Future of Government
by Cass R. Sunstein
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Simpler government arrived four years ago. It helped put money in your pocket. It saved hours of your time. It improved your childrens diet, lengthened your life span, and benefited businesses large and small. It did so by issuing fewer regulations, by... (read more)

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