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Stupid White Men
Michael Moore
By chance, Michael Moore’s book Stupid White Men was printed on September 10th, 2001. The next day the publishers suddenly considered his book “inappropriate” claiming that with sections like “Kill Whitey” and a letter asking Bush to resign would not go over well in post-9/11 America. They asked him to rewrite it, but he refused. The book […]
The Future of History
Howard Zinn
4 CDs Interview by David Barsamian. Recorded at Harvard.
History of the Southeast Asia Drug Trade
Alfred McCoy
Public Relations: Corporate Spin & Propaganda
Stuart Ewen
Current events are routinely packaged by spin doctors and image consultants. The U.S. has the largest public relations industry in the world. It is a major societal force in influencing and shaping public opinion. The number of PR workers far exceeds that of journalists. Professional spinmeisters churn out stories that are favorable to the corporations […]
From Genocide to Resistance: The Next Five Hundred Years
Winona LaDuke
For the indigenous peoples of this hemisphere, the Columbian Quincentennial was not an occasion for cheering and parades. The arrival of the Italian-born, Spanish explorer initiated massive death and destruction. Yet native peoples survived and persevered. Today they offer a worldview that is singular and inspiring. Recorded at the University of Colorado.
The Israel/PLO Accord: A Critical Assessment
Edward Said
The agreement signed by the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington on September 13, 1993 has been broadly hailed as a seminal event. Time described it as “one of the greatest miracles of all.” The New York Times called it “the Middle East equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall.” The […]
Edward Said 3-pack
Edward Said
Includes:
- U.S. Interventions in the Middle East
- Clash of Civilizations
- Culture & Imperialism
Resurgent Fascism: The Beast Reawakens
Martin Lee
Fascism did not end with Hitler’s suicide in his Berlin bunker. In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the U.S. recruited and protected Nazi war criminals. It was all part of the emerging Cold War conflict. The unseemly alliances yielded some very unsavory consequences with effects still evident today in the revival of […]
June 2019
Chuck Collins, Noam Chomsky, Paul Street, Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Includes:
- Inequality: The New Gilded Age
- The Decision That Has To Be Made
- The Anti-Democratic U.S. Constitution
- Toward the Abolition of Incarceration
The War on Lebanon
Nubar Hovsepian
In July 2006, in response to a Lebanese Hezbollah cross border raid, which killed and captured several Israeli soldiers, Israel launched an intensive bombing campaign on Lebanon. More than a thousand Lebanese were killed and serious damage was done to the country’s infrastructure. Israel claimed it was acting in self-defense. Most saw the scale of […]
Hedges War 2-Pack
Chris Hedges
Includes:
- War: The Greatest Evil
- Truth Is the First Casualty of War
Revolutionary Mexico
John Ross
With a population of more than 110 million, Mexico is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. For many, particularly in the U.S. and Canada, it is a vacation getaway with beaches at Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Puerto Vallarta and “una cerveza mas, por favor.” Throw in a pyramid or two and that’s […]

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