America's Other War: Terrorizing Colombia3 reviews Doug Stokes Zed Books, 2005 Excellent account of yet another illegal US aggressive war + Review by International Affairs Volume 81, Issue 3, Pages 635-667 + Scholarly account by British author on the horrors our government is committing in Colombia This excellent book tests the conventional theory that US foreign policy has always been driven by its commitment to spreading democracy. It looks at the evidence, examining US policy towards Latin America, focusing on Colombia. Chapter 1 explores various interpretations of US foreign policy, ...             Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen25 reviews James Bovard Palgrave Macmillan, 2000 Disturbing Examination Of State Usurpation Of Civil Rights! + "Can you fear me now?" --US Government + Research excellent & sources of "wisdom" unrivaled + Bovard nails it again + Government vs the People             Oil, Power, & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda10 reviews Larry Everest Common Courage Press, 2003 Worse fears confirmed + Spectacular - makes the Bush agenda clear as day + It was a very eye opening book. + Still on Target + Larry Everest             Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable, and Inspirational Political Change in America10 reviews Laura Flanders Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008 Campaigns not Candidates + Wanders, But I Finished It + Has A Winning Strategy + This American Life: Flanders is a Political Ira Glass             Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond7 reviews Rahul Mahajan Open Media, 2003 Common sense and decency in these diabolical times + Emergent Voice + Rigorous Political Science + A smart, brief guide to the new Cold War             The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature (Plus)14 reviews Starhawk HarperOne, 2005 Caroline Tully review + A thoughtful spiritual exploration of our relationship to the Earth + A MUST READ! + Earth Path-straight to my personal situation             Free Land: Free Love: Tales of a Wilderness Commune5 reviews Malcolm Terence Black Bear Mining and Pub. Co., 2000 History is Now + Back at The Ranch. + The Power of Free + Far Out             The Seven Deadly Spins: Exposing the Lies Behind War Propaganda5 reviews Mickey Z Common Courage Press, 2004 Imperialism with a Spin + Essential if politics, war or propaganda interest you + praise for Mickey Z. + Mickey Z Rocks! + Forget Al Franken, read this, laugh and learn....             Panama: The Truth About the U.S. Invasion Cindy Jaquith, Don Rojas, ... Pathfinder Press (NY), 1991             Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on Foreign Relations and United States Foreign Policy2 reviews Laurence H. Shoup, William Minter Authors Choice Press, 2004 crucial documentation of the American Empire + Authentic, Convincing and Reliable Shoup & Minter's devastating research on the planning behind the U.S. Empire is finally back in print 27 years after its 1977 publication by Monthly Review Press! The CFR, the Council on Foreign Relations, was formed by the international wing of U.S. capital after the League of Nations fell apart ...             Sandino's Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle2 reviews Margaret Randall, Lynda Yanz Rutgers University Press, 1995 A Must-Read! Sandino's daughters is required reading for anyone who wants to understand the history of the Nicaraguan revolution and for feminists everywhere! The stories in this book are sometimes painful, sometimes triumphant, but always powerful. This is a classic and a beautiful book.             Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Cultural Politics & the Promise of Democracy) ... Paul Street Paradigm Publishers, 2004 A frequent columnist in Z Magazine, Black Commentator, and other magazines, Paul Street has closely monitored the deterioration of civil liberties since 9/11. In his new book, Street challenges the widely accepted notion that 'everything changed' on 9/11. Empire and Inequality shows how the jetliner attacks provided a windfall opportunity to accelerate pre-existing trends towards greater global ...             Z Magazine5 reviews Z Magazine The Real Liberal Media + Z is not everyone, but is solid + Wide ranging and always intriguing + Superb news analysis journal + A magazine for thinkers             Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq23 reviews Dahr Jamail Haymarket Books, 2007 Honest and Powerful + A Personal Report from Iraq + Really good journalism + A Report from the American Oil Colony Unredacted + Unembedded Reporting             Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence (Open Media)8 reviews Sonali Kolhatkar, James Ingalls Seven Stories Press, 2006 Afghan suffering The book raises important moral and ethical problems for US supporting fundamentalists in the fight against communism during the cold war, and later using the same fractions for fighting the Taliban. The authors' good knowledge on what's going on in Afghanistan shows how the civilian population has ...             Vive la Revolution: A Stand-up History of the French Revolution11 reviews Mark Steel Haymarket Books, 2006 Now THAT'S How You Write History + Brilliant way to introduce history to a curious reader + Great overview of events; different point of view Steel's delightful little primer on the 18th century "regime change" they had in France should be required reading for all history authors. Yes, Steel is irreverent and he is a comedian, so his apparently frivolous style can be dismissed as the scribblings of an amateur. Doing so would miss the ...             Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis: A Living Black Chicago History Paul Street Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007 Anti-black racism is a stark fact in Chicago, illustrated by significant racial inequality in and around contemporary global city. Here Street explains this neo-liberal apartheid and its resulting disparity in terms of persistently and deeply racist societal and institutional practices and policies. Racial Oppression in the Global Metropolis criticizes neoconservative and liberal explanations of ...             Remembering Tomorrow: A Memoir3 reviews Michael Albert Seven Stories Press, 2007 Essential reading for activists prone to pessimism/hopelessness + Valuable lessons and interesting vignettes + Radical History: Remembering Tomorrow: A Memoir This book made me profoundly hopeful, yet also somewhat sad. Albert offers such excellent analysis of present-day society, such excellent ideas for organizations, movement strategies, and such inspiring vision for a post-capitalist future, that I am left feeling hopeful that these ideas will ...             Superpatriotism11 reviews Michael Parenti City Lights Publishers, 2004 Brilliant, powerful, riveting and alarming! + Parenti, a True Patriot! + Makes you think about patriotism + If you hate communists, does that mean you love nazis?             Attention Deficit Democracy17 reviews James Bovard Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 Politician's Lies and Citizen Docility. + Great Book! + Think you know all about democracy ? + Useful discussion of what democracy would be like