The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism304 reviews Naomi Klein Metropolitan Books, 2007 Corporatist Agenda Revealed + A Necessary Book for the 21st Century + Compelling, Rich and Depressing In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein's primary purpose is to challenge the assumption that Milton Friedman-style deregulated capitalism has taken hold around the world through freedom and democracy. In gripping fashion, she exposes this notion as false and reveals the true methods employed by the ...             Invested Interests: Capital, Culture, and the World Bank1 review Bret Benjamin Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007 Beginnings of a deeper way to understand the World Bank Postcolonial critic Benjamin focuses on the World Bank in a way that diverges from most critiques. While most left authors see the Bank as simply the logical expression of certain capitalist impulses, Benjamin sees it more as a hegemonic institution, responding to the critiques of it produced by ...             Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (American Crossroads)4 reviews Ruth Wilson Gilmore University of California Press, 2007 An excellent book...a must read! + Lots of Good Stuff + bought for another Ruthie Gilmore's examination of California's prison-industrial complex paints a sobering portrait of the effects of the state's post-industrial decline in the past quarter century. Supplemented by numerous charts, maps, and statistics, Gilmore argues that the massive prison-building project that ...             Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of NeoLiberalism4 reviews New Press, 2007 Max Rotholz, London + Just in Case you wanna know how bad things really are... + Evil Paradises: A Seminal Analysis of our Dadaist Reality Evil Paradises, edited by Mike Davis and Daniel Bertrand Monk, is an important and timely book. It brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and takes us on a global tour too easily overlooked. Highly recommended.             The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex3 reviews South End Press, 2009 Read this book + Excellent text As an organizer working in and out of the confines of non-profit organizations, I give my highest recommendations for this extremely important collection of essays. I often wonder how I've gotten to a point where I spend less time in the community, and more time sitting in front of my computer ...             Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy4 reviews Stephen Duncombe New Press, 2007 Dream on: You must read this book. + a theory book that is also a page-turner..? + Are you tired of boring Democrats? + An important book--and an excellent read!             The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America15 reviews Peter Dale Scott University of California Press, 2007 Very useful study of the US state + Excellent, but above the capability of average Americans + outstanding and inspirational + Someone asked where was Cheney on 9-11?             Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War3 reviews Jean Bricmont Monthly Review Press, 2007 superlative book + Sheep's Clothing The adoption of the humanitarian war rationale has had a particularly damaging effect on what remains of the Left in Western countries; one of the basic tenets for Leftists should have been to oppose imperial wars, and it has been disconcerting to witness the adoption of the human rights lingo to ...             Bomb after Bomb: A Violent Cartography elin o'Hara slavick, Carol Mavor Charta, 2007 Bomb After Bomb , by Elin O'Hara Slavick, with a foreword by radical historian Howard Zinn, includes 48 color plates of Slavick's drawing series Protesting Cartography: Places The United States Has Bombed. Working from military surveillance imagery, aerial photographs, battle plans, maps and mass media sources, using gouache, ink, watercolor, graphite and other media on paper, Slavick renders ...             Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century3 reviews Giovanni Arrighi Verso, 2007 21st Century Conversation Anchor, for some time to come... + In depth & informative description of China's rise + Historical perspective on China's ascent The book begins with an analysis of the differences between free markets and capitalism, and evolution scenarios of capitalism. For the first hundred-some pages, Arrighi is SLOWLY building the theoretical foundation of his argument and draws from several sources ranging from Adam Smith and Marx to ...             The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (The Radical Imagination)2 reviews Henry A. Giroux Paradigm Publishers, 2007 Tour de Force + Stepping on Democracy's Head Henry Giroux's latest is a crucial contribution to our understanding of US culture, US politics and US education in an increasingly militarized society. "The University in Chains" is a stunning tour-de-force that rigorously examines the multi-tiered military, corporate and right-wing assaults ...             The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (The Radical Imagination)2 reviews Henry A. Giroux Paradigm Publishers, 2007 Tour de Force + Stepping on Democracy's Head Henry Giroux's latest is a crucial contribution to our understanding of US culture, US politics and US education in an increasingly militarized society. "The University in Chains" is a stunning tour-de-force that rigorously examines the multi-tiered military, corporate and right-wing assaults ...             Invested Interests: Capital, Culture, and the World Bank1 review Bret Benjamin Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007 Beginnings of a deeper way to understand the World Bank Postcolonial critic Benjamin focuses on the World Bank in a way that diverges from most critiques. While most left authors see the Bank as simply the logical expression of certain capitalist impulses, Benjamin sees it more as a hegemonic institution, responding to the critiques of it produced by ...             Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy4 reviews Stephen Duncombe New Press, 2007 Dream on: You must read this book. + a theory book that is also a page-turner..? + Are you tired of boring Democrats? + An important book--and an excellent read!             Humanitarian Imperialism: Using Human Rights to Sell War3 reviews Jean Bricmont Monthly Review Press, 2007 superlative book + Sheep's Clothing The adoption of the humanitarian war rationale has had a particularly damaging effect on what remains of the Left in Western countries; one of the basic tenets for Leftists should have been to oppose imperial wars, and it has been disconcerting to witness the adoption of the human rights lingo to ...             The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex3 reviews South End Press, 2009 Read this book + Excellent text As an organizer working in and out of the confines of non-profit organizations, I give my highest recommendations for this extremely important collection of essays. I often wonder how I've gotten to a point where I spend less time in the community, and more time sitting in front of my computer ...             The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America15 reviews Peter Dale Scott University of California Press, 2007 Very useful study of the US state + Excellent, but above the capability of average Americans + outstanding and inspirational + Someone asked where was Cheney on 9-11?             Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (American Crossroads)4 reviews Ruth Wilson Gilmore University of California Press, 2007 An excellent book...a must read! + Lots of Good Stuff + bought for another Ruthie Gilmore's examination of California's prison-industrial complex paints a sobering portrait of the effects of the state's post-industrial decline in the past quarter century. Supplemented by numerous charts, maps, and statistics, Gilmore argues that the massive prison-building project that ...             Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century3 reviews Giovanni Arrighi Verso, 2007 21st Century Conversation Anchor, for some time to come... + In depth & informative description of China's rise + Historical perspective on China's ascent The book begins with an analysis of the differences between free markets and capitalism, and evolution scenarios of capitalism. For the first hundred-some pages, Arrighi is SLOWLY building the theoretical foundation of his argument and draws from several sources ranging from Adam Smith and Marx to ...             Bomb after Bomb: A Violent Cartography elin o'Hara slavick, Carol Mavor Charta, 2007 Bomb After Bomb , by Elin O'Hara Slavick, with a foreword by radical historian Howard Zinn, includes 48 color plates of Slavick's drawing series Protesting Cartography: Places The United States Has Bombed. Working from military surveillance imagery, aerial photographs, battle plans, maps and mass media sources, using gouache, ink, watercolor, graphite and other media on paper, Slavick renders ...