Racism on Trial: The Chicano Fight for Justice6 reviews
Ian F. Haney-Lopez

Belknap Press, 2003

A powerful rethinking of race and racism

+ Required reading if interested in la raza's history
+ Ha-Lo scores another success!
+ A Great Book
  
  











  



  
The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United ...15 reviews
Octavio Paz

Grove Press, 1994

Well Done, Octavio Paz!

+ A beautiful book that belied by the truth
+ A man of electric intelligence

Looking at this book through a young American male, undergraduate student, double-majoring in Integrated Social Studies (Education) and History's eyes, this book was challenging to read. However, as I once read recently in an education text, "if anything is odd, inappropriate, confusing, or boring, ...
  
  











  



  
Our Word is Our Weapon8 reviews
Subcomandante Marcos

Seven Stories Press, 2003

A movement of Now.

+ Good golly, Miss Molly!
+ Essential Reading
+ Another handsome collection of writings from El Sup
+ The man is a myth
  
  











  



  
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)670 reviews
Don Miguel Ruiz

Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997

Simple and Wonderful

+ Excellent
+ Exciting Read!! UltimateGBGVitamins.com,UltimateMarketers.info

This book can be read over and over. I pick it up and read it again and again and always get something new. It is simple and practical and about taking personal responsiblity for self! Love this book and the information in it!
  
  











  



  
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion54 reviews
Gary Webb

Seven Stories Press, 2003

Unbelievable

+ My boyfriend likes it.
+ Provocative and compelling...
+ Very Good expose from Gary Webb
  
  











  



  
The Other Campaign: la otra campaa (City Lights Open Media)
Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos

City Lights Publishers, 2008

The Other Campaign is a collection of texts by Subcomandante Marcos and his Zapatista compaeros that articulate a vision for "change from below," a call to create social change beyond the limits of electoral politics. As Mexico approaches the presidential elections, Marcos and supporters are touring the country in an effort to build a broad-based movement. The book includes a recent interview ...
  
  











  



  
No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs164 reviews
Naomi Klein

Picador, 2002

Amazing book with a lot of things to do with globalization

+ I've got a different eye now
+ Thorough and tendentious

This book is extremely useful and important and has a lot of thing to do with society.
  
  











  



  
The Voice of Knowledge: A Practical Guide to Inner Peace40 reviews
Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills

Amber-Allen Publishing, 2004

A VITAL RESOURCE FOR THOSE WHO ADVISE OTHERS!

+ This book really is great for finding your inner peace
+ A Must Buy and Read!!
+ A book to lift the spirits
+ The Voice of Knowledge, Ruiz
  
  











  



  
I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala44 reviews
Rigoberta Menchu

Verso, 1984

Amazing book of survival

+ I,Roberta Menchú
+ Memorable

I read this book years ago and re-read it again recently. It is still one of my favorite books. Rigoberta Menchu suffered unbelievable atrocities and incredible losses and still lived to tell her courageous story through an interpreter. I think the book is phenomenal and I recommend it to anyone ...
  
  











  



  
Media Control, Second Edition: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda (Open Media)51 reviews
Noam Chomsky

Open Media, 2003

Chomsky is brilliant, but ...

+ Very high-level
+ Point Well Made?

Brilliant, very insightful. I have only one problem with Noam Chomsky's position - his absolution of general population from responibilities of their goverment. Yes, America is a big bully and there is a lot of propaganda, but isn't it what the majority wants to hear? Doesn't it feel good when we ...
  
  











  



  
Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action3 reviews
Andrea Guerrero

University of California Press, 2002

An Important Read!!

+ Well written history of affimative action at Boalt

This book is thoroughly researched and compellingly argued. Guerrero takes a case study of the effects of affirmative action at Boalt Law School at the University of California at Berkeley, which was forced to abandon affirmative action several years ago. She concludes that the new policy has been ...
  
  











  



  
Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind (Civilization of the American Indian Series)13 reviews
Miguel Leon-Portilla

University of Oklahoma Press, 1990

not for the mere brushing up....

+ An important book, but has its limitations
+ philosophically inspiring
+ The Basic Aztec Thought and Culture Source
  
  











  



  
The Case Against Free Trade: GATT, NAFTA, and the Globalization of Corporate Power (An Earth Island Press ...3 reviews

North Atlantic Books, 1993

It'll Change your Mind

+ Compelling, for unusual reasons

This is an excellent book written by some of the leading authorities on NAFTA and GATT (Including Ralph Nader). Each "chapter" written by a different person is short and to the point. You can read as much or as little as you want, without feeling the need to finish the chapter. This book WILL ...
  
  











  



  
Che Guevara on Global Justice3 reviews
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Ocean Press, 2002

A Revolutionary's View In Favor of Socialism

+ Political Science
+ good place to start..

Humanistic Socialism. When you read this book, you can really see the flexibility, a far cry and major difference from the scientific Hegelian materialism of Marx, the dogmatism of Luxemburg and the authoritarianism of Lenin. The difference is a socialism, which emphasizes the need to listen to and ...
  
  











  



  
The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United ...15 reviews
Octavio Paz

Grove Press, 1994

Well Done, Octavio Paz!

+ A beautiful book that belied by the truth
+ A man of electric intelligence

Looking at this book through a young American male, undergraduate student, double-majoring in Integrated Social Studies (Education) and History's eyes, this book was challenging to read. However, as I once read recently in an education text, "if anything is odd, inappropriate, confusing, or boring, ...
  
  











  



  
I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala44 reviews
Rigoberta Menchu

Verso, 1984

Amazing book of survival

+ I,Roberta Menchú
+ Memorable

I read this book years ago and re-read it again recently. It is still one of my favorite books. Rigoberta Menchu suffered unbelievable atrocities and incredible losses and still lived to tell her courageous story through an interpreter. I think the book is phenomenal and I recommend it to anyone ...
  
  











  



  
No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs164 reviews
Naomi Klein

Picador, 2002

Amazing book with a lot of things to do with globalization

+ I've got a different eye now
+ Thorough and tendentious

This book is extremely useful and important and has a lot of thing to do with society.
  
  











  



  
The Case Against Free Trade: GATT, NAFTA, and the Globalization of Corporate Power (An Earth Island Press ...3 reviews

North Atlantic Books, 1993

It'll Change your Mind

+ Compelling, for unusual reasons

This is an excellent book written by some of the leading authorities on NAFTA and GATT (Including Ralph Nader). Each "chapter" written by a different person is short and to the point. You can read as much or as little as you want, without feeling the need to finish the chapter. This book WILL ...
  
  











  



  
Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind (Civilization of the American Indian Series)13 reviews
Miguel Leon-Portilla

University of Oklahoma Press, 1990

not for the mere brushing up....

+ An important book, but has its limitations
+ philosophically inspiring
+ The Basic Aztec Thought and Culture Source
  
  











  



  
Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action3 reviews
Andrea Guerrero

University of California Press, 2002

An Important Read!!

+ Well written history of affimative action at Boalt

This book is thoroughly researched and compellingly argued. Guerrero takes a case study of the effects of affirmative action at Boalt Law School at the University of California at Berkeley, which was forced to abandon affirmative action several years ago. She concludes that the new policy has been ...