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50 Simple Things You Can Do to Fight the Right
by EarthWorks Action Network
Book Description: "...offers inspirational yet practical advice for anyone wanting to reclaim democracy in America, outlining what steps can be taken to restore a balance of political power through everyday actions . . . and why they matter so much. From the simplest efforts (why bumper stickers count) to more committed ones (become a precinct captain) and everything in-between..." |
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Blood Struggle:
The Rise of Modern Indian Nations
by Charles Wilkinson
The saga of the treatment of Native American tribes in North America is one of relentless oppression. Author Charles Wilkinson remarks that, by the middle of the twentieth century, Native Americans were, “mired in the worst economic and social conditions of any group in America.” Blood Struggle is an account of the endeavors of tribal leaders to use the political and legal system in the United States to reverse discriminatory policies, reestablish tribes as sovereign governments within reservation territory, enforce treaty rights to land, water, hunting and fishing and preserve Native American traditions. Blood Struggle raises the possibility of hope for progress. |
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Crashing the Gate:
Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of
People-Powered Politics
by Jerome Armstrong, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga
From the Publisher: "Crashing the Gate is a shot across the bow at the political establishment in Washington, DC and a call to re-democratize politics in America.
This book lays bare, with passion and precision, how ineffective, incompetent, and antiquated the Democratic Party establishment has become, and how it has failed to adapt and respond to new realities and challenges." |
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Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World
by Robert Kagan
From Publisher's Weekly: "Even in the colonial era Americans restlessly pushed westward. Kagan shows how a policy of aggressive expansion was inextricably linked with liberal democracy. Political leaders developed expansionist policies because if they didn't respond to their clamoring constituents, the people might rebel or secede. Kagan reads the Civil War as America's "first experiment in ideological conquest". He then follows US expansion through the 19th century, as the U.S. increased its dominance. |
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Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
by Morris Berman
As religion triumphs over reason and democracy turns into plutocracy, the nation has entered a phase in its historical development from which there is no return. A particular strength of this book lies in the connections Berman makes between the large-scale processes of national collapse... and the obvious deterioration of our daily lives: the frenzied acceleration of work, the erosion of integrity and community, and the impoverishment of the mass media. |
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The End of America:
Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
by Naomi Wolf
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harbinger of an age that may finally see the patriarchal realm of political
discourse usurped. [A] political
argument for civil rights, not women’s rights. ... Readers will appreciate her
energy and urgency as she warns we are living through a dangerous "fascist shift”
brought about by the Bush administration. Her chapters outline the “Ten Steps to
Fascism” citing historical corollaries ... with headings like “Invoke an External and Internal Threat,” “Establish
Secret Prisons,” and “Target Key Individuals.” In other words, fascism can exist without dictatorship. |
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The End of Faith:
Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
by Sam Harris
From Publishers Weekly: "Religious faith, according to Harris, requires its adherents to cling irrationally to mythic stories of ideal paradisiacal worlds (heaven and hell) that provide alternatives to their own everyday worlds. Moreover, innumerable acts of violence... can be attributed to a religious faith that clings uncritically to one set of dogmas or another." |
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Food, Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker,
Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It
Edited by Karl Weber
Food Inc.: A Participant Guide explores the issues raised in Food, Inc., the film.
Many experts in the field contributed to this book, including Michael Pollan
(Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food) and Anna Lappe (Hope’s Edge
and Grub). The book is meant to inspire those challenged by the film and
encourage them to take action and make a difference. |
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Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
by Naomi Wolf
As the practice of democracy becomes a lost art, Americans are increasingly desperate for a restored nation. Many have a general sense that the "system" is in disorder -- if not on the road to functional collapse. But though it is easy to identify our political problems, the solutions are not always as clear. In Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries, bestselling author Naomi Wolf illustrates the breathtaking changes that can take place when ordinary citizens engage in the democratic system the way the founders intended and tells
how to use that system, right now, to change your life, your community, and ultimately, the nation. |
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The Green Collar Economy:
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
by Van Jones
In The Green Collar Economy, Van Jones provides innovative solutions to the economic and environmental issues facing our county. Utilizing a holistic approach, he recognizes the importance of including all segments of our society to create a new "healthy green economy." While you may not agree with Van Jones’ philosophy and proposed solutions, he proves to be an inspiration for thinking creatively and inventing and investing our way into an ecologically responsible, morally just society. |
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How Would a Patriot Act?
Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
by Glenn Greenwald
Book Description: "How Would a Patriot Act? is one man’s story of being galvanized into action to defend America’s founding principles, and a reasoned argument for what must be done. Greenwald’s penetrating words should inspire a nation to defend the Constitution from a president who secretly bestowed upon himself the powers of a monarch." |
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The Left Hand of God:
Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right
by Michael Lerner
From the Publisher: "Describes the ways that Democrats have ... alienated significant parts of their potential constituency. To succeed again, ... the Democratic Party must rethink its relationship to God, champion a progressive spiritual vision, reject the old bottom line ... and deal head-on with the ... spiritual crisis that many Americans experience every day." |
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Letter to a Christian Nation
by Sam Harris
Book Description: “People have written that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ’s love are deeply intolerant of criticism. It is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse.” |
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The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today
by Kevin Bales & Ron Soodalter
Most Americans believe that slavery in our country ended with the Emancipation
Proclamation. They are wrong. As Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter document in
this excellent volume, human bondage is a reality for thousands of children,
women and men living in the United States. The Slave Next Door exposes slavery
in today’s America in all its forms, and sounds a call to arms to government,
corporations and private citizens alike.
~Kerry Kennedy, Founder, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights |
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