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Powers Confronts Power and History in New Book
Nicholas Powers' new book takes the reader on an intense journey through the hot spots of inequity and iniquity in the first decade of this century.
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Slavery’s Legacies of Racism and Dehumanization of Labor Still Poison the US
The popular movie and 1853 book,
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Down the Up Escalator
Garson explains the whole securitized, derivatized implosion of the economy in a way thatu2019s easy to follow and puts the blame where it belongs.
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“Somebody Had to Do It First”: The Story of Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Winslow's ‘Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change’ profiles the first black - or woman - presidential candidate, a person who prided herself on being ‘unbossed and unbought.’
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Harry Potter & Martin Heidegger: Humility and the Authentic, Ethical Life
A review of Ontological Humility: Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers.
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WikiLeaks’ “Mediastan”; The True Fifth Estate Bringing the First Amendment to the World
The WikiLeaks documentary ‘Mediastan’ is a perfect antidote to Disney's propaganda turkey, ‘The Fifth Estate.’
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Urban Cleansing by Class: The Perfect Crime
This book charts the process of how certain populations become skewed as
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Got His Gun – Lost His Legs, Arms and Penis
Statistically, what happens to U.S. troops is almost nothing. In human terms, it's overwhelming.
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Knowing One’s Place
When a young Norwegian tourist is found murdered in the forest of Lake Superior's north shore in Vidar Sunstøl's “The Land of Dreams,” one character asks, "Who would want …
This Way: A Review of David Swanson’s New Text on War and the Search for Peace
David Swanson reminds me to look to humanity's incredible achievements in resisting war, in choosing the alternatives which we have yet to show our full power to realize.