“In short, the major media are corporations ‘selling’ privileged audiences to other businesses. It would hardly come as a surprise if the picture of the world they present were to reflect the perspectives and interests of the sellers, the buyers and the product. Media concentration is high and increasing. Furthermore, those who occupy managerial positions in the media, or gain status with them as commentators, belong to the same privileged elites, and might be expected to share the perceptions, aspirations and attitudes of their associates, reflecting their own class interests as well. Journalists entering the system are unlikely to make their way unless they conform to these ideological pressures, generally by internalizing the values; it is not easy to say one thing and believe another, and those who fail to conform will be weeded out by familiar mechanisms.”

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 422 pages

Five lectures delivered at the Universidad Centroamericana in Nicaragua on U.S. foreign policy, both global and specific to Central America. Exposes the distribution of power in our society and the place of Central America in U.S. objectives.

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 140 pages

Chomsky’s first collection in recent years to address questions of linguistics, philosophy, ethics and international affairs. From language and human nature to the Middle East and East Timor, supported by a wealth of disturbing details and facts, Chomsky provides a scathing critique of government policy and media complicity, while offering an inspirational view of the potential for true democracy worldwide. AK

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 244 pages

Although Chomsky’s influence over the field of linguistics has been unrivaled by any other living scholar, he is more widely known for his writings on political issues. Published 501 years after Columbus’ “discovery” of the Americas, this book delineates the hidden history of the U.S., the story of “Europe’s conquest of the world” and its “great work of subjugation.” Tracing the contours of neocolonialism to its roots in the old world order, Chomsky maps the faultlines between geopolitical blocs (north/south, east/west), and develops pointed insights and damning critiques of Western culture. The volume shines brightest in its examination of the vast gulf between the idealistic language of American democracy and to such social realities as the “free” market and human-rights abuses, indeed all of present-day imperialist exploitation and murder. Year 501 closes with Chomsky’s continuing condemnation of the news media: its misrepresentations, its “murder of history,” and subsequent widespread loss of hope. Not a light read. HS

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 332 pages

Examines the hypocrisy involving the U.S. position in the Middle East, especially regarding media whitewash, the B’nai B’riths political clout, Israel’s “favorite child” status, the invasion of Lebanon, and the myth of the “peace talks.”

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 483 pages

Fascinating dissection of the war against “subversives,” everything from assassinations to fomenting race wars. AK

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 468 pages
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“In this volume, Bellant tallies some of the moral and political costs of our government’s recent and disquieting alliance with Nazi collaborators and fascists. He follows the trail from the Waffen SS to the ethnic outreach arm of the Republican party—and even to the White House briefing rooms.”

Publisher: South End
Paperback: 150 pages