“This insightful and witty critique of the media’s coverage of the news includes: the corporate spin on the news, media hypocrisy and political correctness; the spectrum of debate on TV talk shows.”
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 272 pages
“Concentrates on analyzing attitudes toward the Clinton presidency among many people who were glad to see the end of the Reagan-Bush years. These essays explore the need to move beyond false hope.”
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 256 pages
“It is true now as ever that American multinationals derive significant economic advantage from Third World countries due to their being underindustrialized, underdiversified, capitalist-oriented and relatively powerless. It is equally true that the consequence of American interventions has frequently been to keep Third World countries in just such an undeveloped, impotent state. There is thus at least a prima-facie case to be made for the contention that the engine of U.S. foreign policy is still fueled predominately by “economic imperialism.” And so are cataloged a depressingly long list of names, dates and places where, in the name of McDonald’s, Coke, guns and apple pie, the U.S. establishment has bought down democratically elected governments and abused freedom and hope, replacing them with the spirit of Oliver North and John Wayne. BW
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 500 pages
Essential investigative journalism of the mechanics of poverty—shows how predatory companies keep people poor by offering them Faustian bargains in desperate situations: auto loans, rent-to-own scams, slumlordism, and “fringe banks” quietly owned by the biggest Wall Street companies. AK
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 225 pages
A comprehensive guide that shows just how seriously the PR industry constrains democracy—from technologies for engineering consent to crisis management, from Bophal to the Exxon Valdez to “grassroots” organizing that propels the Christian Coalition and passed NAFTA to political spin control that influences and instantly interprets electoral politics. A compelling conclusion provides practical guidelines that citizens can use to respond to the growing influence of PR over their lives. AK
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 240 pages
A first-rate collection of interviews furnishing an accessible overview of Chomsky’s thought. Perhaps the best place to start for anyone coming to the politics of Chomsky for the first time. AK
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 272 pages
Continuing his best-selling interviews with Barsamian, Chomsky provides a road map to the concentration of corporate power. Amid a devastating sketch of the ongoing destruction of civil society, Class Warfare unearths a cause for optimism in the ongoing struggle for human freedom. AK
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 192 pages
In the gripping series of interviews from 1992 to ‘94, Chomsky outlines his views on a wide range of subjects including: health care, global warming, gun control and Clinton’s foreign policy. AK
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 256 pages
In a collection of letters written to Lies of Our Times magazine, Chomsky outlines the role of the media in justifying U.S. Government and corporate actions. The letters, written between 1990 and 1993, examine media coverage of events and issues ranging from the Middle East “peace process,” the U.S. invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, the U.N., the Soviet Union, terrorism and democracy to the coup in Haiti. AK
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 167 pages
As a left-wing advocate, Novick attacks the principle of the Ajax man-whiter-than-white-tougher-than-dirt symbology. While much of his material is familiar, the author does add some new and interesting material; most notably, the far Right’s attack upon the women’s rights movement and what he perceives to be a collusion between America’s “sexist elite” and the militant right in a combined effort to oppress and persecute gay rights activists. JB
Publisher: Common Courage
Paperback: 330 pages