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new books and movies of interest to progressives:

Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Petroleum Dependency
Michael T. Klare
• pre-order Paperback, coming August 1st

The War on Truth: 9/11, Disinformation and the Anatomy of Terrorism
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

Greenspan’s Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy
Ravi Batra

1776
David McCullough
• 10-CD Audiobook
• 8-Cassette Audiobook

The Corporation
Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar

Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
Kurt Eichenwald
“intimate blow-by-blow of Enron's implosion”

Hotel Rwanda
Terry George, Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins
• 8-CD Audiobook

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Political Realities

The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan for America Jennifer Van Bergen	Warrior King: The Case for Impeaching George W. Bush John C. Bonifaz, John Conyers, Jr. (intro)	Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy Ravi Batra	Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy Lewis H. Lapham editor of Harper’s
The Looting of Social Security: How the Government is Draining America's Retirement Account Allen W. Smith	Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America Robert B. Reich Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton	Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda Noam Chomsky • CD Audiobook	America's Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power Richard Viguerie, David Franke
Wreckage Begins with “W”: Cartoons of the Bush Administration Jeff Danziger	What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Thomas Frank • Now in Paperback!	The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge	America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism Anatole Lieven Sr. Assoc., Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear, and the Selling of the American Empire Sut Jhally, Jeremy Earp (Editors)	The W Effect: Bush’s War on Women Laura Flanders (editor) “frontline thinkers reveal . . . the stealth attack on women”	Enemy Aliens David Cole	The Big, Bad Book of Republicans: Rogues and Rascals of the Grand Old Party Lawrance Binda
All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer, Brendan Nyhan Editors, Spinsanity.org	The Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy David Brock Former right-wing journalist • 5-CD Audiobook	Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America into a One-Party State Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber Center for Media and Democracy	Miami Herald Report: Democracy Held Hostage Martin Merzer and staff of the Miami Herald
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth about Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters Greg Palast, with Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo	The Emerging Democratic Majority John B. Judis, Ruy Teixeira	Misstating the State of the Union MediaMatters.org, David Brock	It’s Still the Economy, Stupid: George W. Bush, The GOP’s CEO Paul Begala
Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think George Lakoff

Looming Religiosity

Rapture Culture: Left Behind in Evangelical America Amy Johnson Frykholm	The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason Sam Harris	The Fundamentals of Extremism: The Christian Right in America Kimberly Blaker (Editor), Edwin F. Kagin, Bobbie Kirkhart, John Suarez, Ed Buckner	The Battle for God: A History of Fundamentalism Karen Armstrong
With God on Their Side: How Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy, and Democracy in George W. Bush’s White House Esther Kaplan	Jesus in America: Personal Savior, Cultural Hero, National Obsession Richard Wightman Fox	Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism: A Bishop Rethinks the Meaning of Scripture John Shelby Spong	God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It Jim Wallis
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith Jon Krakauer	American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon Stephen R. Prothero	Eternal Hostility Frederick Clarkson	Wrath of Angels: The American Abortion War James Risen, Judy L. Thomas

From the Belly of the Beast

Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception David Corn	Intelligence Matters Bob Graham	A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies James Bamford	Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush John Dean
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet James Mann • Paperback	The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity--A Diplomat's Memoir Joseph Wilson	Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential James Moore, Wayne Slater	The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill Ron Suskind • Paperback

Bush Family Values

Prelude to Terror: The Rise of the Bush Dynasty, the Rogue CIA, and the Compromising of American Intelligence Joseph J. Trento	The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro Kenn Thomas, Jim Keith • one of many “suicides” in the Bush Family sphere	The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska John W. DeCamp Why Johnny Can't Come Home Noreen Gosch	Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq Robert Parry
Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President James Hatfield, Mark Crispin Miller (intro) • the book the Bushes tried to ban, as documented in the DVD Horns and Halos • the author died by a strange “suicide”	The Immaculate Deception: The Bush Crime Family Exposed Russell Bowen	Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History That Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons, and the Great Pyramids Jim Marrs	George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography Webster Griffin Tarpley, Anton Chaitkin • Now in Paperback!
Made in Texas: George W. Bush and the Southern Takeover of American Politics Michael Lind	The Bush Junta: A Field Guide to Corruption in Government Gary Groth, Mack White Political Cartoons	American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush Kevin Phillips • Paperback	House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties Craig Unger
Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty Kitty Kelley

9/11

9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA Webster Griffin Tarpley	A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies James Bamford • Now in Paperback! • 4-CD Audiobook (abridged) • Cassette Audiobook (abridged)	9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions David Ray Griffin	The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 David Ray Griffin
Crossing the Rubicon: September 11 and the Decline of American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil Mike Ruppert	The Terror Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11—and America’s Response Paul Thompson	9/11: The Big Lie Thierry Meyssan	Welcome to Terrorland Daniel Hopsicker
Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Center Disaster: Why the Official Story of 9-11 is a Monumental Lie David Icke	Waking Up from Our Nightmare: The 9/11/01 Crimes in New York City Don Paul, Jim Hoffman	Painful Questions: An Analysis of the September 11th Attack Eric Hufschmid

Bush Foreign Policy and the New World Order

Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic Chalmers Johnson • Now in Paperback!	Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order Mark Crispin Miller	Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism Joel Andreas comic-book format “should be required reading for all middle and high school students”	Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II — Updated Through 2003 William Blum
The Bubble of American Supremacy: The Costs of Bush's War in Iraq George Soros	Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide Samantha Power	Willful Blindness: The Bush Administration and Iraq Trudy Rubin	Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Seymour Hersh • CD Audiobook
Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror Mark Danner	The Bewildered Herd: Media Coverage of International Conflicts and Public Opinion B. A. Taleb	The New American Empire Rodrigue Tremblay	Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project) Noam Chomsky • *6-CD Audiobook*
Bush League Diplomacy Craig R. Eisendrath	The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership Zbigniew Brzezinski Former National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter	The New American Empire: A 21st-Century Teach-In on U.S. Foreign Policy Lloyd Gardner, Marilyn Young (editor)	Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy Benjamin R. Barber
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Samuel P. Huntington	Alternatives: The United States Confronts the World Immanuel Wallerstein	Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 Steve Coll	Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire Jim Tarbell, Roger Burbach
Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror Richard Clarke	Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower William Blum	The Pre-Emptive Empire: A Guide to Bush’s Kingdom Saul Landau

Capitalism, Corporatism and Globalization

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins • 8-CD Audiobook	The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power Joel Bakan	On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality Ward Churchill, Chellis Glendinning	Parecon: Life After Capitalism Michael Albert
Wal-Militia: The Conspiracy of Wal-Mart and the Government: A National Report Al Norman	The Case Against Wal-Mart Al Norman	How Wal-Mart Is Destroying America (and the World) and What You Can Do about It Bill Quinn	China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World Ted C. Fishman
Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed is Shipping American Jobs Overseas Lou Dobbs	Seven Floors High Steve Goddard	Globalization and Its Discontents Joseph E. Stiglitz	The Globalization of Nothing George Ritzer
The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy, David Barsamian	The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy T. R. Reid	World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability Amy Chua	The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy Noreena Hertz
Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy Ted Nace	The Working Poor: Invisible in America David K. Shipler	Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America Barbara Ehrenreich • Paperback

The Environment

Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment James Gustave Speth	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond • 8-CD Audiobook	Crimes Against Nature Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	Been Brown So Long, It Looked Like Green to Me Brian J. Foley
Bush Versus the Environment Robert S. Devine Writer, National Geographic	Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress Carl Pope, Paul Rauber The Sierra Club