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Senior citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 11:05 AM
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Poll question: Have you read all five books in my sig line?

Have you read any of them? Do you plan to? What is you opinion of my choices?
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 11:07 AM
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1. Have you? How would you describe/recommend them?
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Senior citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:44 PM
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3. Yes, I have.

I would describe them as indispensable.

Walter Karp's book is a classic about the two-party system, and "Dime's Worth of Difference" gives more recent evidence of those exact problems. LaDuke's book is about how indigenous peoples are under attack all over the world--it is an overview of capitalist imperialism and how it has always been, and still is our primary foreign policy, as well as the policy of many other countries.

"An Act of State" is about our government's involvement in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., written by the attorney who proved that involvement in court. "Out of Control" is about Iran-Contra, and since the same crjminals are now back in power, I'd recommend it highly.






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entanglement Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 11:14 AM
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2. Isn't Alexander Cockburn
the guy who runs Counterpunch? Some pretty good stuff on that website.
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Senior citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:46 PM
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4. I believe so. He has a co-author/co-editor on this book,

and the essays included are by various highly credible people.
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-08-05 02:50 PM
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5. have to go with the majority
I haven't read any of them and don't plan to. Political books just aren't my cup of tea
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