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More Than A Feeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 10:05 PM
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The most important/best liberal/progressive book of all time?
The floor is now open for nominations!
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 10:08 PM
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1. Not ALL time. but significant now...
Edited on Wed Sep-05-07 10:09 PM by Rick Myers
Al Gore's Assault on Reason

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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 10:12 PM
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2. John Stuart Mill's On Liberty
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 04:46 AM
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7. Great choice
John Stuart Mill is just about the closest thing to a hero I have.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 10:31 PM
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3. The Gospels
Hasn't worked out so well in practice though.....
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USA_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 10:32 PM
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4. Yup: Jesus -- World's Number One Liberal
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Elwood P Dowd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-05-07 10:34 PM
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5. Maybe not the best, but this one turned a couple of repuke friends to our side.
Blinded By The Right - David Brock.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 03:49 AM
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6. Michael Harrington's THE OTHER AMERICA (1962).
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tkmorris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 04:48 AM
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8. The People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn.
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