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The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Investigative journalist Naomi Klein speaking on “The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” is a PM Press DVD produced by Bonobo Films. It consists of a brilliant 65-minute talk Naomi gave on May 19, 2008 at the Friends Meeting House in London introducing the paperback edition of her book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (New York, 2007), plus a remarkably insightful 10-minute interview with Naomi done in London the next day. Some sections of the talk are on youtube (1), but the whole is not, and is worth having in its entirety.
Continue reading...Resistance Against Empire
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Derrick Jensen just won't quit, that's for sure. The word “prolific” doesn't really do Jensen's output justice; this guy is like an anarcho-primitivist version of Stephen King. And much like Stephen King, he's constantly finding new ways to evoke a feeling of terror in his readers.
Continue reading...Anarchism and Its Aspirations
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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Contemporary introductions to anarchism are rare considering the veritable explosion of interest in anarchism since the Battle of Seattle (when a loose coalition of trade unionists, environmentalists, anarchists, animal advocates, and many others shut down the World Trade Organization’s conference in 1999).
Continue reading...Making a Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights
Monday, April 12, 2010
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What is immediately inspiring about a work such as Bob Torres's Making a Killing is the evident amount of political terrain that has been traversed since the publication of Animals, Men and Morals, Animal Liberation and the other early examples of contemporary animal advocacy more than thirty-five years ago.
Continue reading...The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Behind the Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Monday, March 29, 2010
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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded confirms and explains the strings attached to philanthropic grants while presenting a global cross-section of modern political discontent.
Continue reading...The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas
Monday, March 29, 2010
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“There is an opportunity before us to reinvigorate journalism and, with that, democratic governance in the United States. But we need to correctly understand the source of the problem to prescribe the solutions…
Continue reading...Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy & Planetary Crisis
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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As globalization penetrates the hearts and souls of many lives and as transnational capitalist interests work beyond the sovereignty of many states to weaken both socioeconomic and environmental regulations, accelerating people's impoverishment along with ecological catastrophe as a result, the world needs revised thinking and action.
Continue reading...Capitalism: A Love Story
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Michael Moore’s latest documentary is a critique of capitalism- in mainstream theaters- pretty big deal. “Capitalism: A Love Story” starts off comparing the US to the Roman Empire- a fairly easy task. In addition to other commentary, the documentary seems to be focused on the anti-capitalist stance of various Catholic priests, the consequences of the housing crisis, corporate bailouts and, finally, some alternatives in the form of worker-run workplaces.
Continue reading...Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas
Sunday, September 20, 2009
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Beyond Elections takes on a huge topic – the future of democracy in the Americas. The documentary by Sílvia Leindecker and Michael Fox ably traverses the complexities of this broad question, relying predominantly on the voices of the people to explore how we define democracy, its nature and limitations in the Americas and efforts to expand it.
Continue reading...Born Losers: A History of Failure in America
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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This poetic book of history is about those who found themselves on the wrong side of the American Dream. Specifically, it examines the thoughts by and about the striving, and mostly failing, businessmen who exemplified the ‘entrepreneurial spirit.’
Continue reading...An Expen$ive Way to Make Bad People Worse: An Essay on Prison Reform from an Insider’s Perspective
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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In this short book, author Jens Soering outlines several prison myths that he says obscure our ability to take a rational, informed, and effective approach to incarceration in the U.S. Using the introductory chapter to highlight recent trends in crime, incarceration, recidivism, and prison expenditures (data from 2001 were the most recently available during the time of this writing) Soering dedicates the remaining chapters to discuss six prison myths that he argues cloud our understanding, judgment, and ultimately practices of incarceration.
Continue reading...Become A Friend
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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