30 December, 2011
"Muslim Societies: Rise And Fall"
Book Review By Saiyid HamidIn a little over 200 pages, the author has condensed the highlights of Islam ever since its beginnings. One can imagine admiringly the vast canvas that has been covered and the exacting selection to which the copious material has been subjected. What impresses the reader even more, although very expectedly, is the scrupulously scientific approach
22 December, 2011
Thomas Friedman- The Imperial Messenger
By Jim MilesBook Review- Imperial Messenger - Thomas Friedman at Work. Belen Fernandez
30 October, 2011
Unravelling The Truth
By Ram PuniyaniBook Review- Godse’s Children- Hindutva Terror in India by Subhash Gatade
23 June, 2011
Mumbai: Political Economy Of Crime And Space
Book Review By Anil Pundlik GokhaleA review of "Mumbai: Political Economy Of Crime And Space" by Abdul Shaban
16 May, 2011
Stay Human
By Ellen CantarowA review of Vittorio Arrigoni’s "Gaza: Stay Human"
16 December, 2010
“All That We Share” Isn't Enough
By Robert JensenA review of " All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons/How to Save the Economy, the Environment, the Internet, Democracy, Our Communities, and Everything Else That Belongs to All of Us" by Jay Walljasper and On the Commons
07 December, 2010
The Plight Of The Palestinians
Book Review by Edward JayneIn his collection of thirty-two articles by almost as many authors, The Plight of the Palestinians: A Long History of Destruction, William Cook provides a devastating assessment of Zionist violence against Palestinians. Relentlessly told are one atrocity after another, one act of deception after another, one broken treaty after another, one surprise attack after another, one policy reversal after another--all of which are described with both effective immediacy and an adequate sense of historic context
26 October, 2010
Our Holocaustic Global Empire:
Wars, Famines, Slavery
By Gary Steven CorseriA review of THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: The Great Depression of the XXI Century By Michel Chossudovsky and Andrew Gavin Marshall
09 August, 2010
A Call For A Democratic Economy
By Zach CarterRaj Patel offers a stunning defense of democracy and a how-to guide for social justice activists of the next century
08 August, 2010
The Truth About Me—A Hijra Life Story
Book Review By Yoginder SikandThis boo is provocative and gripping, and, at the same time, awe-inspiring
24 July, 2010
Velvet Jihad—Muslim Women’s Quiet Resistance
To Islamic Fundamentalism
By Yoginder SikandThis fascinating book provides a general picture of the status and conditions of women in Muslim communities around the world faced with the challenge of Islamic scripturalist assertion
22 July, 2010
Stuart Littlewood Reviews ‘This Time We Went
Too Far’ By Norman Finkelstein
By Stuart LittlewoodQuite simply, this is a cracker of a book and very timely. In explaining how Israel’s war on Gaza in 2008/9 was not the defensive action it is always painted, Norman Finkelstein recalls the 1947 UN partition of historic Palestine and remembers how, in 1957, US President Eisenhower forced Israel to withdraw from Gaza by threatening sanctions and in the 1967 war Israel re-occupied it. The book then takes us through the warm-up for the 2008/9 war and the subsequent whitewash
21 July, 2010
Howard Zinn's The Bomb
By David SwansonThe late Howard Zinn's new book "The Bomb" is a brilliant little dissection of some of the central myths of our militarized society
08 July, 2010
Jimmy Carter’s Book On Palestine
By Dr. Habib SiddiquiBook Review: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
07 July, 2010
Book Review: The Politics of Genocide
By Cyril MychalejkoThe Obama administration's predisposition toward humanitarian intervention, and the popularity the concept has taken in liberal circles, makes Edward S. Herman and David Peterson's new book The Politics of Genocide (published by Monthly Review Press) a timely and indispensable read
Book review: Sleight Of Hand On The World Stage
By Levon ChorbajianLevon Chorbajian reviews The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Showcasing of Imagination
17 June, 2010
Grow Up or Die, But How?
By Carolyn BakerA commentary on Clinton Callhan's Directing The Power of Conscious Feelings
11 May, 2010
Manufacturing ‘Terrorist’:
(T) errors of ‘War on Terror’
By Mahtab AlamBook Review of "Evidence Of Suspicion: A Writer's Report On The War On Terror" By Amitava Kumar and "Rounded Up: Artificial Terrorists and Muslims Entrapment After 9/11" By Shamshad Ahmad
06 May, 2010
The End Of The Long Summer
By Sherry BoschertIt’s time for each of us to have a talk with our inner economist. If humanity is to survive the hardships that lie ahead due to climate change, we’ve got to abandon the now universal, but originally Western, ethos of economic growth. If we don’t abandon those notions and change the way our societies operate, we may face utter collapse. So argues veteran environmental journalist Dianne Dumanoski in The End of the Long Summer: Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth
20 April, 2010
My Father Was A Freedom Fighter: Review
By Jim MilesRamzy Baroud has written what should become an icon of historical-cultural writing for the people of Palestine. My Father Was a Freedom Fighter is an amazingly powerful and wonderfully well written tapestry of the modern history of Palestine, combining a family history focussed on the individual of Ramzy’s father Mohammed with the overall history of the Jewish-Zionist/Palestinian-Arabic conflict in the area
12 April, 2010
Mainstreaming The Margin
By Shivani ChaudhryAmit Sengupta's book Colour of Gratitude is Green presents a vivid, fascinating, multi-hued trajectory of the history, politics, and contradictory reality of the Indian subcontinent and beyond
03 April, 2010
Lines Of Occupation: The Post-Zionist
Poetics Of Yitzhak Laor
By Joshua CohenBook Reiview of The Myths of Liberal Zionism by Yitzchak Laor
03 March, 2010
Entering The Scary "Lacuna" Of American Politics
By Bernard WeinerI finally finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's latest brilliant novel, "The Lacuna," and it's the kind of book that engenders discussion on a wide variety of important topics
19 February, 2010
"Mass Casualties": The Dark Underbelly Of
Occupation, An Army Medic's Account
By Dahr Jamail"Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception and Dishonor in Iraq." is more than a simple memoir about a difficult experience. It is an insider's scathing testimony of an ongoing illegal and unethical military action in a distant, once-sovereign state, by the US. Perhaps, this fresh account will raise some outcry over an issue that has all but dropped out of the American public's radar
28 January, 2010
Genocide Book Review: “Denial. History Betrayed”
by Tony Taylor
By Dr Gideon Polya“Denial. History betrayed” by Tony Taylor (Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2008) is a very well written, well annotated and well referenced book that deals with the phenomenon of “holocaust denial” and, in general, the denial of horrendous abuses of humanity. This is an important book that should certainly be read by everyone and should be in every library
23 January, 2010
Frescoed Words
By Prabhat SharanReview of Amit Sengupta's book Colour of Gratitude - A compilation of selected writings
29 December, 2009
The Environmental Costs Of The Military
Book Review By Kim ScipesBook Review: The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of the Military By Barry Sanders—Reviewed by Kim Scipes
28 December, 2009
Gaza's Untold Story
By Mamoon AlabbasiReview of Ramzy Baroud's book "'My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story"
15 December, 2009
Angst And Hope Amidst The Prospect Of
Climate Catastrophe
By Javier SethnessA Review of James Hansen’s Storms of My Grandchildren
11 December, 2009
The Voice Of The Earth
Book Rreview By David SparenbergTheodore Roszak’s THE VOICE OF THE EARTH is a big book. Big not only in actual volume, chapter to chapter, page by page, but big in scope and containing a largess, as in abundant wealth; for THE VOICE is rich in perspective and reflective depth
05 December, 2009
Arundhati Roy Disturbs Democratic Daydreaming
By Trond ØverlandA radical analysis of democracy runs through the book’s fiery chapters, like a river running from its mountainous source towards the ocean. Roy’s conclusion is disquieting: she is forced by the rationale of her facts and arguments to approve of violence as a means of people’s resistance to injustice. She observes with understanding that many of the poor are “crossing over … to another side; the side of armed struggle.”
28 October, 2009
It's Too Late Baby, Time's Up
By Carolyn BakerThe real crux of Time’s Up is the challenge of how to keep the human race from continuing to commit suicide
26 October, 2009
The Living Universe
By Carolyn BakerCarolyn Baker reviews Duane Elgin's "The Living Universe"
Who Killed Karkare? The Real Face Of
Terrorism In India
By M Zeyaul HaqueA new book curiously titled Who Killed Karkare? says a nationwide network of Hindutva terror that has its tentacles spread up to Nepal and Israel is out to destroy the India most Indians have known for ages and to remould it into some kind of Afghanistan under the Taliban
14 October, 2009
Reviewing Danny Schechter's
The Crime Of Our Time
By Stephen LendmanThe Crime of Our Time is Danny Schechter's latest attempt to explain "the financial collapse as a crime story (and) the high status white-collar crooks" who wreak havoc on "the lives of hundreds of millions worldwide."
09 October, 2009
ACORN: Flesh-Eating Machine
Or Left–Wing Conspiracy?
By Billy WhartonBook Review: The People Shall Rule: ACORN, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice by Robert Fisher
10 September, 2009
Reviewing David Swanson's "Daybreak"
By Stephen LendmanSubtitled "Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming A More Perfect Union, Daybreak" is Swanson's first book, a timely and impressive account of presidential extremism, congressional complicity, the urgency for progressive change, and how to do it
19 August, 2009
Global Depression And Regional Wars -
Reviewing James Petras' New Book: Part I
By Stephen LendmanThe world depression: a class analysis
Global Depression And Regional Wars -
Reviewing James Petras' New Book: Part II
By Stephen LendmanPart II continues Petras' analysis of the global depression, regional wars, and the decline of America's empire
30 July, 2009
Obama's Inheritance
By Jim MilesBook Review: "The Inheritance – The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power" by David E. Sanger
20 July, 2009
Fanatic Dalits, Empowered Dalits?
Not So Fascinating World Of
Dalit-Hindutva Engagement
By Subhash GatadeThe book under discussion by Mr Badri Narayan titled 'Fascinating Hindutva : Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation' ( Sage, 2009) tries to unravel this dynamics of dalit identity to 'deconstruct the tactics used by the Hindutva forces to politically mobilise Dalits' to its side
15 July, 2009
After America – Narratives For
The Next Global Age
By Jim MilesBook Review: After America – Narratives For The Next Global Age By Paul Starobin
01 July, 2009
Michael Hudson's "Super Imperialism:
The Economic Strategy Of Imperial America"
By Stephen LendmanFirst written in 1972, it was updated in a 2003 edition that's every bit as relevant now - thus this review focusing on Hudson's new preface, introduction, and detailed account of the book's theme
24 June, 2009
Sacred Kerala—A Spiritual Journey
By Yoginder SikandReview of the book by Dominique-Sila Khan "Sacred Kerala—A Spiritual Journey"
26 May, 2009
Chalmers Johnson On The Cost Of Empire
By Chalmers JohnsonReview of “The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts” an important collection of articles on United States militarism and imperialism, edited by Catherine Lutz
11 May, 2009
Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part II
By Stephen LendmanThis is the second of several articles on Ellen Brown's remarkable book titled "Web of Debt....the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free." It's a multi-part snapshot. Reading the entire book is strongly recommended
26 March, 2009
Book Review: Islamisation of
Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks
By Yoginder SikandThe current turbulent political scenario in Pakistan, in particular the rise of radical Islamist forces in the country, cannot be seen as inseparable from the narrow political agenda that the Pakistani state, ever since its formation, has consistently sought to pursue as is reflected in the social science textbooks that it has commissioned, and through which it has sought to impose its own ideology on its people
21 March, 2009
Torture Team
By Jim MilesBook Review: Torture Team – Deception, Cruelty and the Compromise of Law. Philippe Sands & Allen Lane
20 February, 2009
A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation
By Eileen FlemingA Review of A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation by Rev. Naim Ateek
14 February, 2009
Israel’s Occupation
By Jim MilesIsrael’s Occupation, is a book that is so well written and presented that it provides a captivating and amazingly powerful read. It is one that I would describe as a ‘must read’ for anyone – from those already knowledgeable about the situation, to those who are relative newcomers. Neve Gordon’s description, analysis, and examples are clear, concise, and authoritative (most from Israeli sources). His arguments and perspectives are fully supported and well sequenced. While I hesitate to describe any purely academic work as captivating, this work fits
The Bell Tolls
By Eileen FlemingA Review of We can have Peace in the Holy Land, by Jimmy Carter
11 February, 2009
When Technology Fails
By Carolyn BakerI cannot recommend highly enough When Technology Fails for everyone who takes the "long emergency" even a little bit seriously
27 January, 2009
The Uncultured Wars – Arabs, Muslims,
And The Poverty Of Liberal Thought
By Jim MilesBook Review: The Uncultured Wars – Arabs, Muslims, and the Poverty of Liberal Thought By Steven Salaita
19 November, 2008
The Tiger Roars At White Indians
By Jasbeer Musthafa MA quarter century after Salman Rushdie drew the world's attention to the story of the midnight children, and 11 years after Arundhati Roy's God of Small Things spurred interest in Indian writing in English, both in this country and elsewhere, Adiga's tale of the son of a rickshaw-puller who dreams of escaping poverty and goes to seek his fortune in the big cities draws the world's attention to a very different side of India
11 November, 2008
The End of American Exceptionalism
By Jim MilesBook Review: The Limits of Power – The End of American Exceptionalism. By Andrew J. Bacevich. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 2008
04 November, 2008
How Israel Helps Eavesdrop On US Citizens
By Ali AbunimahIn his new book, The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America author James Bamford casts light on this effort, including a detailed account of how spying on American citizens has been outsourced to several companies closely linked to Israel's intelligence services
03 November, 2008
Ayyankali: Legacy Of Organic Protest
By Muhammed NafihBook review- Ayyankali:A Dalit Leader of Organic Protest by Nisar.M.and Meena Kandasamy
23 October, 2008
Heartland Of Darkness
By Adam EngelA Review Of Jeffrey St. Clair's "Born Under A Bad Sky"
14 October, 2008
The Age Of Turbulence "Introduction"
By Thomas RigginsThe melt down of the world financial system is a good back drop for these reflections on the introduction to Alan Greenspan's 2007 memoir. His book THE AGE OF TURBULENCE is subtitled, “Adventures In A New World.” The “New World” that Greenspan now finds himself in is, however, not the world of his dreams but the old world found in the pages of DAS KAPITAL
10 October, 2008
Do You Need Something To Read ?
By Adam EngelA review of Mickey Z.'s "CPR FOR DUMMIES" and an interview with the Author
30 September, 2008
If We Will Only Listen
By Mike PalecekReview of "No Innocent Bystanders," by Mickey Z
27 September, 2008
Calming The Fearful Mind
By David SwansonThich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who in 1964 was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr., has published a new book of advice to Americans and to U.S. Congress members called "Calming the Fearful Mind: A Zen Response to Terrorism."
08 September, 2008
Nature Of Threat To Indian Democracy
By Ram PuniyaniBook review: Fascism and Communalism: Considerations By Sandeep Pendse
06 September, 2008
Wilfred Sellars And Marxism
By Thomas RigginsRemarks on Tim Crane's "Fraught with Ought"
02 September, 2008
'Development As A Tool Of International
Institutions For Marginalisation'
By Vasudha DhingraBook review: Global Institutions, Marginalisation and Development By Craig Murphy
31 August, 2008
Racing The Enemy
By Jim MilesBook Review: Racing the Enemy – Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan By Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
31 July, 2008
Francis Boyle's "Palestine
Palestinians And International Law"
By Stephen LendmanFrancis Boyle is a distinguished University of Illinois law professor, activist, and internationally recognized expert on international law and human rights. He also lectures widely, writes extensively, and authored many books, including the subject of this review: "Palestine Palestinians and International Law."
28 July, 2008
Of Patriots And Pawns: Carolyn Baker Reviews
Mary Tillman's "Boots On The Ground By Dusk"
By Carolyn BakerTrue to the mother's loyalty that exudes from every paragraph of her book, Mary Tillman does not want the focus to be on her. She's tired of being in the media limelight and simply wants the world to know Pat's story-who he was and how he and his family were betrayed. So after completing Mary's book, I was drawn to focus on her process of discovering the truth about Pat's death and the meaning of her discovery for all of us
10 July, 2008
Futile Brutality
By Dan Glazebrook“The World According toTomdispatch”. Edited by Tom Engelhardt Reviewed by Dan Glazebrook
Patriot Follows The Money
And Exposes Foreign Agents
By Eileen FlemingPatriot and author, Grant F. Smith, Director for the Institute of Research Middle East Policy publication, Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal, exposes how US Middle East policy has been formulated and thrives due to the dearth of relevant reporting on AIPAC's activities. This book should be read by every American tax payer, Congress and foreign policy maker
03 July, 2008
Arundhati Roy- Our world Laid Bare
By Priscilla JebarajArundhati Roy’s latest book The Shape of the Beast is an exercise in connecting the many dots that she first started plotting over a decade ago in The God of Small Things
27 June, 2008
Robert McChesney's The Political
Economy Of Media (Part II)
By Stephen LendmanMcChesney's book is a compilation of his best political economy of media work in the past two decades. It contains 23 separate offerings under three topic headings. In them he covers "enduring issues" and "emerging dilemmas." Part I of this review discussed some of them. More follow below. The entire book is must reading and contains new material never before published
25 June, 2008
Robert McChesney's The Political Economy
Of Media (Part I)
By Stephen LendmanMcChesney is today's most notable media scholar and critic. Whatever he writes merits reading. This book is a compilation of his best political economy of media work in the past two decades. It contains 23 separate offerings under three topic headings - Journalism, Critical Studies, and Politics and Media Reform
18 June, 2008
Doug Dowd's "At the Cliff's Edge" (Part II)
By Stephen LendmanDowd's book is an essential text for students and adults. It's a critical review of 500 years of history that brought us to today's unprecendented dangers. Part I covered four and one-half centuries through WW II. Part II continues the story to the present
12 June, 2008
Doug Dowd's "At The Cliff's Edge" (Part I)
By Stephen LendmanAt age 89, Doug Dowd is a wonder. He's still active, vibrant and thankfully so. His latest book is "At the Cliff's Edge: World Problems and US Power".The book is panoramic in scope. It's long and detailed, and this review covers its highlights in hopes readers will get the volume for it all. Plus the character of the man who wrote it and now working on a new so far unfinished book with likely more offerings ahead. Approaching age 90, Dowd is resilient, dedicated and continues to write and teach. We're all the better off for it. Read on
11 June, 2008
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
By Jim MilesThis has been one of the most difficult books that I have ever read. It removed me from my academic detachment with which I read the majority of books and took me into emotions ranging from frustration, sadness, melancholy through to anger and belligerence. A compelling read, yet at the same time I had to put it down every so many pages in order to contemplate, digest, or simply escape what in sum could be called the constant inhuman brutality of one human against another
06 June, 2008
Marauding Mourners
By Amrit DhattTwenty-four years after the massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi following the killing of Indira Gandhi, a lawyer and a journalist get together to write a hitherto hidden account of the 1984 catastrophe called anti-Sikh riots. A review by Amrit Dhatt
22 May, 2008
Review Of `We Want Freedom:
A Life In The Black Panther Party'
By Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Sukant ChandanHaving read many if not most of the books that have come out by or about former members of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defence, We Want Freedom is one of the best. This review cannot cover the many angles from which Mumia approaches his experience in, the ideology, practice and legacy of the Panthers. There are a few things that stand out are worth highlighting in this book, more so than perhaps other books on the same subject
09 May, 2008
Muqtada
By Jim MilesBook Review: Muqtada – Muqtada al-Sadr, The Shia Revival, And The Struggle For Iraq By Patrick Cockburn
Read It And Riot
By Linnea DueI've heard Derrick Jensen called a gadfly or a thorn in the heel of the establishment. A Horsefly and a nail are more apt. Author of Endgame, A Language Older Than Words, and other well-loved philosophies of courage and spirit, Jensen turns his talents to dialogue in this new graphic book, As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial, coauthored with Minimum Security's Stephanie McMillan
Ramzy Baroud's "The Second Palestinian Intifada"
By Stephen LendmanRamzy Baroud's "The Second Palestinian Intifada" is poignant and masterful. It blends his personal experience with a gripping narrative of his peoples' struggle for justice
15 April, 2008
Peter Hallward's "Damming The Flood" (Part I)
By Stephen LendmanPeter Hallward's newest book, "Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment," is the subject of this review, and here's what critics are saying. Physician and Haiti expert Paul Farmer calls it "the best study of its kind (offering) the first accurate analysis of recent Haitian history." Noam Chomsky says it's a "riveting and deeply-informed account (of) Haiti's tragic history." Others have also praised Hallward's book as well-sourced, thorough, accurate and invaluable. This reviewer agrees and covers this superb book in-depth
The Three Trillion Dollar War
By Jim MilesBook Review: The Three Trillion Dollar War – The True Costs of the Iraq Conflict By Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes
07 April, 2008
The Zoo On The Road To Nablus
By Jim MilesBook Review: The Zoo on the Road to Nablus – A Story of Survival from the West Bank By Amelia Thomas
Women Behind The Bylines
By A ShaheenBook Review: Taking an introspective look at a profession that has a significant presence of women today (in terms of numbers though), Ammu Joseph's Making News: Women in Journalism chronicles the experiences of more than 200 women journalists, reflecting upon gender and gender-related issues
04 April, 2008
Bad Samaritans
By Jim MilesBook Review: Bad Samaritans – The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. Ha-Joon Chang. Bloomsbury Press, New York, 2008
27 March, 2008
Jonathan Cook's "Blood And Religion"
By Stephen LendmanCook's earlier book was published in 2006. It's titled "Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State" and is the subject of this review. It's the rarely told story of the plight of Israel's 1.4 million Arab citizens, the discrimination against them, the reasons why, and the likely future consequences from it. Israel's "demographic problem" is the issue Cook addresses. It's the time when a faster-growing Palestinian population (excluding the diaspora) becomes a majority, and the very character of a "Jewish State" is threatened. Israel's response - state-sponsored repression and violent ethnic cleansing, in the Territories and inside Israel
18 March, 2008
Book Review: The Politics Of Apocalypse-
The History And Influence Of Christian Zionism
By Yoginder SikandThe author clearly indicates that Christian Zionism, based on a virulently anti-Islamic agenda, is a major hurdle to peace not just in West Asia but globally, too. Indeed, some Christian Zionists even ardently wish (and work for) a final global war, in the belief that this would accelerate their hoped-for wafting up to heaven and the subsequent arrival of Jesus
26 February, 2008
John Bolton: Boisterous Bully Of Bloviation
By Thomas RigginsThere is an excellent review of John Bolton's new book, "Surrender is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad" by Brian Urquhart (a former UN under-secretary general) in the March 6, 2008 issue of The New York Review of Books ("One Angry Man")
12 February, 2008
F. William Engdahl's "A Century of War" - Part I
By Stephen LendmanThe book is a sequel to Engdahl's first one and subject of this review - "A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order." It's breathtaking in scope and content, and a shocking and essential history of geopolitics and strategic importance of oil. The book is reviewed in-depth so readers will know the type future Henry Kissinger had in mind in 1970 when he said: "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control people." Engdahl recounts the story in his two masterful books, both critically essential reading
08 February, 2008
Jonathan Cook's "Israel And The Clash Of Civilisations"
By Stephen LendmanJonathan Cook's newest book, just published, is called "Israel and the Clash of Civilisations: Iraq, Iran and the Plan to Remake the Middle East." It's the subject of this review in the wake of advance praise. Noted author John Pilger calls it "One of the most cogent understandings of the modern Middle East I have read. It is superb, because the author himself is a unique witness" to events and powerfully documents them. This review covers them in-depth along with some of this writer's reflections on the region from America
28 January, 2008
Reviewing Jennifer Van Bergen's
"The Twilight Of Democracy"
By Stephen Lendman"The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan for America" written in 2005 is a clear and powerfully relevant analysis of the threat to freedom, democracy and justice in America today under the Bush regime. As the author puts it: "(We live in a time when) civil liberties have been broadly violated to an unprecedented degree....My goal (in the book) is to lay bare what the government does and is doing, and why it is so profoundly anti-democractic" and a danger to everyone
21 January, 2008
Book Review: Robert McChesney's
"Communication Revolution"
By Stephen LendmanRobert McChesney's newest book and subject of this review is titled Communication Revolution - Critical Junctures and the Future of Media. He believes it may be his best one, and Annenberg School of Communication Dean, Machael Delli Carpini, says it is "part media critique, part intellectual history, part personal memoir, and part manifesto."
18 January, 2008
Book Review: The Scar Of David
By William James MartinThe Scar of David, by Susan Abulhawa, is about a scar and a man named David who bears the scar, and another scar -- the scar worn by Amal, the protagonist of the story, whom we follow from childhood and who also incurred a scar on her lower abdomen as the result of the exit wound of a rifle bullet from an Israeli soldier who shot her in the back as she walked to her home in the Jenin refugee camp.Of course, it is also about other scars – the scar of the land
09 January, 2008
Reviewing David Edwards
And David Cromwell's "Guardians Of Power"
By Stephen LendmanBook Review: "Guardians of Power: The Myth of the Liberal Media". It's a work distinguished author John Pilger calls "required reading" and "the most important book about journalism (he) can remember" since Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman's classic - "Manufacturing Dissent." Cromwell and Edwards "have done the job of true journalists: they have set the record straight" in contrast to the mainstream that distorts and corrupts it for the powerful. Their book is must reading and will be reviewed in-depth, chapter by chapter, to show why. It's also why no major broadsheet ever mentions it or its important content. This review covers lots of it
03 January, 2008
Reviewing F. William Engdahl's
Seeds Of Destruction - Part II
By Stephen LendmanWilliam Engdahl's book is a diabolical account of how four Anglo-American agribusiness giants plan world domination by patenting life forms to gain worldwide control of our food supply and our lives. This review is in three in-depth parts
02 January, 2008
Reviewing F. William Engdahl's
"Seeds of Destruction"
By Stephen LendmanEngdahl's newest book is just out from the Centre for Research on Globalization. It's a sequel to his first one called "Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation" and subject of this review. It's the diabolical story of how Washington and four Anglo-American agribusiness giants plan world domination by patenting life forms to gain worldwide control of our food supply and why that prospect is chilling. The book's compelling contents are reviewed below in-depth so readers will know the type future Henry Kissinger had in mind in 1970 when he said: "Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people."
31 December, 2007
The Face Of Fascism In A Global System
Heading For Collapse
By Juan SantosA Review of The Shock Doctrine By Naomi Klein
Surrender Is Not An Option
By Jim MilesBook Review: Surrender is Not an Option – Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad By John Bolton
18 December, 2007
How Hyperpowers Rise To Global Dominance
And Why They Fall
By Jim MilesBook Review: Day of Empire – How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance – and Why They Fall. By Amy Chua
05 December, 2007
Enough Heroes To Fill A Book
By David SwansonMore than a few serve the state and resist its abuses, at significant risk to themselves. But very few of us know all of their stories. Resisters of the occupation of Iraq in the U.S., British, and Australian governments and militaries are plentiful enough to fill a book, and they've filled a good one."Dissent: Voices of Conscience: Government Insiders Speak Out Against the War in Iraq" is the forthcoming work of U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright and Susan Dixon forthcoming after a long delay imposed by the State Department
04 December, 2007
“In Search Of A Future:The Story Of Kashmir”
By Mohamad JunaidBook review: “In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir” By David Devadas
28 November, 2007
Reviewing "Multinationals On Trial"
By Stephen LendmanReviewing James Petras and Henry Veltmeyer's "Multinationals on Trial"
27 November, 2007
Europe At War 1939-1945:Norman Davies'
Falsification Of History
By Thomas RigginsThese comments are based on Adam Tooze's review of the Davies book [Europe at War] in the TLS of 11-16-2007. Tooze has a low opinion of both the book and of Davies' scholarship. This is why
19 November, 2007
Treacherous Alliance
By Jim MIlesBook Review: Treacherous Alliance – the secret dealings of Israel, Iran and the United States By Trita Parsi
01 November, 2007
Why We Torture: Martha Nussbaum On
Zimbardo's "The Lucifer Effect"
By Thomas RigginsPhilip Zimbardo is the psychologist who carried out the Stanford Prison Experiment [SPE] in 1971. He has published a book about the lessons to be learned from that experiment and others. The book is “The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil”. This article is a review of the American philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s discussion of the book in the October 19, 2007 issue of the TLS
24 October, 2007
The Israel/Palestine Question
By Jim MilesIlan Pappe’s highly revised second edition of The Israel/Palestine Question offers the reader a very instructive read on changing historical perspectives about Israel/Palestine within one over-riding theme – land tenure and population control
19 October, 2007
Review: “My Brother’s Keeper.
Documentary Photographers And Human Rights”
By Dr Gideon Polya“My Brother’s Keeper” is a powerful and moving book that deserves a place in everybody’s personal library as a continual reminder of Man’s continuing active and passive inhumanity to Man and that we cannot walk by on the other side
Leave A Comment
&
Share Your Insights
Digg it! And spread the word!
Here is a unique chance to help this article to be read by thousands of people more. You just Digg it, and it will appear in the home page of Digg.com and thousands more will read it. Digg is nothing but an vote, the article with most votes will go to the top of the page. So, as you read just give a digg and help thousands more to read this article.
Get CC HeadlinesOn your Desk Top
