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Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green PlanetThe message that our environment is in peril has filtered from environmental groups to the American consciousness to our shopping carts. Every day, millions of Americans dutifully replace conventional produce with organic, swap Mr. Clean for Seventh Generation, and replace their bottled water with...
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Public Meltdown: The Story of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power PlantPublic Meltdown describes the public debate around re-licensing the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power plant in Vermont. The plant's initial 40-year license expires in March 2012, and the plant's owner, the Louisiana-based Entergy Corporation requested permission to extend the license for another twenty years. This...
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Syndicalism: Writings on Revolutionary Socialist UnionsA selection of writings, some sympathetic, some hostile, on the political and economic theory of syndicalism--the anarchist strategy of using revolutionary unions to seize control of the workplace and build a socialist system from the bottom up. Contains the complete texts of "Reflections on...
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The Workers Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: The Fight for Workers Democracy in the Soviet UnionA manifesto of the Workers Opposition, a group within the USSR's Communist Party that rejected Leninist centralization and Stalinist dictatorship, and argued for direct worker control of the industries, democratic socialism, the rights of labor unions, the right of free criticism of Party leaders...
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Writings of Daniel Deleon: A Collection of Essays by One of the Founders of American Revolutionary SocialismAmerican socialist Daniel DeLeon was born in 1852 on the Caribbean island of Curacao. He joined the Socialist Labor Party in 1890 and soon became one of its leading figures. DeLeon was a fierce critic of the American trade union movement, dismissing its reformist...
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Fireside Chats: Radio Addresses to the American People 1933-1944Between 1933 and 1944, President Franklin D Roosevelt used the new medium of radio to address the nation. During the Great Depression and the Second World War, Roosevelt spoke to Americans about his plans for economic recovery, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany,...
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BlackoutNanni Balestrini is the most significant writer of Italy's revolutionary period in the sixties and seventies, comparable only to Pier Paolo Pasolini. Blackout is the first book of his poetry available in English. Written immediately after he was indicted by Italian authorities and forced...
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The FLivver King: The Story of Ford-AmericaThis novel describes the working class day-to-day struggle for economic justice. The book was written in 1937 to aid the formation of the 'United Auto Workers' (UAW). It is a continuation of Sinclair's famous novel "The Jungle". Again, this novel depicts how alienated work...
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The Wisdom of Niccolo MachiavelliCollected Here are four of Niccol Machiavelli most important works. The Prince It was Niccol Machiavelli who essentially removed ethics from government. He did it with this book, when he asserted that The Prince (president, dictator, prime minister, etc.) does not have to be...
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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli - Large Print EditionWith "The Prince", Machiavelli made his name synonymous with intrigue and cunning for all time. His instructions to the Prince, on achieving and maintaining power, by any and all means available, became the archetypical philosophy of The Ends Justify The Means. Machiavelli advocated that...
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America's Survival GuideAmerica was founded on certain First Principles which are the critical underpinnings of our free society: the rule of law, unalienable rights, equality, the Social Compact, and limited government. Supported by extensive research and fuelled by a true passion and respect for the profound...
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The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil TigersThe Cage is a tightly written and clear-eyed narrative about one of the most disturbing human dramas of recent years. . . . A riveting, cautionary tale about the consequences of unchecked political power in a country at war. A must-read. --Jon Lee Anderson,...
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Exhaust the Limits: The Life and Times of a Global PeacebuilderInspired by the leaders, causes, and music of his youth, Chic Dambach set out to change the world. This is the fascinating life story of a '60s antiwar and free speech leader who remained true to his values and helped build a more peaceful...
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Guilds, Merchants, and Ulama in Nineteenth-Century IranMerchants and bankers managed much of nineteenth-century Iran's economy and finances. The ulama-clerical leaders-who considered themselves responsible for the spiritual welfare of their flock also played an important economic role, in particular, through management of religious endowments. Numerically, however, the most important group was...
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The Persian Gulf: A Political and Economic History of Five Port Cities 1500-1730Author: Willem M. FloorPublisher: Mage PublishersPublished: 09/15/2006Pages: 660Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.22lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 1.33dISBN: 9781933823126This title is not returnable
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Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition: Essays by Western Muslim Scholars (REV and Expanded)This fully revised edition of the critically acclaimed book contains a series of essays that explain the misconceptions that lie at the heart of Western attitudes towards Islam. Including a new essay on the role of women in Islam, an updated chapter containing insights...
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Duels at Dawn: The Second Book of EssaysFrom the Introduction: You have economic hard times to thank for this book. I am by profession a bookseller. In 2007, a friend suggested a newsletter as a way of enhancing book sales. I think she had monthly specials, promo sheets and upcoming new...
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Culture Worrier: Selected Columns 1984-2014: Reflections on Race, Politics and Social ChangePulitzer Prize winner Clarence Page is one of the most nationally recognized and highly regarded syndicated columnists in the country. His newest book commemorates the 30th anniversary of his column's first appearance in the Chicago Tribune. It is the first such collection, and a...
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Coping with Physical Loss and Disability: A WorkbookA New Approach to CopingThis workbook provides more than 50 questions and exercises designed to empower those with physical loss and disability to better understand and accept their ongoing processes of loss and recovery. The exercises in Coping with Physical Loss and Disability were...
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Twilight of the Machines"John Zerzan can now credibly claim the honor of being America's most famous anarchist. His writing is sharp, uncompromising, and tenacious."--Derrick Jensen, Utne ReaderThe mentor of the green anarchist and neo-primitive movements is back with his first book in six years, confronting civilization, mass...
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