Three Kings - The Rise of an American Empire in the Middle East After World War II Lloyd C. Gardner. New Press, N.Y., 2009. This concisely written and well documented work covers the “Truman Doctrine…the essential rubric under which the United States projected its power globally after World War II…the... » read this article

As Newton resident Lisa Dodson, a Boston College sociology professor in the thick of a research project, was interviewing a grocery story manager in the Midwest about the difficulties of the low-income workers he supervised, he asked her a curious question: "Don't you want to know what this does to... » read this article

(Scroll down for video of interview with Carlos Martinez, co-author) There are many different ways that the corporate media continues to misrepresent the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Many critics of this biased media coverage have directly challenged the demonization of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, but very few critics, if any,... » read this article

One year on since Israel's criminally-insane war on Gaza, many are still unaware of the roots of the 'conflict' and the plight of the Palestinian people. Israel would like to have us believe that its latest onslaught was a direct response to resistance rockets or even Hamas's democratic accession to... » read this article

About the Series Title Alan Hart’s passionate concerns about the dangers Zionism poses to regional and world peace is matched by his fear that it, Zionism, is also a threat to the best interests of Jews everywhere and the moral integrity of Judaism itself. Why is Zionism the real enemy... » read this article

Early on during the U.S. occupation of Iraq, a 14-year-old named Hadiya began blogging from Mosul about her daily life. Her pieces were, by turns, informative, harrowing and emotional in their glimpse into daily life under occupation. A new book IraqiGirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq, published by... » read this article

CARACAS, Venezuela—The fifth annual Venezuela International Book Fair opened here in this capital city November 13. Since September 30 the book fair has traveled to 200 municipalities in the 24 states of the country. More than 200 exhibitors from 14 countries, including more than 100 Venezuelan publishers, are participating in... » read this article

In The Jaws of the Dragon. America’s Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Dominance. Eamonn Fingleton. Thomas Dunne Books (St. Martin’s Press), New York, 2008. A book about the future published in 2008, with information preceding the publishing date, could well be considered out of date - or at... » read this article

FREE Download| Order on Amazon.com Pakistan was once only an inspired vision. In 1947, through great sacrifice, a miraculous new nation was born. With its people energised and free, it seemed there was no height Pakistan would not scale. Now, many decades later, as we look back on years of... » read this article

Editorial Note: Perhaps a tough read for some, but a worthwhile read for everyone. - LMB That Israel exists and has the power to continue existing is very much a fact. With a sophisticated military establishment including more than 200 nuclear weapons (at lowest estimates) there is no way Israel... » read this article

GLOBAL DEPRESSION AND REGIONAL WARS BY JAMES PETRAS SYNOPSIS These extraordinary times--unprecedented in modern history--are marked by a worldwide depression and regional wars involving all the major imperial powers. This book exposes the roots of the crisis in the unsustainability of the United States' military-driven empire building based on a volatile... » read this article

Sentenced to nine years in prison at the age of sixteen for carjacking, R. Dwayne Betts discovered something unexpected while relegated to solitary confinement for assaulting a guard: a love of literature. Following his release from prison in 2005, R. Dwayne Betts enrolled in college and founded a book club... » read this article

One State, Two States - Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict. Benny Morris. Yale University Press, New Haven, NJ. 2009 This is a rather oily work to deal with, operating under the pretence of academic objectivity that "does not flatter anyone's prejudices." And while Benny Morris obviously knows his historical facts, One... » read this article

The Inheritance – The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power.  David E. Sanger.  Harmony Books (Random House), New York.  2009.   David Sanger makes it clear what his book, “The Inheritance”, is all about.   Simply stated in the first line of the preface he says, “This book... » read this article

After America – Narratives for the Next Global Age.  Paul Starobin. Viking (Penguin), New York, 2009.   After a half decade of books on the ‘American empire’ and many more on the politics, military, religion, and economics that are pieces of the whole, a new trend is now appearing on... » read this article

Halliburton’s Army – How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War.  Pratap Chatterjee. Nation Books, New York, 2009.   This is a book the Halliburton/KBR can live with.  It airs out their dirty laundry:  the bribes, kickbacks, the inefficient work, the near slave labour conditions of... » read this article

In Mortal Hands – A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age.  Stephanie Cooke.  Bloomsbury, New York, 2009.   In an era when the corporate media and the corporate politicians and the corporate military men gang up together and denounce and threaten other countries because of their nuclear related activities, they... » read this article

Reviews on Amazon "This book contains so much amazing detail that it takes a while to absorb it all. The author's background gives him credibility, and the connections between the political class, organized crime, corporate media and Israeli connections are well researched." "This explosive tour de force by former Senate... » read this article

Violence in the holy land – Witnessing the Conflict in the Middle East. Ed. Robert Wolf. Free River Press, Lansing, Iowa. 2004.   The original concept for this work, as described by the editor Robert Wolf, is that of a writing workshop during which Israeli and Arab participants discuss aspects of... » read this article

Zed Books, New York, 2008    “The Uncultured Wars” comprises an excellent series of thought provoking essays, the excellence deriving from their ability to provoke thought that should be one of the hallmarks of academic works.  As such Steven Salaita writes as an advocate of a position rather than pretending... » read this article