Suggested Reading

Non-Fiction

 

Abbott, Jack Henry. In the Belly of the Beast.
(Vintage Books: 1991).

Abbott went to jail and never learned to say "college." His story tells the truth about jails sucking more than they should.

Bazin, Andre. What is Cinema?
(UC Press: 1971).

A cool look at examining the task of cinema.

Blum, William. The CIA: A Forgotten History.
(Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, Zed Books: 1986).

 

Blum, William. Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions.
(Common Courage Press: 2003).

 

Bruce, Lenny. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People.
(Simon and Schuster: 1972).

I demand that you pay extra for the old small hardcover edition. Read Bruce right now!

Catt, Carrie Chapman. register of papers.
(Manuscript Division, Library of Congress; Rev. ed. edition:1985).

Good luck getting this. Catt is the best feminist who ever lived. She had a woman tried for murder and in so doing gained the right to vote.

Chomsky, Noam. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media.
(Pantheon Press: 2003).

Unlike raconteur Mike Moore, Chomsky is a real academic and you should read him.

Cockburn, Andrew. Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship.
(Perennial Press: 1992).

 

Cockburn, Leslie Out of Control.
(New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1987).

spooks

Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk.
(Dover Thrift Editions: 1903).

1 of 3: WEB said to integrate

Falludi, Susan. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.
(Anchor Books: 1992).

The failure of Third Wave Feminism. N.O.W. endorses KKK Byrd and all women suffer.

Fein, Ellen. The Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing Heart of Mr Right.
(Warner Books: 1995).

This is a really shitty book that I like to make lots of fun of. Modern women are a disgrace to Catt, Sojourner, and Women's Suffrage.

Garvey, Marcus. Africa for the Africans.
(Majority Press: 1923).

2 of 3: GAR said to separate

Hackel, Joy and Siegel, Daniel. In Contempt of Congress.
(Washington DC, Institute for Policy Studies: 1987).

 

Herring, George C. The Pentagon Papers ABRIDGED.
(McGraw Hill: 1993).

 

Kruger, Henrik. The Great Heroin Coup.
(Boston, South End Press: 1980).

 

Kwitny, Jonathan. The Crimes of Patriots.
(New York, W.W. Norton & Co.: 1987).

 

Manchester, William. The Death of a President.
(Great Britain, Michael Joseph Ltd.: 1968).

JFK stuff

McCoy, Alfred W. The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia.
(New York, Harper and Row: 1972).

Richard Secord should be in jail

McLuhan, Marshall. Media Messages and Language: The World as Your Classroom.
(NTC Press: 1980).

McLuhan is more of a humorist than a theorist, but I like him. I like Confucius too.

Moyers, Bill. The Secret Government... The Constitution in Crisis.
Broadcast on PBS's Frontline, April 19, 1989.

 

Postman, Neil. How to Watch TV News.
(Delta Book: 1971).

 

Postman, Neil. Teaching as a Subversive Activity.
(Penguin Book: 1992).

Harry Wong is crap!

Ross, Andrew. Strange Weather: Culture, Science, and Technology in the Age of Limits.
(Verso Books: 1991).

The hidden message in weather reporting... wow.

Seale, Bobby. Lonely Rage: The Autobiography of Bobby Seale.
(Time Books: 1978).

All Power to the People

Sheehan, Neil. Pentagon Papers as published by NY Times.
I think this is the lawyer who won the Silkwood case.

 

Washington, Booker T. Up From Slavery.
(Dover Thrift Editions: 1901).

3 of 3: BTW said to capitalize

Fiction

Crews, Harry. Feast of Snakes.
(Touchstone Books: 1976).

Cruel Southern Goth

Heller, Joseph. Catch 22.
(Simon and Schuster: 1998).

Nobel Prize for Literature

Leib, Franklin Allen. Behold a Pale Horse.
(Tor Books: 2001).

This is a kind of a shitty book, but everybody reads it anyway.

Lem, Stanislaw. The Interview.
(Harvest Books: 1959).

Yeah, the guy who wrote Solaris. This book is better.

Kleifi, Michel. Wedding in Galilee.
(VHS, subtitled: 1988).

This film is not "negative" about Palestinians like the reviews state. It was made under Israeli censorship, so it had to play nice... but there is still evidence of Zionist thug policy.

Kosinski, Jerzy. Being There.
(Grove Press: 1970).

You should also watch the movie with Peter Sellers.

Kundera, Milan. Book of Laughter and Forgetting.
(Vintage Books: 1978).

Yeah, this is the guy who wrote The Unbearable Lightness of Being, but this book is way better.

Miller, Walter. Canticle for Leibowitz.
(Bantam Books: 1959).

Mindbomb. Headcleaner. Prepare Yourself!

Thompson, Jim. Killer Inside Me.
(Vintage Books: 1952).

Cruel Southern Goth
 

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