Many thanks to Dianne Rhodes for collecting, assessing and donating – excellent material for understanding today’s world.
The “library” is at my place; half of it is lent out. Most of the items are available at your local Library, too.
Get a video, invite 4 friends to come over and watch it with you! Len is adding a couple of books by Chris Hedges. I have some books to add. Larry, too. Hey! We’ll change the world together!
(Note to self: fix links below that don’t work.)
| (Astro) Turf Wars, How corporate America is faking a grassroots revolution | http://astroturfwars.com/ | |||
| Brave Nation, Take what you love doing, do it with enough other people to make it the future | http://bravenation.com/ | |||
| Crude Awakening, the Oil Crash | http://oilcrashmovie.com/ | |||
| End of Poverty? Think Again | http://www.peaceproject.com/books/dvd253.htm | |||
| Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore | http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/fahrenheit-911 | |||
| Fight for Canada, David Orchard | http://www.davidorchard.com/online/2do-index.html | |||
| H2Oil, What’s More Important, Water or Oil? | http://h2oildoc.com/home/about-the-film | |||
| Harperland, Lawrence Martin | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLGA6IMZN1c | |||
| Hoodwinked, the Myth of Free Trade | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJILRppeoeA | |||
| Not a Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy | http://www.straight.com/article-266343/gutsteins-theory-pries-lid-think-tanks | |||
| Power of Community, How Cuba Survived Peak Oil | http://www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php | |||
| Refugees of the Blue Planet | http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=54349 | |||
| Rogue in Power, Why Stephen Harper is Re-making Canada by Stealth | http://citizenactionmonitor.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/new-book-examines-harpers-agenda-to-remake-canada-by-stealth-should-canadians-be-concerned/ | |||
| Stupid to the Last Drop, How Alberta is bringing Armageddon to Canada and Doesn’t Seem to Care | http://oilsandstruth.org/stupid-last-drop-how-plans-detonate-nuke-get-tarpits-flowing-never-came-pass | |||
| Too Hot Not to Handle, Global Warming is the Most Urgent Threat Facing Humanity Today | http://www.copvcia.com/free/ww3/060606_dead_wrong.shtml | |||
| Items to add: | ||||
| Resiliency, Cool ideas for Locally Elected Leaders by William Rees ($15.95 at McNally) | ||||
Hi Sandra:
Here are the names of the books I have read by Chris Hedges:
Most recent: “The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress” (2011)
“Death of the Liberal Class” (2010)
“Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” (2009)
Hedges is the most insightful, relevant and pertinent to our times author I have read in the last 30 years. The best since Ivan Illich came out with “Deschooling Society”. Read with caution!! His writings can be overwhelming, devastating and may even transform your life and world view. Not recommended for those who support the status quo or are complacent about the 1% ruling the world.
Also check out two great interviews, one with Michael Enright, host of Sunday Edition on CBC (early October?) and another with Jim Brown featured on Ideas of CBC (Dec 2), both available on podcasts. Also check out a You Tube video in which Chris Hedges participated in a mock trial of Goldman Sachs as part of the Occupy Movement in New York. Absolutely inspiring!!!!!
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Len Sawatsky
Hi Sandra:
Here are the names of the books I have read by Chris Hedges:
Most recent: “The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress” (2011)
“Death of the Liberal Class” (2010)
“Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle” (2009)
Hedges is the most insightful, relevant and pertinent to our times author I have read in the last 30 years. The best since Ivan Illich came out with “Deschooling Society”. Read with caution!! His writings can be overwhelming, devastating and may even transform your life and world view. Not recommended for those who support the status quo or are complacent about the 1% ruling the world.
Also check out two great interviews, one with Michael Enright, host of Sunday Edition on CBC (early October?) and another with Jim Brown featured on Ideas of CBC (Dec 2), both available on podcasts. Also check out a You Tube video in which Chris Hedges participated in a mock trial of Goldman Sachs as part of the Occupy Movement in New York. Absolutely inspiring!!!!!
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Len Sawatsky