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Maddow, Class War and Bacon - Progressive Picks!
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t r u t h o u t | Dear Truthout Reader,=20
This month, we're excited to offer some groundbreaking new books and DVDs a=
s gifts with your contribution. When you order a Progressive Pick, you'll n=
ot only help Truthout pay its bills =E2=80=93 you'll also support progressi=
ve authors and filmmakers. =20
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Rachel Maddow: "Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power"=20
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Truthout is offering you a *reservation* for "Drift: The Unmooring of Ameri=
can Military Power," an upcoming book by Rachel Maddow, which will be relea=
sed in late March. Maddow makes a documented case - spiced with droll humor=
- that the US has a love affair with war. Frank Rich writes of "Drift": "I=
n 'Drift,' Rachel Maddow brings her passion, wit, cool common sense and int=
ellectual firepower to the epic and darkly farcical story of how America ha=
s declined into an overfunded and unchecked national security state."=20
Thomas Frank: "Pity the Billionaire"
https://members.truth-out.org/bgift72-gift/choose-type-donation
Barbara Ehrenreich lavishes praise on the new book from Thomas Frank, the a=
uthor of "What's the Matter With Kansas": "No one fools Thomas Frank, who i=
s the sharpest, funniest, most intellectually voracious political commentat=
or on the scene. In 'Pity the Billionaire,' he has written a brilliant expo=
s=C3=A9 of the most breath-taking ruse in American political history: how t=
he right turned the biggest capitalist breakdown since 1929 into an opportu=
nity for themselves." =20
"Corporations Are Not People"
https://members.truth-out.org/bgift70-gift/choose-type-donation
If you believe corporate personhood is a threat to democracy, then "Corpora=
tions Are Not People" is a must-read. Countering a government of the corpor=
ations, by the corporations and for the corporations is no easy task, but i=
t is a necessary one. This just-published book by Jeffrey Clements provides=
you with the background and action options you need to become part of a gr=
owing movement to eliminate corporate personhood. =20
David Bacon: "Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Crimi=
nalizes Immigrants"=20
https://members.truth-out.org/bgift71-gift/choose-type-donation
This persuasive, well-researched book by David Bacon focuses on undocumente=
d workers from Mexico and Central America who are trying to survive economi=
cally or flee political oppression - and are labeled "illegal people" by th=
e US government and politicians. Bacon shows how US trade policies and poli=
tical support for corporate-friendly, anti-populist governments in southern=
nations play a large role in the desperate migration movement. =20
"The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work"
https://members.truth-out.org/bgift73-gift/choose-type-donation
According to publisher W. W. Norton & Co., "Bel=C3=A9n Fern=C3=A1ndez disse=
cts the Friedman corpus with wit and journalistic savvy to expose newsroom =
practices that favor macho rhetoric over serious inquiry, a pacified reader=
ship over an empowered one, and reductionist analysis over integrity. 'The =
Imperial Messenger' is polemic at its best, relentless in its attack on thi=
s apologist for American empire and passionate in its commitment to justice=
." =20
You have a choice about where you purchase your books and DVDs - why not ch=
oose from the Truthout "Pick of the Week" page?
https://members.truth-out.org/donate/choose_gift
In doing so, you are helping Truthout grow - and also supporting a progress=
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">This month, we’re excited to=
offer some groundbreaking new books and DVDs as gifts with your contributi=
on. When you order a Progressive Pick, you’ll not only help Truthout =
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or you:</span></div>
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><b>Rachel Maddow: "</b></span><a h=
ref=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DUx6%2FIl2F=
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kOBcqbirqOop1R8Lti8%2Bp"><b><font color=3D"#cc0000">Drift: The Unmooring of=
American Military Power</font></b></a><b>"</b> </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">Truthout is offering you a <b>rese=
rvation</b> for "Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power," an upcom=
ing book by Rachel Maddow, which will be released in late March. Maddow mak=
es a documented case - spiced with humor - that the US has a love affair wi=
th war. Frank Rich writes of "Drift": "In 'Drift,' Rachel Maddow brings her=
passion, wit, cool common sense and intellectual firepower to the epic and=
darkly farcical story of how America has declined into an overfunded and u=
nchecked national security state." </span></div>
<p></p>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><b>Thomas Frank: "</b></span><a hr=
ef=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D%2BfoXI73sK=
I19%2FvRUP2yksop1R8Lti8%2Bp"></a><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><a hre=
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53G%2BJSYAT7Oop1R8Lti8%2Bp"><b><font color=3D"#cc0000">Pity the Billionaire=
</font></b></a><b>"</b></span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">Barbara Ehrenreich lavishes praise=
on the new book from Thomas Frank, the author of "What's the Matter With K=
ansas": "No one fools Thomas Frank, who is the sharpest, funniest, most int=
ellectually voracious political commentator on the scene. In ‘Pity th=
e Billionaire,’ he has written a brilliant exposé of the most =
breathtaking ruse in American political history: how the right turned the b=
iggest capitalist breakdown since 1929 into an opportunity for themselves."=
</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "> </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><b>"</b></span><a href=3D"http://o=
rg2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DF9Nr6rvaMBcsKEOXoYr0gYp1R=
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emocracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DqYvmTPljp1nhethzkZEgXYp1R8Lti8=
%2Bp"><b><font color=3D"#cc0000">Corporations Are Not People</font></b></a>=
<b>"</b></span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">If you believe corporate personhoo=
d is a threat to democracy, then "Corporations Are Not People" is a must-re=
ad. Countering a government of the corporations, by the corporations and fo=
r the corporations is no easy task, but it is a necessary one. This just-pu=
blished book by Jeffrey Clements provides you with the background and actio=
n options you need to become part of a growing movement to eliminate corpor=
ate personhood.</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "> </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><b>David Bacon: "</b></span><a hre=
f=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DHDdnriFmpTZ%=
2BOFvQqu6bXIp1R8Lti8%2Bp"></a><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><a href=
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M0ivDJBZop1R8Lti8%2Bp"><b><font color=3D"#cc0000">Illegal People: How Globa=
lization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants</font></b></a><b>"</=
b></span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">This persuasive, well-researched b=
ook by David Bacon focuses on undocumented workers from Mexico and Central =
America who are trying to survive economically or flee political oppression=
- and are labeled "illegal people" by the US government and politicians. B=
acon shows how US trade policies and political support for corporate-friend=
ly, anti-populist governments in southern nations play a large role in the =
desperate migration movement. </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "> </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><b>"</b></span><a href=3D"http://o=
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edman at Work</font></b></a><b>"</b></span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">According to publisher W. W. Norto=
n & Co., "Belén Fernández dissects the Friedman corpus wi=
th wit and journalistic savvy to expose newsroom practices that favor macho=
rhetoric over serious inquiry, a pacified readership over an empowered one=
, and reductionist analysis over integrity. ‘The Imperial Messenger&r=
squo; is polemic at its best, relentless in its attack on this apologist fo=
r American empire and passionate in its commitment to justice."</span></div=
>
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