BOOKS: Forging a Socialist-Islamist Alliance | William T. Hathaway

William T. Hathaway -- World News Trust Feb. 10, 2014 Review of Eric Walberg, From Postmodernism to Postsecularism: Re-emerging Islamic Civilization, Clarity Press, 2013 Most western Middle East expe ...

Return of the Space Bats | John Michael Greer

Jan. 22, 2014 (Archdruid Report) -- "Some 17 notable empires rose in the Middle Period of Earth. These were the Afternoon Cultures. All but one are unimportant to this narrative, and there is little ...

BOOKS: Occupy This Book. By Mickey Z.

Activists: Get Up and Get Out with Expert Insights from Mickey Z.’s Occupy this Book, Now Available from Sullivan Street Press Occupy this Book offers all the insights and guidance needed to enlighte ...

BOOKS: The Real War Heroes | William T. Hathaway

From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War. By William T. Hathaway "The Real War Heroes" is the first chapter of Radical Peace: People Refusing War, which presents the experiences of peace acti ...

The Karma of Empire Americana | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust March, 2013 There are many fine historical books by progressive authors describing what our nation has done to other nations, as well as to our own working sti ...

The Pleasures of Extinction | John Michael Greer

May 15, 2013 (ArchdruidReport) -- One of the wry pleasures that’s repeatedly come my way since the beginning of this blog seven years ago is that of watching a good many of my predictions come true i ...

BOOKS: Empathy Imperiled: Capitalism, Culture, and the Brain, by Gary Olson | Paul Street

Gary Olson, Empathy Imperiled: Capitalism, Culture, and the Brain (New York: Springer, 2012) April 5, 2013 (Z Communications) -- Think of the values and ideas we left progressives tend to identify wi ...

BOOKS: The Ugly Canadian - Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy. By Yves Engler | Jim Miles

The Ugly Canadian - Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy. Yves Engler. Fernwood /Red. 2012. Oct. 12, 2012 (Foreign Policy Journal) -- This is another well-supported compilation of information concerning t ...

Alexander Cockburn, a Great American | Paul Craig Roberts

Alexander CockburnSept. 24, 2012 (PaulCraigRoberts) -- Readers have expressed puzzlement about the ability of Alexander Cockburn and I to get along despite our differing views on 9/11. There are many ...

BOOKS: Freedom Sailors | Jim Miles

Freedom Sailors. Edited by Greta Berlin and Bill Dienst, M.D. Free Gaza Movement, 2012. Aug. 29, 2012 (Palestine Chronicle) -- It is difficult to imagine the thoughts and feelings of the people who a ...

PILLOW TALK: Duck, Duck, Goose! | Deborah Goodwin

Apr. 16, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- Out back, this time of year, we have a lovely pond. It's really a large hole in the ground with a couple of picturesque boulders that fills up with snowmelt and run-of ...