Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse
Invisible War: The United States and the Iraq Sanctions by Joy Gordon
discipline posted:I've got a masters in this nonsense!
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
This reads like an LF post but then you realize the dude actually did all this shit.
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
Required reading! REquired reading!
Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fannon
I'd think most of you have already read this, but I make my living off of being cynical now
American Empire by Andrew Bacevich
Good premir on American imperialism abroad at the turn of the millennia
The Great War for Civilization by Robert Fisk
Focuses entirely on imperialism in the Middle East
Bloody October in Moscow by Buzgalin & Kolganov
I just think it's a good idea to read this book about Nazis beating the living daylights out of grandparents in post-collapse USSR because this is our victory, this is the imperialist victory
Opium Season by Joel Hafvenstein
Good focus on development as a tool of imperialism in Afghanistan, as well as the private corporations that make money off it
The New Imperialism by David Harvey
Yeah read it!
Rethinking Global Sisterhood by Nima Naghibi
For all my anti-imperialist feminists in the house (there aren't many!), this is a good look at why and how western feminism can be used as a bludgeon against third-world women and girls.
sorry to bother you but none of your links are working
tpaine posted:also there's an extra space at the end of all those titles. epically gfail much
the extra space is to remind us of the environmental impact that each printing of a book has on gaia. you probably know this and are just being a dick, so thanks.
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its in the bible....
discipline posted:How is he a fraud? I can tell he obviously makes some shit up but is there an article or something?
He claimed he lost his virginity at 16 when he actually lost it at 25, fucking loser.
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discipline posted:How is he a fraud? I can tell he obviously makes some shit up but is there an article or something?
I didn't actually have an article on hand because he's an obvious bullshit artist but this one is pretty damning. Guy is basically the opposite of a credible source.
Since he stopped pitching nuclear power under oath (although he didn’t believe his own testimony), Perkins has written several other books, including: Shapeshifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation; Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the Amazon; The Stress Free Habit: Powerful Techniques for Health and Longevity from the Andes, Yucatan, and Far East; and Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time, in which “John Perkins relates his encounters with the Bugis of Indonesia, the Shuar of the Amazon, the Quechua of the Andes, and other psychonavigators around the world. He explains how the people of these tribal cultures navigate to a physical destination or to a source of inner wisdom by means of visions and dream wanderings. Learn to attract the inner guidance you seek.”
But a cynic might suggest that Perkins has just found a new group of victims to exploit, the progressives and new age do-gooders who want to understand the indigenous peoples Perkins uses to reinforce his argument that he really is a good person down deep, regardless of all the lies he has been telling.
Lessons posted:discipline posted:How is he a fraud? I can tell he obviously makes some shit up but is there an article or something?
I didn't actually have an article on hand because he's an obvious bullshit artist but this one is pretty damning. Guy is basically the opposite of a credible source.
The Incredible John Perkins
tpaine posted:anything by dave grabber
dont get "grabbed" read david grabber
*crosses arms and stares competently*
Lessons posted:discipline posted:
How is he a fraud? I can tell he obviously makes some shit up but is there an article or something?
I didn't actually have an article on hand because he's an obvious bullshit artist but this one is pretty damning. Guy is basically the opposite of a credible source.
Since he stopped pitching nuclear power under oath (although he didn’t believe his own testimony), Perkins has written several other books, including: Shapeshifting: Shamanic Techniques for Global and Personal Transformation; Spirit of the Shuar: Wisdom from the Last Unconquered People of the Amazon; The Stress Free Habit: Powerful Techniques for Health and Longevity from the Andes, Yucatan, and Far East; and Psychonavigation: Techniques for Travel Beyond Time, in which “John Perkins relates his encounters with the Bugis of Indonesia, the Shuar of the Amazon, the Quechua of the Andes, and other psychonavigators around the world. He explains how the people of these tribal cultures navigate to a physical destination or to a source of inner wisdom by means of visions and dream wanderings. Learn to attract the inner guidance you seek.”
But a cynic might suggest that Perkins has just found a new group of victims to exploit, the progressives and new age do-gooders who want to understand the indigenous peoples Perkins uses to reinforce his argument that he really is a good person down deep, regardless of all the lies he has been telling.
http://www.putnampit.com/reviews/hitman.htm
Have you even read those books? How can you say they are bullshit
roseweird posted:swirlsofhistory posted:Have you even read those books? How can you say they are bullshit
-the guy who dismissed all pre-wittgenstein philosophy as incoherent mysticism without reading any
oh man I remember that. great job cementing your status as one of the shittiest posters ever, swirls