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Dirty Wars<\/b><\/p>\n
Jeremy Scahill, whose first book brought to light the powerful and secretive mercenary group Blackwater, released his second book in April. Staying true to Bill Moyer\u2019s characterization of Scahill as \u201ca one-man truth squad,\u201d Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield<\/i> \u201cunmasks the shadow warriors who prosecute these secret wars and puts a human face on the casualties of unaccountable violence that is now official policy: victims of night raids, secret prisons, cruise missile attacks and drone strikes, and whole classes of people branded as \u2018suspected militants,\u2019\u201d according to the book\u2019s website. To date, this may be the fullest exploration of the changes to US military practice in the so-called War on Terror, exposing the dirty truths and describing the legal and ethical quagmire that Obama\u2019s current wars present the nation. <\/p>\n
The Invisible Arab<\/b><\/p>\n
Marwan Bishara, host of the Al-Jazeera program Empire<\/i>, takes a journalistic and historical look at the roots of the Arab Spring. Starting with the arbitrary parsing of the Middle East by colonial interests and the subsequent revolutions for independence in the \u201cliberation generation,\u201d Bishara describes the complex factors that brought on the current \u201cmiracle generation\u201d after a period of political decline. Bishara also takes on western representations of Arab countries: \u201cProtection of Israel, Western imperial ambition, a thirst for oil, and fear of radicalism have caused many Western regimes and media to characterize Arab countries and people as unreceptive to democracy or progress. These ideas are as one-dimensional as they are foolhardy,\u201d the book\u2019s website summarizes.<\/p>\n
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt<\/b><\/p>\n
Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges and American Book Award recipient Joe Sacco explore America\u2019s \u201csacrifice zones, those areas that have been offered up for exploitation in the name of profit, progress, and technological advancement. They wanted to show in words and drawings what life looks like in places where the marketplace rules without constraints, where human beings and the natural world are used and then discarded to maximize earnings.\u201d Hedges and Sacco travel to the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation in South Dakota to meet with Native Americans who have lost their lands, along with their sense of tradition, at the hands of colonialization and genocide. To Camden, New Jersey, a former industrial center which now boasts the highest rate of poverty per capita in the US. They stop in Southern West Virginia and witness an environment and community ravaged by mountain top removal. And onto Immokalee, Florida where undocumented migrant workers are forced into dangerous jobs they cannot leave, \u201creplicat[ing] slavery.\u201d The result is a harrowing account of personal stories afflicted by poverty, violence, deceit and despair. But, rather than abandoning us there, Hedges looks at recent social movements and reminds us \u201cno act of resistance, however solitary, hopeless, and futile it appears in the moment, is useless. These acts keep alive the possibility of resistance and finally hope.\u201d The New York Times<\/i> bestseller is an encouraging piece of journalism beckoning us to rise up against this \u201ceconomic, political, cultural, and environmental catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other Titles for Sale Through SPC:<\/b>
\n\u2022 EcoMind, Frances Moore Lapp\u00e9
\n\u2022 Children of the Days, Eduardo Galeano
\n\u2022 The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century, Peter Dreier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Help the Peace Council meet our budget shortfall by purchasing some summer reading during our May Book Sale. By reserving and pre-paying for your books through the Peace Council website (or by filling out an order form at our office), SPC will earn 50% of the cover price. To show…<\/p>\n