Here are links to books and DVDs about the following major issues we face: global warming, American empire, the failure of capitalism/corporate abuse, military-industrial complex, the ills of for-profit healthcare, creeping police state, global Jihad/terror, wars in the Middle East, Israel-Palestine, corporate control of government, corporate media/propaganda, corporate food, and religion…

Global Warming:


Climate scientist offers a nice primer on the science of global warming

American Empire:


Latin America historian explains the history of US intervention in Latin America

National security expert explains the history and dangers of America’s growing dependency on foreign oil

The rise of an American empire in the Middle East after World War II, including analyses of declassified internal documents, by a talented historian

A history of America’s use of regime change, from Hawaii in 1893 to Iraq

How unfettered capitalism has rendered Americans unable to distinguish between fiction and reality

Chomsky’s latest, offers biting critiques of Obama and good news about progress in Latin America


How America’s quest for global dominance puts itself and the world at great risk

Probably my favorite by Chomsky- explains how the term “failed state” is a hypocritical euphemism employed by American policymakers to justify intervention in weak nations

The Failure of Capitalism/ Corporate Abuse:


Explains the Wall Street takeover, the rise of big banks and why the next crisis is inevitable and will likely be bigger, unless we change the banking structure


Rich analysis of the history of markets in relation to the sub-prime bubble


Excellent narrative about the sub-prime mortgage crisis from the perspective of hedge fund managers who shorted the economy



Classic documentary on the rise of the corporation from an insignificant, government chartered entity 150 years ago to the dominant institution of our time
The One Percent– Excellent documentary about the superrich by the heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune

Military-Industrial Complex:


Lockheed Martin

The Ills of For-Profit Health Care:


Former PR executive for CIGNA turned whistle blower explains how corporate health insurance works


Journalist T.R. Reid travels the world in search of the ideal health care system

Creeping Police State:

How the war on terror is subverting civil liberties, especially with torture


The rise of America’s surveillance state


The crackdown on free speech in America after 9/11

Global Jihad/ Terror


Former head of the Bin Laden unit for the CIA (also a Republican) explains why U.S. foreign policy is responsible for global jihad

Wars in the Middle East:


Heroic Afghani woman who has stood up to the warlords and faced countless assassination attempts and expulsion from Parliament explains the true nature of the war

Historian of intelligence and national security exposes with smoking gun documents how Bush lied us into Iraq

America’s war against Iraqi civilians


The history of PTSD in America’s wars

Israel-Palestine:

Corporate Control of Government:


Investigative reporter who specializes in tax and economic issues offers all the details about how corporations have completely subverted all the levers of power in America and created a nanny state for the rich at everyone else’s expense


Political scientists offer excellent analysis of how big business uses campaign contributions and lobbyists to subvert the political system


How there are no institutions left within the American power structure to reform the system and why the future looks bleak

How the Supreme Court has historically functioned as a vehicle for the powerful

Our democracy is a sham! How corporations control voting machines and steal elections

Corporate Media/Propaganda:


Classic on how commercial media functions as state/corporate propaganda through self-censorship

Corporate Food:


Must see documentary: if you thought The Jungle was bad…

Religion:


The Christian Right