Book Reviews
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Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout
I was in Venice, Louisiana in late April and early May of this year, waiting for the first oil from the blowout of BP's Macondo well to come ashore. Journalists from across the globe, politicians, fishermen, government bureaucrats, environmentalists, BP reps all milled about in a chaotic scrum. No one had good information. It seemed that once a rumor had passed through the crowd twice, it...
The Enemy Is Inertia
The U.S. antiwar “movement” is dead, if it ever existed at all over the past 35 years. The U.S. government and its global partners are still invading and occupying nations and violently suppressing opposition movements. And the vast majority of people in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world are doing nothing useful to stop the nation-states in which they...
Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage
I recorded an interview with Bilerico contributors Ryan Conrad and Yasmin Nair earlier this week on their book, Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage.While I don't agree with everything they said, their critique does have some valuable components worth listening to, particularly the part about how the LGBT movement decides its priorities. It's something I've been saying for a while...
Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times
Gardening can be a way to connect with nature, enjoy delicious produce for much less than you'd pay at the market or experiment with heirloom varieties or the latest cutting-edge hybrids. But becoming a proficient gardener is also a way to increase your self-sufficiency and prepare for the rigors of hard times. As author Carol Deppe, a long-time gardener with a PhD in biology and decades of...
Uses of a Whirlwind
Uses of a Whirlwind is not your father's book on social movements, harping back to another time and another world, as so many works on radicalism are inclined to do. This essay collection offers valuable accounts and analyses of how contemporary movements are responding to the dizzying era of neoliberalism so many of us are continually trying to understand better. The Team Colors...
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