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				RULERS AND RULED IN THE US EMPIRE: Bankers, Zionists, Militants / James Petras



		A guide to understanding the systemic dimensions of the US empire: the social forces which rule it, the systemic politico- economic and military means whereby US domination is assured, and the current state and possibility of resistance. “Jim Petras is one of the best informed political scientists of his generation.”— Tom Brass, Editor, The Journal of Peasant Studies, Cambridge



				THE INVISIBLE WOMEN OF WASHINGTON / Diana G. Collier


	This fictional portrayal of lives of poor women in SRO accommodations in downtown Washington DC, blocks from the Capitol, will make you laugh and cry. And it will teach you a great deal about inner city poverty in America. "In The Invisible Women of Washington, novelist Diana G. Collier takes the reader to the edge of the abyss...." Bloomsbury Review "Collier's novel is a work of literature, not a leaden exposé of what we should already know... it succeeds to a high degree... I hope you will buy this book." The Nation

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				DISCOVERING AMERICA AS IT IS / Valdas Anelauskas



		A monumental study of the devastating effect American-style capitalism was already having on the American people during the so-called "boom" years of the Clinton era -- even before the systemic ravages that have resulted from the policies of George W. Bush. "This is an extraordinary book, especially startling not because it is a diligently researched and scathing critique of contemporary America, but because it is written by a Soviet dissident who arrived here with great expectations and discovered a sobering reality. The scope of the book is breathtaking, a sweeping survey, factually precise and philosophically provocative, which deserves to be compared to de Tocqueville's 19th century classic. I hope it will be widely read." --Howard Zinn



				HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN PLIGHTS IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE by Rob Buitenweg


		Economic, social and cultural rights are intended to alleviate human misery, and thereby enable people to live in dignity. Though these rights –– the right to adequate housing, to food, to health(care) and to social security, among others –– are protected under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, they are often challenged as lacking the clarity, substance and enforceability of civil and political rights. This book puts paid to that mistaken notion.

“Superbly argued and always
accessible this book is an essential
guide for everyone who is concerned
with human rights and human
development. No one gives a better
explanation of the importance and
indispensable value of socio-
economic human rights for our times.
A stimulating book and an
indispensable work of reference.”

— Prof. dr. Henk Manschot,
Professor in Ethics University of
Humanistics, The Netherlands


				WHAT THE MARKET DOES TO PEOPLE: Globalization, Privatization and Poverty / David Macarov



		"[T]his is a grim, demanding, informative, distressing, and controversial book. It is not a fanciful or speculative appraisal, rather a sobering assessment, by a seasoned scholar, of the connection between the global economy and basic human security and dignity, and the myths and power relations that perpetuate exploitation and pauperism. This is why people should read it " Global Social Policy

"This book is written for those who
intuitively believe that globalization
and privatization are growing stronger
and more harmful, but who lack
well-defined and convincing
arguments that this is so. The book
will provide them with ammunition to
fight the battle against multinational
corporations and those private
organizations controlling worldwide
trade and communication -- that is,
for-profit organizations now profiting
from the welfare and protective
services that used to be in the hands
of public organizations."
-Social Security: The Journal of
Welfare and Social Security Studies.


				CONFRONTING GLOBAL NEOLIBERALISM: Third World Resistance and Development Strategies edited by Dr. Richard Westra



		This collection is a tour de force, effectively countering not only the neoliberal ideology of development as a whole but the marginalizing within today’s mainstream crisis discourse of any discussion of the monstrous misallocation of global resources wrought by the so-called “Washington Consensus” and the suffering and destruction it has wreaked on third world peoples and economies.

		Stellar international contributors address the devastating impact of neo-liberalism on key Third World countries (China, Brazil, India, Cuba, South Korea, Venezuela, Mexico and South Africa, Thailand, Syria and Egypt) and the different developmental strategies they adopted to confront it. "Anyone concerned with understanding combined and uneven development in the global economy today would profit immensely from reading this superb collection." TONY SMITH *Against the Current,* 2011

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		DEPRESSION AND REGIONAL WARS /James Petras



This book exposes the roots of the crisis in the unsustainability of the United States' military-driven empirebuilding based on a volatile speculative economy, and influenced by Zionist policy makers committed to the colonialist state of Israel.

	James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He is the author of 63 books published in 29 languages, and over 560 articles in professional journals, including the American Sociological Review, British Journal of Sociology, Social Research, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and Journal of Peasant Studies. He has published over 2000 articles in nonprofessional journals such as the New York Times, the Guardian, the Nation, Christian Science Monitor, Foreign Policy, New Left Review, Partisan Review, Temps Moderne, Le Monde Diplomatique, and his commentary is widely carried on the internet. His publishers have included Random House, John Wiley, Westview, Routledge, Macmillan, Verso, Zed Books and Pluto Books. He is winner of the Life Time Career Award, Marxist Section, of the American Sociology Association, the Robert Kenny Award for Best Book, 2002, and the Best Dissertation, Western Political Science Association in 1968.
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				FLEECES America Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War / Stephen Lendman


		showing angry Americans how they've been fleeced. It includes a plan for constructive change. "Steve Lendman is one of America’s leading critics... Fearless, thoroughly documented and judicious, Lendman’s essays are a major contribution to the struggle for social justice in America." —JAMES PETRAS "Stephen Lendman has been tireless in exposing the hidden forces behind the news, on everything from political economy and human rights to social justice and workers' rights. His writings draw from a wealth of knowledge and deep conviction." —ELLEN BROWN, author of WEB OF DEBT "Most importantly, the author does not shirk from calling the outcomes of the Wall St.-Washington alliance for what it represents: the emergence of a new kind of class war in America." —DR. JACK RASMUS, Professor of Economics, Santa Clara University, Author: Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression