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Category Archives: History
This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism – Don Lemon
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Racism is a cancer that has been metastasizing throughout this land ever since Columbus showed up. It’s persisted because the right people had the luxury of ignoring it. Not anymore.” In fact, Donald Trump, a blatant … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Bios and Memoirs, History, Non-fiction, Politics and Social Justice, Social Justice
Tagged American History, racism, Social change, social justice
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Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation – Joseph Abraham
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation provides us with a realistic look at how leaders and rulers brutally controlled us and how many of the same characteristics are displayed in the tyrants … Continue reading
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics and Social Justice, Reviewers' Top Picks
Tagged current events, history, Social change
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A Short History of Presidential Election Crises: (And How to Prevent the Next One)- Alan Hirsch
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The health of any democracy, no matter what its type of status, depends on a small technical detail: the conduct of elections.” – Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. Unfortunately, the United States electoral system has … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History, Politics and Social Justice
Tagged American History, elections, Electoral college, President
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Last Chance for Justice – Eugene E. Siegel
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” – … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History, Non-fiction, Politics and Social Justice
Tagged Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court
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Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? – Mumia Abu-Jamal
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The unity of the people is the greatest weapon against the silence, fear, and oppression imposed by the system.” “…organizing makes a difference, protest has impact; for without the pressure of protest, there would be no … Continue reading
Posted in History, Social Justice
Tagged Black lives matter, BLM, police, racism
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Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations About A People’s History – Howard Zinn, Ray Suarez
(reviewed by JD Jung) “I think we should be de-emphasizing the attention paid in traditional history to great military heroes, to presidents, to Supreme Court justices, to members of Congress, because our history generally has been history pulled from top … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History, Non-fiction, Social Justice
Tagged American History, American politics, social justice
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Impeaching the President: Past, Present, and Future – Alan Hirsch
(Reviewed by JD Jung) I just finished reading Impeaching the President: Past, Present, and Future right as Trump was being unjustly though predictably acquitted of both impeachable offenses. Political science professor Alan Hirsch takes an in-depth look at the impeachments … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History, Politics and Social Justice
Tagged Clinton, impeachment, Nixon, Trump
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United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It) – Mickey Huff & Nolan Higdon, Foreword by Ralph Nader
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…commercial media are in the business of marketing the immediate and sensational and have no mandate to serve the public interest.” In fact, the media profited from Trump’s celebrity and candidacy, and continues to do so … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History, Non-fiction
Tagged commericalism, Donald Trump, free press, media
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Torn from the World: A Guerrilla’s Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico – John Gibler
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “This word: disappeared. They have so many ways of erasing you, “of trying to make you doubt the truth of your own life.” After five days, after every two hours, after only having felt a world … Continue reading
Posted in History, World Issues
Tagged dissent, freedom fighters, guerrilla warfare, Mexico, poverty, sociology
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How to Remove a Brain: and other bizarre medical practices and procedures – David Haviland
(Reviewed by JD Jung) So why would anyone want to remove a brain? Author David Haviland answers the “why” and the “how” in this informative and entertaining book. Haviland also shares with us a gross method of contraception in ancient … Continue reading
Posted in History, Non-fiction
Tagged humor, medical history, Non-fiction
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