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- Subject: RESOURCE: Books for Activism (autopost)
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- "A searing indictment... well documented, thoroughly researched,
- scholarly... Makes for chilling reading." -- Bishop Desmond Tutu
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- T h e ` ` T e r r o r i s m ' ' I n d u s t r y
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- The Experts and Institutions that Shape our View of Terror
- By Edward Herman and Gerry O'Sullivan
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- What is a terrorist -- and who decides? Here is a startling expose'
- of an international network of government and private sector
- "experts"" who manufacture a distorted image of "terrorists" in order
- to legitimize Western acts of terror -- and mobilize continued
- support for military expenditures
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- Paperbound, $14.95, now at your bookstore (Also available in hardcover)
- PANTHEON BOOKS
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- [Advert. in The Nation, Nov. 12, 1990 issue]
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- N O S A F E P L A C E
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- Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action
- By Phil Brown and Edwin J. Mikkelsen
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- "EXCELLENT AND READABLE.... an inspiring lesson for citizens across
- the country struggling to protect the environment from polluters and
- unresponsive government officials." -- Senator Edward Kennedy
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- "A gripping account of what can happen to people who come to learn --
- all too sharply -- what the costs of our increasingly toxic world can
- be." -- Kai Erickson
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- $24.95 at bookstores or order 1-800-822-6657 (Visa/MasterCard only)
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- University of California Press
- [Advert. in The Nation, Nov. 12, 1990 issue]
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- Global Dumping Ground
- The International Traffic in Hazardous Waste
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- The Center for Investigative Reporting's (CIR) first story on the
- export of hazardous waste broke in The Nation in 1987. Now, three
- years later, CIR and Bill Moyers bring their complete tale of the
- shadowy waste trade to the public's attention in this expaned
- companion volume to the PBS Frontline program. With 30% more material
- than in the documentary format, Global Dumping Ground presents the
- authors' full and unprecedented coverage of one of the most important
- environmental issues of the decade. paper, $11.95
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- "CIR's reporters have accomplished the ultimate in muckraking by
- showing how we're mucking up the entire planet with our toxic waste.
- Global Dumping Ground serves not only to expose the problem, but to
- correct it." -- Jessica Mitford
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- Shipping & Handling: $2.00 first book; $0.75 each add'l.
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- SEVEN LOCKS PRESS, P.O. Box 27, Cabin John, MD 20818
- or Call Toll-Free 1-800-537-9359
-
- [The Nation advert., back cover, Nov 5, 1990 issue]
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- CIA Off Campus: A Do-It-Yourself Handbook
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- It's out! The long-awaited publication, _CIA Off Campus: A
- Do-It-Yourself Handbook_ is now in print. Written by Ami Chen Mills,
- with a foreword by Philip Agree and illustration by Peggy Lipschutz,
- this well-researched 125-page manual is a vital and practical addition
- to the arsenal of weapons in the battle against the CIA. This
- outstanding work was compiled from interviews at over a dozen campuses
- where students and faculty have mobilized effectively against the CIA.
- Available for $5 ($1 for postage and handling) from: The Bill of
- Rights Foundatino, 220 S. State St., Romm 1430, Chicago, IL 60604.
- Tel: 312-939-0675 [Ad in CAIB # 34]
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