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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryThe Canadian Corporate Elite: An Analysis of Economic Power Clement, Wallace Book 1975 An exhaustive study of the concentration and perpetuation of economic power in Canada. Democratic Revolution and Socialist Revolution: A Reply to Malik Miah Bloom, Steve Article 1998 IN ATC 75 Malik Miah presents an analysis of events surrounding the fall of Indonesian President Suharto (“Indonesia's Democratic Revolution”). As a descriptive report of what has been happening in th... For Reasons of State Chomsky, Noam Book 1973 Essays in which Chomsky analyzes the role of the American state and discusses some of the ways in which individuals can respond to its growing power. Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite  Levine, Bruce E. Book 2011 Levine offers insights into the epidemic of political passivity in America and analyzes how major U.S. institutions have created helplessness and fatalism. He proposes ways of recovering dignity, ener... The Great Class War: 1914-1918 Pauwels, Jacques R. Book 2016 In this critical, revisionist account, historian Jacques Pauwels shows how the First World War was rooted in class strife that begin with the French Revolution in 1789 and continued long past the war ... Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Chomsky, Noam Book 2003 Chomsky documents how, for more than half a century, the United States has been pursuing a grand imperial strategy with the aim of dominating the globe. How the aristocracy preserved their power Bryant, Chris Article 2017 After democracy finally shunted aside hereditary lords, they found new means to protect their extravagant riches. For all the modern tales of noble poverty and leaking ancestral homes, their private w... How The Oligarchy Gets Politicized: A Short History of Elite Responses To Political-Economic Crisis Nasser, Alan Article 2011 The political activism of the elite is striking in times of crisis, when the latter takes the form either of severe economic contraction or of working-class militancy, or both. Manual for Revolutionary Leaders Michael Velli. Compiled and edited by Lorraine and Fredy Perlman Book 1972 A devious satire aimed at Leninists, Trotskyists, Maoists, and vanguardists of all stripes.
Manufacturing Consent Achbar, Mark; Wintonick, Peter (directors) Film/Video 1992 A film about Noam Chomsky's ideas about the media, ideology, propaganda, and elite control of society's institutions. Museums, Art and the Rackets: Against The Current vol. 121 Rabinowitz, Paula Article 2006 In the late 1990s when it appeared that the laws of capitalism had been suspended temporarily and wealth could be accrued purely on speculation, the New York Times began an annual full-section report ... Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies Chomsky, Noam Book 1989 An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ide... New World Order: A postwar analysis Chomsky, Noam Article 1991 Everyone is allowed to play the game, so long as it's according to the U.S. rules. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 2, 2016: Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, and Contempt for Democracy Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Brexit, the British vote to leave the European Union, has thrown the political elites into turmoil and confusion. The referendum was supposed to be a safe political manoeuvre, a way to produce an appe... A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster Solnit, Rebecca Book 2010 The most startling thing about disasters, according to Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearni... The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 a collection of short commentaries by Noam Chomsky on global issues, drawn from interviews in the early 1990s. Topics include global economics, racism, NAFTA, and hot topics of the day. Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War, and US Political Culture Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 Chomsky analyzes the Kennedy Administration's policy on the Vietnam War and compares the US Administrations of Presidents Kennedy and Reagan.
The Trouble With Billionaires McQuaig, Linda; Brooks, Neil Book 2010 The glittering lives of billionaires may seem to be a harmless source of entertainment, but authors Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks argue that such financial power not only threatends everyone's economi... The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism: The Political Economy of Human Rights: Volume 1 Chomsky, Noam; Herman, Edward S. Book 1979 Chomsky and Herman demonstrate, with devasting logic and overwhelming documentation, that the purpose of U.S. global policy is to make the world safe for exploitation by U.S. corporate interests and t... We Own the World Chomsky, Noam Article 2007 The whole debate about the Iranian 'interference' in Iraq makes sense only on one assumption, namely, that we own the world. If we own the world, then the only question that can arise is that someone ... What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Frank, Thomas Book 2004 Explores the rise of conservative populism in the United States through the lens of Frank's native state of Kansas. According to his analysis, the political discourse of recent decades has dramaticall... Sources LibraryU.S. Elites The Original Gangsters Alexandrov, Nick 2016 Donald Trump is at home in the underworld. Tom Robbins writes that the de facto GOP nominee "has encountered a steady stream of mob-tainted offers that he apparently couldn't refuse" in his decades in... |
