Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
By: Noam Chomsky
4.38
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
An essential primer on capitalism, politics and how the world works, based on the hugely popular un…
Want to Read $ 13.74"The logic is that of a man falling from a skyscraper who waves to a friend on the fiftieth floor and says it's all fine, just look how many floors I've passed with no problems."-Noam Chomsky, Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
"The logic is that of a man falling from a skyscraper who waves to a friend on the fiftieth floor and says it's all fine, just look how many floors I've passed with no problems."-Noam Chomsky, Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
"In other words, first we rob and then destroy them, and then when they ask for a little bit of help, we kick them in the face. The technical term for this is "Western civilization"."-Noam Chomsky, Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
"In other words, first we rob and then destroy them, and then when they ask for a little bit of help, we kick them in the face. The technical term for this is "Western civilization"."-Noam Chomsky, Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
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1. Debt: The First 5,000 Years
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3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more
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2. Culture and Imperialism
By: None
4.44
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3. Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
By: Michael Parenti
4.41
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
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"Ecology's implications for capitalism are too horrendous for the capitalist to contemplate."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
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"A joke circulating in Russia in 1992 went like this: Q. What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years? A. Make communism look good."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
"...the [pure socialist] critics [of communist countries] seem unable to apply their own leadership genius to producing a successful revolutionary movement in their own country."-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
4. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
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5. A People's History of the World
By: Chris Harman
4.80
Format: None pages,
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6. Propaganda
By: Edward L. Bernays
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Paperback
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7. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?
By: Mark Fisher
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By: John Kenneth Galbraith
3.14
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By: Angela Y. Davis
4.15
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10. American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
By: Chris Hedges
3.59
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4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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12. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
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13. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
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14. Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
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Format: 162 pages, Paperback
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16. Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
By: Noam Chomsky
4.38
Format: 388 pages, Paperback
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"Henry Ford introduced the assembly line, which was efficient but also a highly controlling device. There was a problem with the assembly line. It’s so onerous that people dropped out. They couldn’t s…"-Noam Chomsky, Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
17. The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories
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4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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"God and Man were inseparable companions. One day God said to Man: why don’t you go walk around on earth for a while so we can find some new topics for conversation? —beginning of a Malagasy folktale"-David Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
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21. Radikalisierter Konservatismus: Eine Analyse
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4.30
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