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milestogo

(23,170 posts) Sat Jan 7, 2017, 11:24 AM Jan 2017

What political books are an absolute must-read for DUers? [View all]

The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)

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What political books are an absolute must-read for DUers? [View all] milestogo Jan 2017 OP

The Handmaid's Tale Girard442 Jan 2017 #1

The Ugly American Chipper Chat Jan 2017 #2

And William J. Lederer n/t Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #34

Thx Chipper Chat Jan 2017 #37

The Souls of Black Folk - W.E.B. Du Bois (eom) CivicGrief Jan 2017 #3

The Republican Noise Machine - David Brock SecularMotion Jan 2017 #4

The Art Of the Deal Kilgore Jan 2017 #5

Trump didn't write it, and he probably didn't read it. hunter Jan 2017 #39

Irregardless, it still does a better job Kilgore Jan 2017 #41

"The Peculiar Institution" by Kenneth Stampp (1956) Paladin Jan 2017 #6

Added to my wish list CivicGrief Jan 2017 #14

Great. Hope it affects you as it did me. (nt) Paladin Jan 2017 #16

Confessions of an Economic Hitman -- John Perkins. In the Garden of the Beasts -- Nay Jan 2017 #7

"In the Garden of the Beasts" PatSeg Jan 2017 #32

The Truth by Al Franken Mendocino Jan 2017 #8

Amen!!!!!!!! burrowowl Jan 2017 #24

World Order by Henry Kissinger FarCenter Jan 2017 #9

Maybe the reason politicians seem so peculiarly respectful of Kissinger... hunter Jan 2017 #40

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (1951) milestogo Jan 2017 #10

Thanks for the recommendations, hoping for more. milestogo Jan 2017 #11

THE PRIZE by Daniel Yergin, a Pulitzer Prize winning history of oil yurbud Jan 2017 #12

OVERTHROW by Stephen Kinzer. history of foreign gov'ts US overthrew from Hawaii forward yurbud Jan 2017 #13

Alan Bullock's *Hitler*... First Speaker Jan 2017 #15

Thank you. milestogo Jan 2017 #17

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair .. Stuart G Jan 2017 #18

It also indirectly inspired housing mortgage reform as part of the New Deal Warpy Jan 2017 #26

A People's History of the United States---Howard Zinn nt Atticus Jan 2017 #19

Justice---Michael J. Sandel nt Atticus Jan 2017 #20

F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom," Buckley's "God and Man at Yale" show how F-ed New Reps are. TheBlackAdder Jan 2017 #21

The Constitution of Imperium by Ronnie D. Lipschutz malaise Jan 2017 #22

kick milestogo Jan 2017 #23

The Plot Against America Danmel Jan 2017 #25

Marking to return to - got to see other recs for books rurallib Jan 2017 #27

If you can stomach reading about the Manbaby, David Cay Johnston's book - Vinca Jan 2017 #28

I'm on the waiting list for that one crazycatlady Jan 2017 #30

I read that shortly after it came out PatSeg Jan 2017 #33

Some won't like this, but Atlas Shrugged dumbcat Jan 2017 #29

Milton Friedman - Capitalism and Freedom milestogo Jan 2017 #36

It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis; Outrageouts Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Gloria Steinem; RedWedge Jan 2017 #31

Thank you. milestogo Jan 2017 #38

Primer on winning local zagamet Jan 2017 #35

From 1989 canetoad Jan 2017 #42