{"product_id":"resistance-against-empire-paperback","title":"Resistance Against Empire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerrick Jensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA scathing indictment of U. S. domestic and foreign policy, this collection of interviews gathers incendiary insights from 10 of today's most experienced and knowledgeable activists. Whether it's Ramsey Clark describing the long history of military invasion, Alfred McCoy detailing the relationship between CIA activities and the increase in the global heroin trade, Stephen Schwartz reporting the obscene costs of nuclear armaments, or Katherine Albrecht tracing the horrors of the modern surveillance state, this investigation of global governance is sure to inform, engage, and incite readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFull list of Interviewees: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eStephen Schwartz, author of \u003cem\u003eAtomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U. S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940\u003c\/em\u003e, is a guest scholar at the Brooking Institute and the director of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKatherine Albrecht is the director of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering), and is widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on consumer privacy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRobert McChesney is the author of seven books concerned with the contradiction between a for-profit corporate media and the communications requirements of a democratic society.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJ.W. Smith is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe World's Wasted Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e and is the director of The Institute for Cooperative Capitalism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJuliet Schor is co-founder of the Center for a New American Dream, and has written three books focused on trends in work and leisure, consumerism, the relationship between work and family, women's issues and economic justice.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlfred McCoy is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia\u003c\/em\u003e and was winner of the Grant Goodman Prize in 2001.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChristian Parenti is the author of \u003cem\u003eLockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e, a critique the \"incipient American police state.\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKevin Bales is an expert on modern slavery and is the author of \u003cem\u003eDisposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRamsey Clark was Attorney General under Lyndon Johnson, playing an important role in the history of the Civil Rights movement and continuing on as unstinting critic of US foreign policy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnuradha Mittal is an internationally renowned expert on trade, development, human rights, democracy, and agriculture issues, and is the founder of The Oakland Institute, which works to ensure public participation and democratic debate on crucial economic and social policy issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDerrick Jensen is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Make Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow Shall I Live My Life?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, and A Language Older than Words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Crescent City, California.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770851721504,"sku":"9781604860467","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/22f362a7e370d7426bf4cc749ec808d2.webp?v=1780379491","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/resistance-against-empire-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}