Books

Know all You Can Know seeks to inquire about the connections among each of the subjects and movements listed below. We seek to better understand the current wars in the Middle East through looking at what we believe about our American democracy, imperialism, and the free trade or globalization movement in our economy. Identifying institutional racism and classism are critical to understanding US empire.

We actively support broad based sustainability efforts in our communities. Later this year we will begin posting summaries of neighborhood town hall meetings supporting specific local actions. Many students are very concerned about food sources, transportation, the effects of free trade globally, and want to build sustainable communities as one pillar of opposing ongoing war.

You can check out these books if you are in South Sound area. Contact mailto:kayck@olywa.net We may donate some volumes to local schools.

The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien - Often used in high school and college classes; well written.

What Every Person Should Know About War Chris Hedges

War is a Force that Gives us Meaning Chris Hedges

War is a Racket General Smedley D. Butler

Addiction to War Joel Andreas and Frank Dorrell

Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq Nina Berman

A Force More Powerful Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall

Jarhead: A Marines Chronicle of the gulf War and Other Battles Anthony Swaffod

Operation Warhawks, How Young People Become Warriors Terrence Webster-Doyle

Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace edited by

For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism under Fire James Yee Former US Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay

A Different Kind of Courage CO interviews by Phil Andrus

Choosing Peace: A Handbook on War, Peace, and Your Conscience Robert Seeley. Excellent handbook for conscientious objection support groups.

Peace Pilgrim http://www.peacepilgrim.net/

Non-Violent Resistance M. K. Gandhi

Gandhi on Non-Violence Thomas Merton

People's History of the United States Howard Zinn

Voices of a People's History Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove

The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many Noam Chomsky

Imperial Ambitions, Conversations on the Post-9/11 World Noam Chomsky

Chalmers Johnson (Blowback and Nemesis also recommended)

Fiasco, The American Miliary Adventure in Iraq Thomas Ricks

A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq Paul William Roberts

Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Grahib Seymour M. Hersch

The Bush Agenda, Invading the World One Economy at a Time, Antonia Juhasz see http://www.thebushagenda.net/ (Excellent resource, best book for understanding US foreign policy and why wars in Middle East continue)

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man John Perkins

The Zapatista Reader edited by Tom Hayden

We are Everywhere The Irresistible rise of Global Capitalism, edited by Notes from Nowhere. http://www.weareeverywhere.org (we use this in workshops, students give this high ratings. Short articles, packed with info)

Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising Starhawk

YES! Magazine a journal of positive futures http://www.yesmagazine.org/
Great resource, articles that connect all the topics listed here. YES provides our students with free copies of the magazine at our summer camps. Awesome!

Plan B 2.0: rescuing a Planet Under stress and a Civilization in Trouble Lester Brown

The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community David Korten

The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging catastrophes of the 21st Century James Howard Kunstler

The First American Revolution Ray Raphael

Radical Democracy (note: "radical" here means "root") C. Douglas Lummis

Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights Thom Hartmann

Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival Jen Marlowe, Adam Shapiro, Aisha Bain

Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond Don Cheadle, John Prendergast

See Mia Farrow’s updates: Links to Movies and Websites

Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict Phyllis Bennis. We have ten copies left of this Primer.

The Struggle for Palestine ed. By Lance Selfa, Haymarket Books