Summer Reading List for Leftists......

[marmar]

I'm ALWAYS on the lookout for good lefty reads. Here are a few of my suggestions. PLEASE add yours.



Getting A Grip 2: Clarity, Creativity and Courage for the World We Really Want by Frances Moore Lappe'

The Value of Nothing by Raj Patel

A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement by Amy B. Dean & David B. Reynolds

Agenda for a New Economy by David Korten

[jgraz]

1. Just started Agenda for a New Economy. It looks like it's going to be a good read.

[intheflow]

2. Here're my three picks:

I just finished Justice: What's the Right Thing To Do? by Michael J. Sandel. :thumbsup:

The next book on my To Read list is Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Greg Mortenson's sequel to Three Cups of Tea.

My fiction pick is The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, a retelling of the gospel through atheist Philip Pullman's eyes. Yes, Philip Pullman of The Golden Compass fame. Here's an excerpt, printed in The Guardian. I just started it. A short, easy, subversive read beachside.
:evilgrin:

[Ned Bro]

3. "Fiasco," by Thomas Ricks

[Onceuponalife]

4. Here's my favorite independant lefty publishing house:

http://www.akpress.org/

They have tons of great stuff. Enjoy.

[marmar]

5. Thanks for the link......Awesome !!!

nt

[Scuba]

6. I'll Recommend Two

Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry

and

The Places In Between, Rory Stewart's chronicle of walking across Afghanistan.

[intheflow]

8. Oh yes! I've wanted to read Rory Stewart's book as well!

:hi:

[depakid]

7. 13 Bankers by Simon Johnson