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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:12 AM Original message |
21 yr old daughter wants beginners book on politics-Please Help |
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PaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Reason" by Robert Reich |
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MojoXN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. America: The Book. (a citizen's guide to democracy inaction) |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. omg, i had to read that in a separate room from my family |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. i would suggest (only slightly sarcastically)... |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. The constiution |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. i agree..start with the constitution... |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 02:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. That was my first thought, too |
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rainy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast |
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DoctorMyEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. That or Lies and the Lying Liars |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. hmmmm |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Thanks Neecy |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Biographies are good, too |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Weird suggestion but a good read and insights into politics |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. history book first...Howard Zinn's A People's History of the U.S. |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Ooh, seconded! |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Thirded! Zinn's People's History is a great start. |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Do I hear a "fourthed"? Aye! |
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Talismom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 01:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Ooh, ooh, me too! This book is the greatest! It's really the way to start |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. O Yeah . . . My Mom Just Got Me That For My Birthday |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 03:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. And After That, . . . Politics the Wellstone Way . . . |
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mom cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 05:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. It is heavy stuff. When you finish it, you wil never be the same. |
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DawgHouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Highly recommend! NT |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Oops, meant to reply to Howard Zinn's book...I sixth it! I'm thinking of |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
61. Excellent suggestion! |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Here's a grassroots guidebook too: |
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TheGunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. American politics or political theory/ideology? These will cover the bases |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. "We The People"- Thom Hartmann |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. "The Truth (with jokes)" I hear it's a great gift |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Presidential speeches |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. I don't know any personally but I think it's good to be balanced |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. "Blinded By The Right" by David Brock for a current perspective |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's on my list, haven't read it: Barack Obama's book. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Read it, highly recommend it nt |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
22. "We the People: A Call to Take Back America" by Thom Hartmann |
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Neocondriac (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks for the Memories |
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readmylips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
24. First Lady Barbara Bush....learn about the enemy... |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins and ... |
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MelissaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
26. Whoever recommended this thread, I'm joining you. |
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LoKnLoD (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. Read DU and other blogs |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. "All the Kings Men", by Robert Penn Warren |
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OxQQme (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. This one is fiction but very relevant. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. For a good how to book I recommend: |
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seafey (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
32. Soul of a Citizen (nt) |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
33. also the documentary film version of "Manufacturing Consent" Chomsky's |
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TheGunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I was going to add that book to my list but figured Hegemony and Survival |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. see my theory is. it's a lot easier to share the DVD documentary with |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Is Foucault in that? |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
34. Lots of good suggestions above, I am adding "Addicted To War" which is in |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. These are some great ideas |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. Animal Farm, the constitution and the declaration of independence |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. I think a few autobiographies and biographies of political women |
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ms liberty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
44. There are some great suggestions here... |
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La_Fourmi_Rouge (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. "All the King's Men" |
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the_real_38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. History of the American People by Howard Zinn... |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. A light read but I really enjoy being reminded how right |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-12-05 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. The originals for "background" - Declaration of Independence, Preamble to |
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ItsThePeopleStupid (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. john locke. the Federalist papers. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
57. The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Wellstone |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
58. For shits and giggles - All The Presidents Men... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
59. Outsider in the House by Bernie Sanders |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
60. Lincoln, by Gore Vidal |
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milkyway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
62. For history, "Guns, Germs and Steel." |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-13-05 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
63. 1984 |
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