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MEDIA CRITICISM
Chronicles Of Dissent - Noam Chomsky :
A first rate collection of interviews with David Barsamian, furnishing an accessible overview of Chomsky's thought. Perhaps the best place to start for anyone coming to the politics of Chomsky for the first time.
The Zinn Reader - Howard Zinn:-
A monumental book - over 700 pages - from a monumental writer, historian, and activist. Here Zinn for the first time has attempted to present the depth, and breadth, of his concerns in one volume. Organized under 6 headings - Race, Class, War, Law, History, and Means & Ends - Zinn has chosen what he considers to be his best writing on the topic, whether from previously uncollected magazine or newspaper pieces, or from his other books. A staggering work of breadth, vision and inspiration.
Media Control - Noam Chomsky:
Beginning with a brief overview of the origins of propaganda in America, Chomsky examines the varieties of mind control and behaviour modification that result when government and businesses use image manipulation and disinformation to influence events. Now in a newly expanded edition, with his January 2002 comments regarding media coverage of terrorism and US foreign policy in the post-September 11 world.
The Media Monopoly -Ben Bagdikian
A groundbreaking work that charts a historic shift in the orientation of the majority of America's communications media--further away from the needs of the individual and closer to those of big business.
Manufacturing Consent:
Noam Chomsky And The Media:DVD
At last, the legendary film is now out on DVD. This edition has an extra 45 minutes of material - footage of his debate with Foucault from 1971, excerpts from the 1969 Firing Line debate with William F Buckley Jr, and Noam Chomsky himself reflecting on the film.
Into The Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose The Myth Of A Free Press - Kristina Borjesson
Print and TV journalists contribute devastating essays about the dangerous state of American journalism today. Writing in riveting detail about their experiences with the 'buzzsaw' - concerted corporate and/or government efforts to kill their controversial stories and their careers - the contributors reveal the depth and breadth of censorship in America. Contributors include Carl Jensen, Robert McChesney, Philip Weiss, Maurice Murad, Greg Palast, Gary Webb, Helen Malmgren. With a foreword by Gore Vidal.


 




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PUNK ROCK LEGENDS
WE OWE YOU NOTHING: Punk Planet - The Collected Interviews:
Jello Biafra, Kathleen Hanna, Henry Rollins, Ian Mackaye, Steve Albini, Jon Strange, Winston Smith, Thurston Moore, Noam Chomsky, Ruckus Society, Los Crudos, Chumbawamba, Negativland, Sleater-Kinney, Frank Kozik and more.
DESPITE EVERYTHING: A Cometbus Omnibus:
Not the complete run of the now legendary zine, but bloody close. 600 packed pages of selections from the first 20 years, plus new intros, notes and a scrapbook. To say that Cometbus set the standard for 'personal' zines is an understatement. From interviews with collective cafes, to all comics issues.
HARDCORE CALIFORNIA:
Massive history of the beginnings of punk and hardcore in the state where it mattered. Thousands of photos, and some excellent writing. Everyone is in here, from The Go-Gos to the Dead Kennedys, Black Flag to the Mutants. Essential.
GET IN THE VAN - Henry Rollins: His 1981-86 Black Flag tour journal. Includes nearly 180 photographs and illustrations making it a staggering compendium, both visually and textually. Essential book from/about one of the essential bands.

many more titles coming soon!

 
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