Cutting Through the News Noise

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. Posted June 27, 2008.

Three books tackle issues rarely explored by the media: McCain's flip-flopping, America's political divide and the real story behind globalization.

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David Sirota is a best-selling author whose newest book, "The Uprising," was just released this month. He is a fellow at the Campaign for America's Future and a board member of the Progressive States Network -- both nonpartisan organizations. His blog is at www.credoaction.com/sirota.

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South Korea [Report this comment] Posted by: JSquercia on Jun 27, 2008 9:03 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] South Korea didn'y buy into the whole Free Trade arguement and provided protections that enabled Samsung and Hyndai to become what they are today . [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: South Korea ~ and they say it's mad cow ! Posted by: mmckinl "Free trade" is multi-national corporatist/banker lingo for screw the workers down to [Report this comment] Posted by: thekidde on Jun 28, 2008 12:59 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] their shoetops and then cut their pay and benefits to enhance our bottom line. Unless and until workers the world over unite and destroy the oligarchical/corporatist/multi- national/banker monster, things will only get worse. Small black children in Darfur will not be the only ones eating cookies made from dirt before this mess is over. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Ha-Joon Chang's new book deserves its own column... [Report this comment] Posted by: mmckinl on Jul 1, 2008 2:11 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] So what happened Sirota ? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] and more - [Report this comment] Posted by: siamdave on Jul 2, 2008 5:29 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Bad Samaritans is a good start, but it only hauls the lid off the rabbit hole - to get a bit deeper into what is happening, try They're Building a Box - and You're In It . And then for the dark horse read of the summer, try a book about a society where we have finally deposed capitalists and put the adults in charge - Green Island . The trolls fight back of course - be the first in your progressive circle to be talking about Green Island [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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» RE: South Korea ~ and they say it's mad cow ! Posted by: mmckinl