This Can't Be Happening! : Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy

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Summary: I.F. Stone Would be Intimidated
Review: This collection of essays is a fantastic supplement to the diet the mainstream media forces down our throats on a daily basis. Lindorff attacks the power-elite with a venom unmatched by the corporate press. I.F. Stone would be proud, if not intimidated.

This book is a must read for those that want to understand how it is a man called Dubya can run our country into the ground at a rate that out paces the Internet crash. This is a great book to brighten the winter blues, as well.

Buy it for your relative who voted Bush. Buy it for your friend that voted Kerry. It's a must read for both sides of the aisle.

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Summary: Truth in a world of spin and fantasy
Review: With even papers like the New York Times admitting they didn't do their jobs in the runup to the Iraq war, independent investigative journalists such as Lindorff are vital.
Lindorff uncovered the fact that the government was setting up the mechanism for renewing the draft. He broke the story that the government was routing calls about domestic terror threats to `America's Most Wanted.' He told us that the secret `no-fly' list that includes Cat Stevens has snagged all sorts of people who just happen to be anti-war activists and subjected them to harassment at airports across the country.
`This Can't Be Happening' is essentially a compiliation of his columns on those and other issues the mainstream press hasn't touched. But the columns are bound together in a coherent whole that gives us a picture of the true state of politics and government in America today. It's a scary picture, to be sure.
For Lindorff's current writings on the world, which will give you a taste of what's in the book, check out www.thiscan'tbehappening.net.