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  • Heidegger Controversy

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    This anthology is a significant contribution to the debate over the relevance of Martin Heidegger’s Nazi ties to the interpretation and evaluation of his philosophical work. Included are a selection of basic documents by Heidegger, essays and letters by Heidegger’s colleagues that offer contemporary context and testimony, and interpretive evaluations by Heidegger’s heirs and critics in France and Germany.
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  • Haiti & Somalia:

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    Haiti & Somalia:
    The International Trade in Toxic Waste
    Mitchel Cohen

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  • CIO's Left-Led Unions

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    “This collection of nine original essays (including a memoir and oral history reminiscence) seeks to examine the historical experiences of the Communist-led unions expelled from the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in 1949-1950. What, asks the volume editor, were their accomplishments, and what were the long-term consequences of the expulsions and demise of these organizations, both for the American labor movement and post-WW II American society?” (Choice)

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  • Battling Big Business

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    “Battling Big Business exposes a spirit of troubling intolerance coursing through the corporate world: intolerance of criticism and dissent, as well as a deep aversion to public scrutiny and accountability. . . . All around us, freedoms are being taken lightly and power is being exercised with a heavy hand. If there was ever a moment to insist on the right to vigorously challenge authority, it is now. If there was ever a book to help us do it, this is it.” – From the foreword by Naomi Klein Losing control in the media arena as a result of activist pressure has become a public relations nightmare for the modern multinational enterprise. Shell’s Brent Spar fiasco is one well-known example, when the Greenpeace campaign against sinking that former oil drilling platform achieved its goals. Monsanto’s gross underestimation of the European resistance against the introduction of genetically engineered products is another. As more companies shift to being all about brand meaning and image,...

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  • Erotics of Talk

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    Erotics of Talk
    Women’s Writing and Feminist Paradigms
    Carla Kaplan

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  • Somalia, & the Cynical Manipulation of Hunger

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    Somalia, & the Cynical Manipulation of Hunger
    Mitchel Cohen

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