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Always a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians
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THE MOST INCREDIBLE CONSPIRACIES N-E-V-E-R TOLD!
To commemorate the release of Commander X's first video - THE SECRET UNDERGROUND LECTURES OF COMMANDER X (now available on Amazon) -- we have simultaneously published this volume containing the best material on the "far out" conspiracies that are going around in the conspiracy underground. These are NOT your "normal" cover-ups, but some of the most incredible paranoia you will even encounter.
Do NOT read with the lights down low. Have your pet pit bull by your side for protection. Put out your UFO detector. Lock the windows. Bolt all the doors and get ready to read about:
O Pine Gap, Australia's Top Secret Underground Base (more secret than Area 51).
O What goes on inside the Secret Society of the Skull and Bones (stuff long time member George Bush won't tell you).
O The arrival of Planet X from the far end of the galaxy -- there's no where to hide from this baby when its about the come into Earth's orbit.
O Get the latest on Free Energy, NWO Anti-Gravity aircraft and Tesla Technology Big Brother is keeping to himself.
O Don't think David Icke is the only researcher out there talking about the Serpent Race and the Reptoids, and how they have been controling our world for centuries. Too scary to even contemplate for most of us normals in "Disney World."
O Think you hear voices? Well you probably do as big brother attempts to pervert our thinking and confuse the hell out of us. Don't become a human zombie. Learn how to protect yourself.
O Think that Earth is one molten ball of fire on the inside? Where have you been my friend -- its hollow with a central sun (and even the famed explorer Richard Byrd wandered inside while exploring the poles), and the planet is also honeycombed with caverns inhabited by all sorts of creatures. Ask Richard Shaver who was down there with the Dero and the Tero. No this is not science fiction -- its the real thing dear friend.
Here is all the action with special chapters by --
O Tim Swartz - author, Lost Journals of Nikola Tesla.
O Mark Hazlewood the man responsible for the Planet X scare.
O Brad & Sherry Steiger whose l00 plus books are in every New Age occultists library (Brad is a frequent guest on Coast to Coast radio).
O Branton, known for his Nazi UFO theories.
O Sean Casteel, author UFOS, PROPHECY AND THE END OF TIME.
Plus tons more stuff. Its lots of serious fun for every conspiracy buff (some of these nobody has heard of before), and its all in one large-size - 8.5xll - book edited by the king of Conspiracies -- COMMANDER X.
So don't delay get this one today. . .before the NWO goons take it off the market.
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What They Don't Want you to Know.......2007-07-19
This is one fantastic book. The articles in here are enough to scare anyone who suspects that there is more going on in our world than we dare think about. Some of the best writers around have contributed their talents in this book...Brad Steiger, Kenn Thomas, Branton, Sean Casteel, Peter Robbins, and Timothy Green Beckley to name just a few.
This book is divided up into sections titled: INCREDIBLE CONSPIRACIES, UNDERGROUND BASES AND INNER EARTH MYSTERIES, PLANET X AND OTHER STRANGE EVENTS, ANOMALOUS BEINGS, REPTILIANS AND SHAPE SHIFTERS, EARTH AND CLIMATE CHANGES, SECRET SOCIETIES AND THE NWO, SUPPRESSED TESLA AND OTHER INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGIES.
It is full of great information and interesting stories. This book is a must for anyones collection.
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Superman's role in romanticizing commercialism; sexual violence in Japanese manga comics; Wonder Woman as Americanized immigrant; reader's reactions to the gay superhero Northstar; Dilbert as a workplace revolutionary; the Punisher's invasion of Vietnam-these are a few of the issues that Comics & Ideology addresses. Focusing on the intersection of social power and comic art, essays in this book explore how images and narratives in comic books and comic strips may portray social groups and social issues. As a scholarly examination of a form known as "the funnies" or "funny books," this book argues that the themes and characterizations in comic art are often quite serious. Essays take diverse theoretical perspectives such as cultural studies, political economy, feminist criticism, queer studies, and mythic analysis, all focusing on the relationship of comics to issues of social division.
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Interesting, but Lacks Vital Core........2001-12-12
Excluding the introduction, Comics & Ideology includes eleven rather different essays, which is to say that the only unifying themes in the various contributions, as the reader might expect, are "comics" and "ideology." Unfortunately, both have such varied definitions that although they are used with great frequency in the collection, they are often referring to vastly different things. "Comics" include everything from Japanese magna to syndicated American newspaper strips to traditional superhero comics. Similarly, "ideology" refers to gender politics, race and ethnicity, nationalism, nostalgia, as well as more traditional political belief systems. As such it is rather difficult to recommend the book: there is no great concentration of any one mode of scholarship to attract any scholar with specific interests, and with there being so few limitations on the types of texts considered it would be rather difficult to use the whole text in any unifying way (i.e. teaching a course, or even general research). At most, Comics & Ideology may offer potential readers one or two essays of interest, but this will be entirely dependant upon the individual. For my purposes (and I assume for the majority of potential readers), Comics & Ideology offers three (or five if Judge Dredd and superheroes in The `Nam can be considered) useful essays on American superhero comics, concentrating, respectively, on Wonder Woman, Superman, and gay characters in mainstream comics.
"The Tyranny of the Melting Pot Metaphor" by Matthew J. Smith is a rather interesting approach to Women Woman and her place in the DC universe: Unlike Superman who is quickly homogenized in Smallville, Kansas, Wonder Woman's entire career has been spent in an attempt to slowly acculturate herself to the United States. While Smith wanders from time to time (falling into the inevitable discussion of Wonder Woman and bondage), the article is interesting and the utility of it is apparent: Wonder Woman is the every-immigrant, slowly becoming American through the adoption of cultural practices, and Smith provides an ample framework to understand similar conversions in comic books as well as aliens from more traditional science fiction.
One of the most important pieces of comic book criticism is Umberto Eco's "The Myth of Superman" which Ian Gordon updates in his "Nostalgia, Myth, and Ideology: Visions of Superman at the End of the `American Century'." The basic argument is that Superman must constantly be reinvented in order to appeal to new readers (or viewers of the cinematic or television adaptations, as is the case with most of Gordon's contribution), and Gordon does a good job of updating Eco's argument, appealing to the more commercially recognized screen versions of the Man of Steel.
Morris E. Franklin's "Coming Out in Comics Books" is the most interesting piece in the collection, largely due to his methodological procedure: Eschewing the typical literary analysis of the text itself, Franklin consults the letter columns in comics to analyze reader reaction to coming out narratives. And while the selective editorial practices that limit the letters that are included in such letter columns prohibit full understanding of reader reaction, Franklin does provide a useful model for scholars interested in more anthropological analysis of comic books and their fans.
Finally, the studies of Judge Dredd comics and superhero appearances in Marvel Comics' The `Nam are rather interesting - both deal explicitly with politics, and as such are more at the heart of Comics & Ideology than the majority of the other contributions. Unfortunately though, their political contribution isn't enough to demand owning this collection for political scholars, nor is their loose relation to superheroes enough for those interested in tight- and cape-wearing men and women. Overall, Comics & Ideology has decent pieces, but as a collection it fails to coalesce into a clear academic statement.
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A cartoon book about Marx? Are you sure it's Karl, not Groucho? How can you summarize the work of Karl Marx in cartoons? It took Rius to do it. He's put it all in: the origins of Marxist philosophy, history, economics; of capital, labor, the class struggle, socialism. And there's a biography of "Charlie" Marx besides.
Like the companion volumes in the series, Marx for Beginners is accurate, understandable, and very, very funny.
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Useful little booklet on Marx.......2007-07-31
I bought "Marx for Beginners", a cartoon introduction to Marx written by Mexican political cartoonist Eduardo del Rio ("Rius"), not so much because I needed an introduction to Marxism but to see how the theory can be summarized as pithily and shortly as possible. And indeed, Del Rio has done an admirable job on this. The reader is guided through all aspects of Marx' work as well as biography, even including an extraordinarily rapid overview of the history of philosophy and of the early socialists. Of the economic theories of Marx only the basics are explained, but nevertheless sufficient to get the point of what Marx tried to show in "Capital", if not how he proved it.
As far as the political side goes, Del Rio usefully emphasizes the limitations of social-democracy and its inability to get beyond the exploitation of capitalism, as well as many quotations from Marx showing how he opposed this tendency. As criticisms, one could remark that Engels gets short shrift in this book - admittedly it is titled "Marx for beginners", but one wonders why not "Marx & Engels for beginners"? Also, Del Rio seems to take the connection between Marx and Lenin as a natural progression for granted, even including in the (otherwise very handy) vocabulary of terms under Marxism-Leninism: "theory of the proletarian liberation movement". Hardly something uncontested.
The drawings are clear and funny, if a bit on the juvenile side compared to the content that he is trying to convey. This might have a good effect on younger people reading it though, making it possibly useful as a high school text on Marx, if there ever is a capitalist country brave enough to allow it. Due to the requirements of Del Rio's purpose, some of the summaries of earlier thinkers are so simple as to be simplistic, but this can't be helped. Overall, a practical and well-done introduction to Marx for the complete novice.
Good but not great introduction to Marxism.......2007-02-13
Unfortunately some of the comments concerning historical developments are more dogmatic than historically factual. A serious problem for people who like facts to be presented as facts and interpretations as that ant not facts.
Marxism = slavery.......2006-10-14
I will save you from having to buy this book. In a nutshell, here's socialism, Communism, Marxism, and the rest:
"We self-styled privileged intellectuals know best how to spend your money, therefore we have to right to take anything you produce and redistribute it as we see fit, whether you like it or not. You were born to serve the state; we are the state. You do not have the right to your own life; you are property that belongs to the collective. Who controls the collective? We control the collective. Do as you are told or else we are justified in taking your life or making your life so miserable that you wish we would take it. Everyone is equal, but some are more equal than others; some = we the self-styled intellectual elite. Censorship is necessary to prevent bad ideas from being spread. Who determines what ideas are good and what ideas are bad? We the self-style intellectual elite will be the arbiters of that, as you cannot be trusted to think for yourself. If you have greater ability than your neighbor, then you are beholden to him. Why? Because he needs your help and, as we mentioned previously, you have no right to what you produce. Don't worry, we will bring you Utopia on Earth or you will die trying! Any inconvenience, be it a food shortage or lack of access to medical care, is only temporary; we have a five-year plan to fix the problem, and if it doesn't work it's only your life, not ours, and we can always come up with another five-year plan. Do not ask questions; simply obey."
It Ain't Doonesbury.......2005-12-19
Good to see this worthy little work back on the shelves. Sure, it's easy to ridicule a popularizied version of any weighty academic subject, especially one making use of cartoon humor. But the true measure should be how well the central ideas are rendered. In that key respect, Rius's primer serves very well as an introduction to the sociology of Marxism, less well to the economics (the determinist, breakdown element is severely underplayed), while the philosophical aspects are dealt with manfully, but are likely too complex for even the best efforts. The work's special virtue lies in dealing with those aspects of Marx's thought most appealing to a general readership: exploitation, surplus value, property relations, class struggle... in short, those aspects that impinge most directly on daily life. Prospective readers can gain real insight into the power of Marx's thought through these more prosaic topics.
A key caveat -- as another reviewer points out, Lenin is either wittingly or unwittingly presented as Marx's historical successor, a move which elevates the role of the communist party in Marxist theory at the expense of the more libertarian strand represented by Rosa Luxemburg. Given the collapse of the soviet bloc and its Leninist legacy, this aspect should be kept in mind. Still and all, it's ironic that at a time when the reformist era of welfare economics and middle-class prosperity is surrendering to renewed polarization and social Darwinism, that Marx is treated as passe. If anything, his analysis of capitalism's intractable nature appears more timely than ever.
a good read.......2005-12-03
Interesting book. If you want to read about Marx in a digestible form, definitely read this book. It's really funny too.
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"CARtoons" consists of drawings, comics, essays and quotes that look at the social and environmental impact of automoblies. It features a foreword by Jane Holtz Kay (author of Asphalt Nation), an afterword by Randy Ghent of Car Busters and an excellent guide to alternative transport groups and publications around the world. A personal and provocative look at our relationship with the automobile, from Ford's first assembly lines to today's "drive-thru" society.
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good information, entertaining format, hope for the future.......2004-02-25
This is a great little book about the huge impact of automobiles on the American way of life. Read the book and you will see why our communities and streets have become vast ugly parking lots; why our public transportation and railway systems have been systematically dismantled and made almost obsolete; why air and water pollution increasingly threatens our health, especially of the youngest and oldest sectors of the population; why it is so difficult to get anywhere without driving in a motorized vehicle; and much more. The book is very approachable and suitable for a wide range of ages, backgrounds and mindsets. It uses humor well and does not pull any punches about difficult and divisive issues. this book also holds out hope for a better possible future with an emphasis on livable communities where it is possible, with thoughtful human-scale design, to walk and bicycle and use convenient public transportation to help solve many of the problems that beset our frantic rush-hour freeway-driving road-raging day-to-day lives.
Laymen Laughs.......2002-02-03
This book talks about urban planning, transportation planning, traffic issues, transportation issues, etc; without all of the technical terminologies urban planners use. To learn more about sustainable transportation and livable cities, this book is the best.
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A historian's must.......2007-02-14
Ariel Dorfman is perhaps one of the most prolific authors of our time. How to Read Donald Duck is a must read for any historian, sociologist, or any person wanting to find social enlightenment.
Valuable - in its own Context.......2005-08-29
Dorfman and Mattelart's book is based on Donald Duck comics circulated throughout Latin America. Those books were translated and largely re-written by overzealous editors and are more different from than similar to Carl Barks' original comics. Insofar as one is interested in US / Latin American policy, politics and business, it is useful.
Disney's domestic business practives are by no means benign, but Barks is one of the more significant comics artists and enjoyed a much greater degree of creative freedom than most creators of the time. Barks cartooning is fluid and subtle, as is his storytelling.
For an insight into "the Duck Man's" work, check out Donald Ault's much more up-to-date book "Carl Barks: Conversations."
A necessary starting-stone........2003-01-07
Of course, in a vastly changed historical context, bourgeois ideology cannot produce anything approaching the seemingly reactionary facility of the Disney comic (just compare Disney with Buffy, Xena, or other postmodern heroes!). However, anyone trying to understand changes in the ideological outlook of Mass Culture must, of necessity, regard this book as one's unavoidablke starting-stone. That's that.
Down with Disney!.......2001-09-20
It just goes to show that even with the economy on a downturn the CEO of Disney walks away with 75 million dollars and gives the employees the dregs of the disney economy. This book is worth buying for it details the enormity of Diney's propaganda campaign to portray the third world as a place to be exploited. I've never saw such outright villainy as is portrayed in this classic by Dorfman. Disney portrays revolutionaries (in their comic strips) as essentially traitors and the reactionaries, and oligarchs as heroes with Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and company as aiding their crimes.
Can't argue with success: Why Disney beat Marx.......2001-08-26
It was quite appropriate for Disney to have used vultures representing Hegel and Marx, and dogs dressed up like Che and Castro. Marxism has manifestly failed, at enormous cost in needless suffering, political death, and the impoverishment of millions (please read "The Black Book of Communism"). Castro is much more popular among chic Westerners who don't have to live in his prison state than he is to his enslaved population. Really, the whole matter can be summed up by quoting some graffitti that was scrawled on one of Castro's innumerable propaganda posters. The official text of the poster read "Socialism or death!" The clever graffitti commentator wrote below it "What's the difference?"
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Comics: Ideology, Power and the Critics (Cultural Politics)
Martin Barker
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Health Service Wildcat (Wildcat Comic Books)
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The anarchist cat takes on the lunacy of Britains health service in this special collection of the comic strips, scripted by a health worker.
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La bande dessinee (Ideologies et societes)
Michel Pierre
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