In our third #SolutionsWatch/Independent Media Alliance crossover episode, host James Corbett, a panel of IMA regulars and special guest Tim Lacy discuss books that have inspired them personally and politically.
Panel & Recommendations:
James Corbett of corbettreport.com.
Recommended Book: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Secondary recommendation: Dune by Frank Herbert
Tim Lacy of ReportageBook.com:
Recommended book: Travels in Hyperreality by Umberto Eco
Quote from the book: “As with the best products of mass entertainment, the confusion of collateral information serves only to make appetizing a central structure that is unrelentingly redundant, so that the reader will receive always and only what he has already known (or understood).” Umberto Eco, from the essay “Cogito Interruptus”
Secondary recommendation: The Rosicrucian Enlightenment by Frances A. Yates
Jason Bermas of X
Recommended book: The Franklin Scandal by Nick Bryant
Secondary recommendation: 9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA by Webster Griffin Tarpley
Ryan Cristian of TheLastAmericanVagabond.com:
Recommended book: Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
Secondary recommendation: Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives by Dan Millman
Steve Poikonen of AM Wakeup:
Recommended book: “The Power of the Powerless” by Vaclav Havel
Secondary recommendation: The Story of B: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit by Daniel Quinn
Tertiary recommendation: Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure by Dan Baum
Charlie Robinson of ActivistPost.com:
Recommended book: Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
Secondary recommendation: A Happy Pocketful of Money: Infinite Wealth and Abundance in the Here and Now by David Cameron Gikandi
Kit Knightly of Off-Guardian:
Recommended book: Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Secondary recommendation: Who Murdered Chaucer: A Medieval Mystery by Terry Jones
Sources, shownotes and links – as well as audio versions and download options – can be found here. Previous episodes of #SolutionsWatch can be found here and here.
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