How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office by William Upski Wimsatt & co-authors This is an inspirational collection of 20 stories of young people and people of color swinging elections and turning out the vote at the local and state level. Apathy no more! It can be done! This is a critical year and we must do everything we can to unseat the criminals currently occupying the White House. Read this book and then send copies to all your friends in swing states. If we organize NOW, we can swing the vote this November!
	MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change by MoveOn.org With more than 2 million members, the flourishing online activist group MoveOn is at the cutting edge of a new model for political activism with its ability to mobilize thousands of volunteers and millions of dollars. Best known for its recent grassroots efforts in protesting the war in Iraq and opposing the California recall election, and credited as a major player in the significant gains made by Howard Dean's presidential campaign, MoveOn takes its message offline in this timely book that provides inspiration and ideas for becoming a responsible member of our democracy.
	The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq by Christopher Scheer, Lakshmi Chaudhry, Robert Scheer From the enormous bait-and-switch operation that, within hours after the collapse of the World Trade Center, tried to link Al Qaeda with Saddam Hussein, to the clumsy attempts by the U.S. military to pacify, reconstruct and democratize a complex Muslim nation on the other side of the world, this important book razes the house of cards upon which our foreign policy has been built since 9/11.
	Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken Al Franken's masterpiece work that parodies and takes on the ridiculous fabrications of Bill O'Reilly, a hot-headed mouthpiece of the conservative talk show circuit. This is the book that had a federal judge laughing Fox News right out of court for it's attempt at censure by claiming a copyright on the phrase "fair and balanced". Fox News has done more to help Al Franken sell this book than any mainstream media campaign could. Check out what the "controversy" was all about.
	The War on Freedom: How and Why America was Attacked, September 11, 2001 by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed This is the definitive guide of the facts surrounding the events of 9/11. In the weeks before the 9/11 attacks, warnings poured in from the world's spy agencies, but U.S. officials did nothing. Instead, our intelligence agencies were reined in, air interceptors grounded - and the attacks exploited to launch a devastating war on Afganistan. The results: a U.S. corporate takeover of Central Asia's oil and gas - a wealthier Bush family - and more censorship. The War on Freedom rips apart the veil of silence surrounding 9/11, and lets readers look at the facts for themselves.
	The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, Corporate Cons and High Finance Fraudsters.  Investigative journalist Greg Palast has uncovered scandal, fraud, corruption, and lies in the highest seats of power, from the White House to corporate America. Known in Britain as "the greatest investigative reporter of our time" (Tribune magazine), Palast has broken some of the biggest stories of the past decade, including: - How Bush killed the FBI's investigation of the financing of terrorist organizations by Saudi Arabia - How the Bush family stole the election in Florida - How Enron cheated, lied, and swindled its way into an energy monopoly
	A Time for Choices: Deep Dialogues for Deep Democracy by Michael Toms Events of the last 12 months have led to a crisis in American values. With the passage of the so-called Patriot Act, the War Powers Act, and the presidential edict establishing military tribunals, with Congress and the major mass media championing the government party line, civil liberties and the founding democratic principles of the United States of America are in grave jeopardy. Dissent and disagreement have become "unpatriotic" and "un-American." A Time for Choices addresses these contemporary challenges to democracy through dialogues that expand the field of possibilities with the views of leading thinkers, educators, political analysts, activists, social innovators, clergy, journalists, philosophers, and spiritual teachers. These are the voices of the fourth branch of government, the bedrock of American democracy.the people.speaking out and questioning policy.
	Terrorism and War by Howard Zinn Terrorism and War is based on a series of interviews given by Howard Zinn in late 2001 and early 2002, regarding current events such as the bombing of Afghanistan, the "war on terrorism" in general, and the terrorist attacks of September 11th.
	Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President by J. H. Hatfield What you get here is the drumbeat of fact after fact after fact on the rise of a president born with a silver oil well in his mouth. It's without invective, even without the usual speculation common to political bios, but it is devastating. Gone is the Hollywood re-make of Dubya as Just Plain Folks who happened to pick up a few dollars in the oil and sports biz. This is about a guy who stuffed his pockets and built a career on a combination of daddy's Rolodex, political venom and rich-kid contacts. In reading Hatfield's description of Bush's rise to Governor of Texas, we see that history repeats itself with horrifying predicatability: first as farce and then as Presidency. --Greg Palast

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JohnKerryIsaDouchbagButImVotingForHimAnyway - John Kerry not your ideal candidate, but you know he's the lesser of "two evils"? This site is for you.
The Daily Mis-lead - A daily chronicle of Bush administration distortion, now with a searchable database of Bush/Cheney lies.
Bush In 30 Seconds - 15 final video ads chosen from a pool of over 1,500 produced and created by the public from all over the nation. Produced by the people, not Madison Avenue.
Billionaires for Bush - "Billionaires for Bush is a grassroots political action committee that advocates for the rights and interests of people of phenomenal wealth"
GWBush.com - The original Bush parody site, made famous when Dubya exclaimed, "There ought to be limits to freedom".
Counterpunch.org - Progressive bi-weekly muckraking newsletter, useful in battles against the war machine, big business and the rapers of nature.
TruthOut.org - Daily updated progressive resource for news, politics and editorials.
IndyVoter.org - Empowering people to swing elections through the formation of voter blocs.
TrueMajority - Web action site for issues on social justice, peace and sustainability. Founded by Ben Cohen (of Ben & Jerry's)
WeCount.org - Building a progressive coalition to demand represenation from a Kerry administration