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MARK ENGLER
talk & booksigning for "How to Rule the World"
Monday, May 5 at 7:00 pm
“As the world readies to heave a collective sigh of relief upon George W.
Bush's exit from the White House, "How to Rule the
World" is a caution against complacency. Mark Engler offers a
timely reminder that before Bush's boots and bombs there was Clinton's
corporate 'consensus' - more soothing perhaps but no more sustainable
than the neocons’ disastrous militarism. He then makes a case that there
lies a third choice: democracy. Impressively researched and sharply
argued, "How to Rule the World" is an essential handbook
not for the few who do rule the world but for the many who should.” -
Greg Grandin, author of "Empire's Workshop"
Mark Engler is an analyst with Foreign Policy In Focus. He is also a New
York City-based journalist. His articles have appeared in the
Christian Science Monitor, Newsday, Dissent, In
These Times, Salon.com, and MotherJones.com.
FARHAD MANJOO
talk & booksigning for "True Enough: Learning to Live in a
Post-Fact Society"
Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00 pm
In 2005, Stephen Colbert catapulted the word “truthiness” – the notion of
an idea feeling true without any backup evidence - into the public
consciousness. Salon.com writer Farhad Manjoo expands upon this concept
in "True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact
Society," a perceptive analysis of the status of truth in the
digital age - as well as an exploration of how biases push both liberals
and conservatives to interpret news in a way that accords with their
personal versions of “reality.”
Farhad Manjoo manages Machinist, a daily technology news blog at
Salon.com, where he also writes frequently on journalism, politics, and
new media.
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