Have right-wing, or unaware, family members? Gift suggestions...

[Kralizec]

I have a lot of people in my family who are stuck in the matrix. So this year I decided that all of my gifts would be intended to inform my family of what's going on. I guess I should have posted earlier, but this is for procrastinators.

Books:
-Confessions of an Economic Hitman, by John Perkins
Book info.
- Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, by Al Franken
- Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn
Why Ishmael?
- Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, by John de Graaf, David Wann, Thomas H. Naylor
Review link
- We the People, by Thom Hartmann


For those who have Sci-fi fans as friends/family:
-The Dune Novels, by Frank Herbert (6 books)
This is a great read, with a lot of philosophy embedded in it. Also gets the reader think about mass human manipulation -- very relevant to the times. Click here for the official website.

DVDs:
- Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & Selling of American Empire
Website.
- Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, by Greg Palast
Click here for a preview

Non-political DVD:
- Waking Life, by Richard Linklater
Website

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Those are just some ideas, but I think these gifts will do a lot more good than just buying junk. Hope this helps some!

[ThorsHammer]

1. "House of Bush, House of Saud" (nt)

[Kralizec]

2. Yeah! Add anything useful that hasn't been mentioned!! n/t

[Wapsie B]

3. Thanks for the ideas!

I was thinking shit in a coffee can myself.

[Skidmore]

4. Dune is a great selection...

it also takes heavily of the history of Islam, and is actually a good way to learn the symbolic importance of the figures of caliph and imam without familiar cultural trappings or biases.

[EVDebs]

5. Don't forget David Cay Johnston's "Perfectly Legal"

Chapter 8 about how the lower and middle class subsidize the wealthy will make for interesting reading and discussion ! ho, ho, ho !

[happyslug]

6. A DD4 enlistment form, thus they can be the troop they Claim to support.

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/eforms/dd0004.pdf

[Rainstorm]

7. Dune

Dune is one of my all time favorite books. Good selection!