Guerrillas of Peace On the Air: Pacifica Radio Commentaries and Field Reports from Justice and Peace Missions in Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Mexico and Iraq. by Blase Bonpane

I opened the manuscript of Blase Bonpane's record of Radio commentary and peace reports, intending to put it aside for later reading, but was immediately captivated and couldn't put it down. It is gripping and instructive, shining a bright light on painful and critical problems of the day and introducing us to wonderful people whose struggle and sometimes grim fate should be seared in our memory: Sister Dianna Ortiz and Lori Berenson, Rev. Lucius Walker and Father Roy Bourgeois, and many others, not the least the author, whose quiet modesty cannot conceal his remarkable and inspiring life and work, here partially revealed.
-Noam Chomsky Buy a copy

The Peace March, La Marcha
Read Blase Bonpane's account of La Marcha as written in his book, Guerrillas of Peace On the Air. This stirring account is of a most historical peace march throughout Central America in December 1985 during the height of the wars and massacres in that region.

East Timor:  Genocide in Paradise 
By Matthew Jardine 
Introduction by Noam Chomsky
I was in high school when the war started. I had no political ties, didn't belong to any party... more...     Buy a copy

Love In a Time of Hate
By Nancy Hollander
Published in 1997, this groundbreaking work locates the intersection of psychoanalysis, Marxism, and twentieth century social upheaval in South America... more...    Buy a copy.


OOA BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
The following lists have been compiled from recommendations made to OOA. The readers submitting these lists have found these materials to be educational and helpful in their understanding of and work for peace. We hope you will find the same results and perhaps send us some of your recommendations.

Israel and Palestine:

Israel/Palestine: How to End the War of 1948 by Tanya Reinhart
The Road Map to nowhere: Israel/Palestine since 2003 by Tanya Reinhart
How to Overcome Zionism by Joel Kovel
The Truth about Camp David :The Untold Story About the Collapse of the Middle East Peace Process by Clayton E Swisher (former marine reservist and federal criminal investigator.)
Palestine Peace not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter
Lords of the Land: The War Over israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-2007 by Ideth Zertal Eldar ( have not read this one, but is highly recommended)
The Israeli Lobby by John J. Mearscheimer and Stephen M. Walt

Chavez

Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution by Richard Gott
The Chavez Code by Eva Golinger

U.S. Politics and History

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Broken Government by John W. Dean
Waging Peace by Scott Ritter
The Genius of Impeachment by John Nichols
The Secret History of the American Empire by John Perkins
Confessions of An Economic Hitman by John Perkins
Nemisis by Chalmers Johnson
Wealth and Democracy by Kevin Phillips
American Theocracy : The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century by Kevin Phillips
Freedom Next Time " Resisting the Empire by John Pilger
The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome by Michael Parenti
The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney:Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History by John Nichols
An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy

Religion and Philosophy

The God Illusion by Richard Dawkins
The End of Faith by Sam Harris
Breaking the Spell by Daniel C.Dennett
The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth E.O. Wilson
Beyond Belief: The Gospel of Thomas by Elaine Pagels
Sense & Goodness Without God A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism by Richard Carrier
God is Not Great-How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchins

Children and Education

"Doing School" How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students by Denise Clark Pope
The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins
Hothouse Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child by Alissa Quart
Humanism for Parents: Parenting without Religion by Sean P. Curley

Fiction

Bel Canto by Ann Patchet
Beauty and Truth by Ann Patchet
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Saturday by Ian McEwan

From OOA Staff

Father Greg & The Homeboys by Celeste Fremon
Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington by George Galloway
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows by David Potori
What Would Jefferson Do? by Thom Hartmann
Made Love, Got War? by Norman Solomon

Shae Popovich's Recommendations -

Political Films

Wal-mart the Movie
Road to Guantanamo
Iraq in Fragments
The Fog of War
Osama
The Peace
Control Room

Fiction Films -

Paradise Now
Sunrise
Water
Into the Wild
In the Valley of Elah
Wings of Desire
Away from Her
Motorcycle Diaries
Nowhere in Africa


The Lives of Others The 9/11 Commission Report by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

 The 9/11 Investigations edited by Steven Strasser

Addicted To War: Why the US Can't Kick Militarism by Joel Andreas

Against All Enemies: Inside America's War On Terror by Richard A. Clarke

American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips

Big Lies by Joe Corason

Blowback by Chalmers Johnson

Bushwhacked by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose

Chain of Command by Seymour M. Hersh
Tracing the nation's path from 9/11 to abuse at Abu Ghraib.

Disarming Iraq by Hans Blix

Disobedience and Democracy by Howard Zinn

Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore

Emma (A play about Emma Goldman)by Howard Zinn

Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian by Howard Zinn

The Great Unraveling by Paul Krugman

Had Enough? by James Carville with Jeff Nussbaum

I'll Be Short (Essentials For a Decent Working Society) by Robert Reich

Imperial Hubris by Anonymous
A senior US intelligence official says it's not democracy and freedom that rile Islamists, but US military, political and economic policy.

Justice in Everyday Life by Howard Zinn

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken

The Lies of George W. Bush by David Corn

Losing America by Robert C. Byrd
The West Virginia senator demands a rollback of what he calls the "slow unraveling of the people's liberties" in Pres. Bush's war on terror.

Marx in Soho by Howard Zinn
What it was like to become a member of the working poor.

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
What it was like to become a member of the working poor.

Obviously On He Sails by Calvin Trillin
The satirist takes on the Bush administration in verse, skewering elections past and present, the war on terror and the "axis of evil".

 Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got To Be So Hated by Gore Vidal

Postwar America by Howard Zinn

The Power of Nonviolence (Writings by Advocates of Peace) Introduction by Howard Zinn

SNCC: The New Alchemists by Howard Zinn

Sorrows of Empire; Militarism, Secrecy and the End of the Republic by Chalmers Johnson

The Southern Mystique by Howard Zinn

 Thieves in High Places by Jim Hightower

Unfit For Command by John E. O'Neill and Jerome R. Corsi
Vietnam vets accuse presidential nominee John Kerry of misdeeds regarding his wartime service.

Vietnam: the Logic of Withdrawal by Howard Zinn

When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and its Consequences by Eric Alterman

Who Let the Dogs In? by Molly Ivins
Essays about "incredible political animals," from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush.

Worse Than Watergate by John W. Dean
Former White House counsel argues that Predident Bush has done more dmaage to the nation than Nixon or Watergate.

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (A Personal History of Our Times) by John W. Dean
Former White House counsel argues that Predident Bush has done more dmaage to the nation than Nixon or Watergate.


The Chants

"Listening to the Chants by Blase Bonpane is an experience you can look forward to every day. Blase makes this mystical music immediate and accessible to us in our daily lives (where we need it most)." Martin Sheen

"The heartfelt reverence in Blase's voice, the hope and simplicity he learned from the struggles of the poor, combine for tremendous power, both for listeners who remember the old liturgies, and those who will hear this type of prayer for the first time." Mimi Kennedy

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DVDs

 Caught in the Crossfire-The Untold Story of Falluja

The Ground Truth

Voices of a People's History of the United States w/Howard Zinn & Anthony Arnove

What I've Learned About U.S. Foreign Policy -The War Against the Third World

Uncovered:The Whole Truth about the Iraq War

What I've Learned About US Foreign Policy: The War Against the Third World
 A Video Compilation by Frank Dorrel

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism


VHS

Arlington West: the Film
Oil Factor
 A documentary by Audry Brohy & Gerard Ungerman

Plan Colombia: Cashing-In on the Drug War Failure
 DA documentary by Gerard Ungerman & Audrey Brohy
Narrated by Ed Asner

Uncovered: the Whole Truth About the Iraq War
 To purchase click here

Hidden: Wars of Desert Storm
 A documentary by Audry Brohy & Gerard Ungerman
Narrated by John Hurt

Waging Peace
 An Empowerment Project Production 2004