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Resources

For those of you in the Bloomington area, we recommend stopping by Boxcar Books at 310 S. Washington St. Boxcar Books is a volunteer-run cooperative with a good selection of magazines, books, etc. on social change.

Books
The Corporate Planet, Joshua Karliner
The Overworked American, Juliet B. Schor
The Vulnerable Planet, John Bellamy Foster
One Market Under God, Thomas Frank
Globalization from Below, Jeremy Brecher
Allies Across the Border, Dale Hathaway
Women in the Global Factory, Annette Fuentes and Barbara Ehrenreich
Democratizing the Global Economy, Kevin Danaher ed.
The Howard Zinn Reader
A People's History of The United States, Howard Zinn
The Ralph Nader Reader
The Noam Chomsky Reader
Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky
Profit Over People, Noam Chomsky
The Chomsky Trilogy
Battle in Seattle, Janet Thomas
Campus Inc. Corporate Power in the Ivory Tower, Geoffry D. White
Corporate Predators, Russell Mokhiber
Corporations Are Gonna Get Your Momma, Kevin Danaher
Leasing the Ivory Tower, Lawrence C. Soley
Living My Life, Emma Goldman
Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky
The Activist's Handbook, Randy Shaw
Steal This Book, Abbie Hoffman
My Year of Meats, Ruth L. Ozeki
Germinal, Emile Zola
OilUption Sinclair
The JungleUpton Sinclair
The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Ecotopia, Ernest Callenbach
The Monkey Wrench GangEdward Abbey
Tin Drum, Gunter Grass

See also:
Rage Against the Machine's revolutionary reading list
Global Exchange publications

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Magazines
Mother Jones
The Progressive
The Nation
Z Magazine
Dissent
Harper's Magazine
Utne Reader
Brill's Content
Against the Current
Dollars and Sense
Labor Notes
Synthesis/Regeneration
Co-op America's National Green Pages
Independent Politics News
Fifth Estate
The Student Insurgent
Ms. Magazine

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Websites

Labor Rights information: United Students Against Sweatshops; Workers Rights Consortium; Sweatshop Watch; Living Wage Project; AFL-CIO; UNITE!; An anti-Nike Campaign; Campaign for Labor Rights; National Labor Committee; IU's Licensing site — check this site for factory locations; Purdue Students Against Sweatshops

Human Rights: Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch; School of the America's Watch; Global Exchange

Alternative Media — see also magazine section above: znet; indymedia; iacenter; One World; alternet; Center for Responsive Politics; Multinational Monitor; Seven Stories Press; Project Censored; Common Courage Press; Southend Press; Radical Books; Soho Press; Radio Project; Michael Moore

Corporate Power: Corporate Watch; Student Alliance to Reform Corporations; Forbes 400 Richest People List

Globalization/Economy: WTO information site; International Forum on Globalization; Globalization Challenge Initiative; United for a Fair Economy; Learn about the IMF/World Bank protests; Global Exchange's economy pages; 50 Years Is Enough; The Development Gap; Political Accountability; Public Citizen

Activism in general: ProActivist; Grassroots Actions; The Social Action and Leadership School for Activists; Working for Change; Empowerment Resources

Environmental Groups: Greenpeace; Sierra Club; Earth First; Environmental Defense Fund; Julia Butterfly Hill; E Magazine; Earth Island Institute; EnviroLink Network

Shopping: Coop America; Greenpages; Responsible Shopper; Shop for Change; Global Exchange's store; Kalani Coffee; End the Embargo; serrv.org

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Videos

Silkwood
Norma Rae
The Insider
Manufacturing Consent
Steal This Movie
At the River I Stand

See also:
info on videos from School of the Americas Watch movies and documentaries available from Global Exchange

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