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This book begins where You Are Being Lied To left off. Once again, an aweinspiring group of investigative journalists, researchers, insiders, dissidents, and academics peels back consensus reality and shows us what's genuinely happening. Hard, documented proof on the most powerful foundations and arguable topics in the world. Among the revelations:

Antidepressants trash your brain.
China has repeatedly threatened to nuke the US.
Young people are less violent now than they have been in over 30 years.
Mad Cow impairment of normal physiological function is killing humans in America.
Many disabled persons don't want to be "cured" and don't admire Christopher Reeve.

Plus antecedently unpublished revelations regarding the International Monetary Fund, the Vatican Bank, the Olympic Games, Henry Lee Lucas, the drug war in South America, unpublicized accidents at nuclear power plants, and much more. Includes reproductions of rare documents and photos, including an unpublished eyewitness sketch of a mysterious third gunman at Columbine.

Among the 50+ contributors: Naomi Klein Douglas Rushkoff Arianna Huffington Howard Zinn Paul Krassner Gary Webb Howard Bloom Noreena Hertz Alexander Cockburn Thomas Szasz William Blum James Ridgeway Kalle Lasn Wendy McElroy

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Disinformation Books editor Russ Kick has antecedently written two general substitute reference books: Outposts and Psychotropedia. The Disinformation Company operates the most ordinary counterculture and substitute news internet site on the Web, Disinformatio

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From Library JournalFrom the humans who brought us You Are Being Lied To, here is another engrossing and infuriating compilation of muckraking articles, expos s, and provocative claims. Some of the pieces in the book are very timely: an assertion that the government had advance warning of the September 11 terrorist attacks, reports of further and added gunmen at Columbine High School, and further and added details on Senator Bob Kerrey's activenesses in Vietnam. Most of the articles were written for this volume, even though a heap of appeared antecedently in reputable magazines and journals (e.g., the Village Voice, Toronto Globe & Mail, and Journal of Medical Ethics). Not all the pieces deal with political issues; readers will find a wide range of social ("Mad Cow Disease"), financial ("World Bank and the WTO"), and cultural topics. A few intimate names appear amid the subscribers (Howard Zinn, Paul Krassner), but most are investigative reporters not well known to the public. This contrarian collection will attract a diverse readership from conspiracy nuts to academics and is commended for most public libraries. Thomas A. Karel, Franklin & Marshall Coll. Lib., Lancaster, PA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review"Even if you just check it out from the library, you owe it to yourself to read it." -- Movement (Jacksonville, FL), May 2002

"It's a great read." -- Jane Magazine, August 2002

"Much of it will shock your sensibilities. It's mindboggling stuff. But read it you should." -- Discourse & Disclosure, Summer 2002

"The kind of book you want to buy and give to everyone you know" -- Rain Taxi Summer 2002

"These stories may be scary" -- Seven Magazine, July 2002

"This book could alter the way you procedure information. This book could genuinely make you smarter." -- Tacoma Reporter, July 25, 2002

"[A] fun and compelling read" -- Enter Stage Right, June 2002

"[A]nother engrossing and infuriating compilation of muckraking articles, exposes, and provocative claims ... commended for most public libraries." -- Library Journal

"a bracing collection of contrarian articles covering a wide spectrum of subjects" -- The Guardian, October 5, 2002

"bold and brash and just a little bit frightening, irregardless of which side of the political center readers find themselves" -- The Boox Review, July 10, 2002

From the PublisherIn “Burn the Olive Tree, Sell the Lexus,” Greg Palast and Oliver Shykles show precisely what globalization hath wrought, using exclusive leaked documents from the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. Political commentator Arianna Huffington then offers stinging criticism of the pharmaceutical industry in “Drug Companies: Sell Hard, Sell Fast...and Count the Bodies Later.” We’re proud to present a groundbreaking article on the Vatican Bank’s seamy side by attorney Jonathan Levy. Dominick Armentano shows that antitrust law in truth hurts buyers and is used closely altogether by businesses to kneecap their competitors. Investigative journalist Lucy Komisar follows the global trail of laundered cash in “Dirty Money and Global Banking Secrecy.” Noreena Hertz shows us that globalization isn’t inherent a bad thing, but it must be altered drasti before it will gain everyone.

Douglas Valentine examines former Senator Bob Kerrey’s active role in the CIA’s ultrasecret Phoenix program, which involved torturing and killing civilians in Vietnam. Sports professor Helen Lenskyj reveals the concealed costs, arrogance, and corruption of the Olympics. Lindsay Jenkins spills the beans on the plan to demolish the nations of Europe by turning them into one big (undemocratic) country ruled by a secretive, unaccountable bunch of bureaucrats. “Watchdog Nation” discloses the difficulties with the groups that earn their multi-millions by magnifying the threat of political extremists in America.

Investigator Brad Shellady presents a excessive damage and destruction look at the case of Henry Lee Lucas, alleged to be one of the worst serial killers of all time. British reporter Rory Carroll examines new developments in the case of “The Monster of Florence,” which inspired Thomas Harris to manufacture his intellectual psychopath, Hannibal Lecter. In “Charlie Manson’s Image,” counterculture legend Paul Krassner adds new twists to the famous case. “Witnesses to a Massacre” by Russ Kick assembles ignored reports by a great deal of eyewitnesses who saw multiple gunmen perpetrating the massacre at Columbine. “Free Lauriane” reveals that, for the original time ever, the US has granted political asylum to a French citizen. Retired police chief Joseph McNamara reveals the existence of gangs of renegade cops in each major US city and confirms the existence of the “blue wall of silence” in “When Cops Become the Gangsters.”

Gabe Kirchheimer uses medical studies, expert opinions, and scientific facts to demonstrate that crazy cow disease has in truth invaded the US. Then Mickey Z. widens the subject to look at further difficulties affiliated with meat and other animal-based feed in “Fear of a Vegan Planet.” The legendary Thomas Szasz demonstrates that the conception of “mental illness” is a ruse, while prominent psychiatric-drug whistleblower Peter Breggin, M.D. explains what’s faulty with Ritalin.

Mike Males shows us in “Myths About Youth” that kids these days are less violent and use less drugs and alcohol than their parents’ generation. Phillip Cook reveals that men incorporate a significant part of domestic abuse victims (one third to one half). Lucy Gwin tells the shocking truth with regards to disabled persons in “Postcards From the Planet of the Freaks.” Adbusters founder Kalle Lasn presents the scientific proof that our media-saturated buyer culture is exceedingly damaging to our psyches, and Preston Peet has harsh words for the current trend toward forced treatment for drug users. In a pair of essays, Wendy McElroy presents old-school, individualist-feminist takes on pornography and prostitution. Our own sexual adventurer, Tristan Taormino, looks at the full spectrum of kinship choices in “Two’s Too Tough.” Turning to the big questions, Nick Mamatas examines the comparatively recent origins of the supposedly universal good/evil dichotomy, and Annie Laurie Gaylor eyes! divine misogyny in “Why Women Need Freedom From Religion.”

There are a startling number of accidents, near-misses, and other difficultnesses in nuclear power plants, a subject near and dear to nuclear safety engineer David Lochbaum’s heart (his “Fission Stories” tells all). Attorney David Hardy has uncovered even more skullduggery surrounding the Waco incident, including a smoking-gun document. William Blum completely savages another Official Version of Events in “The Bombing of PanAm Flight 103: Case Not Closed.” Meanwhile, “Leaders Against the Drug War” shows that over 70 government officials in the US and around the world have called for the relaxation of drug laws. Jonathan Vankin reminds us that the ludicrous events of the 2000 presidential election were not one thing new. Our man in India, Dr. K. Jamanadas, offers an unflinching look at the horrors being endured by Untouchables in his country. Robert Sterling gives an acid take on the demonization of the leaders of developing countries in “Viva Kadaffi!” Howard Bloom and Diane Starr Petryk! -Bloom disclose the frighteningly underrated military and economic power of China. Living in Peru, Peter Gorman has an idealisti spot from which to report on the war the US is covertly waging in neighboring Colombia.

“The Accidental Operative,“ by two Village Voice reporters, is a groundbreaking look at the Taliban’s unofficial US ambassador, who happens to be the niece of a former CIA Director. Alex Burns deals with the complexity of the terrorist mindset in “A Canticle for Osama Bin Laden.” Naomi Klein (of No Logo fame) shows us why America was/is so woefully unprepared for a biowarfare attack. In “September 11, 2001: No Surprise,” Russ Kick offers a big amount of proof indicating that the upper levels of the US government knew what was coming.

Howard Zinn’s “The Ludlow Massacre” resurrects a for the most part forgotten governmental slaughter of men, women, and children. In “Mushroom Clouds in Paradise,” Jack Niedenthal details the shameful treatment of the persons of the Bikini Atoll. Former teacher John Taylor Gatto uses the writings of the men who produced and enforced the US public school scheme to show that they purposefully designed the system to keep us mute and docile.

Appendix A has short takes on 35 more mysteries and lies, including the multimillionaire officials who run the US, corporate malfeasance, AIDS, Hollywood’s propaganda, exotic weapons, civilian deaths in Afghanistan, and income tax. Appendix B looks at 35 books dealing with Kissinger, innocent persons in jail, antidepressants, guns, Islam, the swastika, and other juicy topics.

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79 of 88 persons found the following review helpful.
Everything You Know Is Subject to Debate
By Kevin L. Nenstiel
Richard Metzger claims, in his preface to this book, that concensus reality laid over and passed from physical life in 1996. If that's true, why is this book necessary? Rather than aid his claim, the book as a whole supports the precise opposite, reminding us that everything we think we know is subject to debate by someone.

This book is of uneven quality. Some of the articles offer data that genuinely does challenge readers' expectations. Howard Zinn's history of the Ludlow Massacre is an magnificent example, and ought to be shown to all Libertarians who think that Industry serves the mutual good. Editor Russ Kick offers plentiful documentary proof that the Columbine school shooting was more complex than we realize, while Mike Males comes from another direction, proposing that kids are a lot more salubrious and more law-abiding than we realize.

Other articles aren't so hot. Tristan Taormino's praise of polyamory uses vulgar terminology sure to keep any person on the fence from altering their minds. Are we in truth likely to agree to multiple collaborators if our best argument is full of language to make sailors blush? Greg Palast and Oliver Shykles' condemnation of the International Monetary Fund, even though probably correct, refuses to quote origins and has a flip tone that won't sway any key undecided minds. Thomas Szasz, in claiming that mental impairment of normal physiological function is a fiction, plainly states his sentiment that psychoses don't exist, and then behaves as though his assertion is as good as proof.

This is not a scholarly book. It is written with a distinct frequent tone, though no clear political position. Some articles are liberal, a great deal of conservative; a good deal of pro-industry, some anti-neoclassical economics; some pro-religion, some in an open way athiest. David T. Hardy claims that law enforcement was too proactive and caused the disaster at Waco, but Philip W. Cook claims law enforcement doesn't do sufficient to protect men from domestic abuse.

In the end, this book, in spite of the declarative title, isn't attempting to prove a point or alter your mind. It's attempting to remind you that your faith doesn't equivalent uttermost truth. It merely calls the views numerous of us portion into question in a sheer undertake to keep us from marching lock-step into the slaughterhouse.

This is an splendid book if you're seeking to exaggerate your thinking or if you want to hold your own in an argument. If you can't handle a challenge to what you believe, don't bother with this book. If you don't mind altering your views to suit the facts, this is the book for you.

41 of 45 humans found the following review helpful.
Getting the other side of the story
By Harold McFarland
Have you ever wondered if the media is telling you the finish story? Have you ever wondered if there is another side to the stories that is just plain not being told? Is it possible that everything you are being taught is not inevitably unfeigned but is rather just the position that the government, media or other group wants you to believe? If you have then you owe it to yourself to read this book.

Just a couple of examples from the book include the current circumstance with Mad Cow impairment of normal physiological function in America, the fact that violence involving young persons is at it's lowest level in over 30 years (despite the impression you get from the news), how French authorities kidnapped a girl in California and took her to France. Other areas include nuclear safety, globalization, serial killers, the Vatican Bank, Olympic Games, the Columbine murders and numerous others.

While at times the book seems like a series of articles from a "conspiracy theory" group, it has the vantage of each article being contributed by an authority in that field. The authorities include everything from investigative journalists to researchers to commentators and academic authorities. Each article includes well-documented proof to backup all claims.

If not one thing else, you owe it to yourself to learn the substitute possiblenesses and explanations that are out there, most of which are at least as plausible and most times more so than the "official" or "accepted" version. A arousing and attention holding read that opens the mind, answers some questions and at times produces more questions than it answers. Fun and irreverent, now and again politically left, most times politically right, it is a commended read.

50 of 57 humans found the following review helpful.
Everything You Read Is Wrong
By doomsdayer520
This book from the folks at Disinformation is in general more inviolable than it is predecessor, "You Are Being Lied To." That book was a similar collection of nonconformist articles but attempted to tie them all together underneath the theme of media manipulation and corporate conspiracies to control public information. That theme didn't work out too well as the book was damaged by whiny conspiracy theorists and bleeding heart crybabies. "Everything You Know Is Wrong" manages to refrain from that problem, which could potentially harm any book with this kind of philosophy, and that's because it doesn't try to make any type of overarching point this time. Therefore this book becomes a more pleasurable and believable collection of articles on subjects that you are improbable to listen with regards to in the mainstream media.

Another strength of this book is it is differing viewpoints, as a good deal of political persuasions are represented and a lot of of the essays even contradict each other. In a book like this that reacts versus mainstream power, you will naturally get a lot of leftism, and that's true in at least four-fifths of this book. However, the right will find representation here too, in particular in the essay "Watchdog Nation" which criticizes anti-racism groups that are for the most part acting only in their own self-interest, plus endorsements of books that criticize gun control conceptions and the Clinton/Gore administration. Readers of this book who take each single essay at face value, disregarding of the reader or writer's political leanings, will find themselves with new well-rounded viewpoints.

Regardless, the best essays here are far beyond mere left vs. right politics. Most notably "The Whole Truth About Domestic Violence," which proves that more men are maltreated than women; "Some Lessons from the Underground History of American Education," a genuinely terrifying expose on the real ideology of public schools (e.g. conformity and indoctrination rather than critical thinking); and "Postcards from the Planet of the Freaks," a realistic view on impairments from the disabled themselves, which you are highly improbable to see elsewhere. There are a few clunkers though, particularly "Fear of a Vegan Planet," which starts out well with a great deal of well-considered reasons to keep out of the way of meat, but in the end states that meat eating is inherent illogical, as is "renting oneself out eight hours a day." If this author thinks that making a living is illogical, does it matter if you're a vegan when you can't afford to eat? Fortunately, inanities like this aren't some sufficient to harm the overall success of this book.

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