Member: doowatt34

Thanks for accepting me as your friend.

posted by JeffRiveraAuthor at 4:10 am (EST) on May 30, 2009

You are very welcome, my friend! Glad you are enjoying Democracy Now! Amy Goodman is the bomb!

posted by sweetdissident at 7:19 pm (EST) on Apr 10, 2009

Dear Diana, enjoyed your last comment. You have Sea Gifts? Now that is rare! I love children's literature. I met the author, George Shannon in college! My copy is signed. If witchy books interest you, you may enjoy a fiction work by Rosemary Edghill, Book of Moons, which I just finished reading. Just a fun mystery. Talk to you soon,

fondly,
Ginny

posted by sweetdissident at 6:46 pm (EST) on Feb 15, 2009

Thanks so much for connecting with me here. I enjoyed perusing your collection and look forward to other titles that you add this year. Again, thanks!

posted by thegritsdotcom at 12:14 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2009

Hotep Doowatt34,

I was pleased to see that you have The African world History Project, by the Study of Classical African Civilization a organization I belong to. I never knew if the book sold outside of the membership or the conferences.
Nzingha

posted by Nzingha at 12:42 am (EST) on Oct 22, 2008

Dear Diana,

Thanks for the tips on buying or acquiring books. I most recently read "Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West." I loved it, absolutely delicious. Loved the allegories to the racism, classism, and sexism in our current times. It's a very political book, underneath the masterfully written fiction. So it was right up my alley.

Some new movies I have heard of, but not yet seen are: Body of War, a documentary on the war in Iraq by a veteran against the war, and War Inc., which is coming out soon, a satire. Those two sound good. Also "In Debt We Trust," is a documentary about the subprime scandal. All three I learned about from watching "Democracy Now!" That is a great source for just the kind of thing you may be looking for.

And although it seems his hopes for the presidency are dashed, Mike Gravel's videos on You Tube are so inspiring, especially his Google Interview. What a brilliant man. Very into social justice and "Citizen Power," which happens to be the title of a book he wrote in the 1970's and has now re-issued, with up-to-date events considered along side his original ideas. Gravel: outstanding thinker in my book!!

Don't forget Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival," or "Interventions," two fairly recent books.

posted by sweetdissident at 11:01 pm (EST) on May 26, 2008

Diana,

My you are prolific!! I've just been enjoying your many reviews. So glad to have a buddy like you on Library Thing! Your library is amazing. My question: how do you afford it? I've had to calm way down and stick to the local used library book sales around here.

commune soon,

~Ginny

posted by sweetdissident at 7:21 pm (EST) on Apr 28, 2008

Dear Diana,

Yes, Arundhati Roy is female, from India. She wrote The God of Small Things, the cover of which is so gorgeous, I bought it. It was stupidly placed on a "bargain" table at a local bookstore here, either Borders, or one of the biggie chains. For $5.00, I bought the novel that won the prestigious "Booker Prize" back in the late nineties. I did not know she wrote non-fiction then, either! The God of Small Things is fiction, but based on real political events. It is realistic fiction, and spans generations in a gripping tale of clashing cultures, racism, love, and revolution. The imagery is remarkable; the word play as well.

She became interested in resistance, and Chomsky's work, corporate globalization, etc. She became involved with the Narmada Dam resistance movement in India, and donated her Booker Prize money (half a mil!) to that cause; all of it.

From her book, War Talk, which I learned about through my pastor, I learned about Chomsky. War Talk is the book to read, for anyone with a heart who wishes to better understand the dark driving forces behind propaganda, imperialism, and war.

Just google her; loads of info! =)

posted by sweetdissident at 5:46 pm (EST) on Apr 27, 2008

Yay, yay, yay!!! I just saw where you added Five Negro Presidents by J.A. Rogers!!! You go, girl! Where did you FIND it? My pastor has an old copy.

Smiles,

Ginny

posted by sweetdissident at 5:22 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2008

Greetings! "Return of the Ancient Ones" was never widely available to the public. It was distributed through the Moorish Science Temple of America. I actually edited and printed the first 500 copies myself.

posted by kwamikk at 11:18 am (EST) on Apr 15, 2008

"Egypt v Greece and the American Academy" sounds very interesting indeed. As far as beginning a stroll into Chomskyland. . . ahhh where to begin??? I'm foaming at the mouth! Hmmm, how about "Manufacturing Consent," by Chomsky and Herman, or any one of Chomsky's recent books on U.S. foreign policy, "Interventions", or "Failed States."

I don't see where to underline or put titles in italics, so I just put them in quotes. =)

Nice to hear from you again!

posted by sweetdissident at 4:24 pm (EST) on Apr 13, 2008

How have you been? Read anything interesting lately?

~Your friend,
Sweet Dissident

posted by sweetdissident at 6:15 pm (EST) on Mar 22, 2008

Hi doowatt34, Thanks for the comment. I'm so glad the library helps. Isaac and I love our books :)!! I've added you to my list of "interesting libraries" and maybe we can chat sometime!

posted by hallsan at 6:29 pm (EST) on Feb 19, 2008

Dear Diana,

So wonderful to hear from you again!! Lol!! Yes Noam Chomsky is "up there" in age, but I guarantee you, he is still writing, and has recently published a couple of western empire-shattering books. I think one is called "Invasions," and another one, I think I mentioned, is "Inside Lebanon." (Can't seem to find an italics option for comments left). I don't really know what lengths he must go to to withstand the "heat" he receives from fearless writing and scholarship, but I'll bet he is long used to it by now, and probably has to travel with security, etc. One thing that fearless writers/ thinkers, like Chomsky, Roy, and Vidal must contend with is being totally ignored by mass media, when their voices could lend so much understanding to today's global events.

Commune soon,
~Sweet Dissident

posted by sweetdissident at 7:36 pm (EST) on Feb 9, 2008

Hi, thanks for your comment. The pic is with an indigenous woman and her llamas/alpacas near Cuzco in Peru.

posted by individuality1977 at 6:25 pm (EST) on Feb 2, 2008

Hi, I have not been on the site for a while due to a busy work schedule but thanks for adding my collection to your "interesting libraries" list. I see that there are some books we both own and we seem to share similar interests :)

posted by individuality1977 at 11:18 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2007

Dear Diana,
Sorry I haven't been on in a while. I am thrilled to have received your comment & questions about my hero, Noam Chomsky. And Noam is not misspelled. That's really his name. =) His background is linguistics and philosophy. He was, and is, professor at MIT, in the linguistics department. His first books were academic in nature, and dealt with linguistics. He has had a stellar career with his works in linguistics, alone. But when I came to know of him, I was unaware of this. I heard about him through reading Arundhati Roy's WAR TALK, and in this book, she pays homage to Chomsky. I said to myself, if she worships him, well I have got to see what the fuss is about!!

Chomsky is touted by some as the world's most important living intellectual, and he is a well-known dissident who champions human rights and justice. His writing is very important, because while most of us are fooled by state controlled media, and propaganda, you can count on Chomsky to be right there, saying, uh, no, this is how it really is, and what is really happening.

He has written many books on US foreign policy, recent US history, and also books about the media, propaganda, the Middle East Crisis, and so on.

I think you will find any one of his books fascinating! I especially liked MANUFACTURING CONSENT, and FOR REASONS OF STATE.

He is a boat-rocking dissident, so you will not find kind things written about him in too much of the mass media. He is married and is in his 80's, still teaching and lecturing at MIT, and has several new books out in the last 2 years or so, all dealing with US foreign policy, and the wake of destruction it is leaving over the globe.

Democracy Now! has interviews with him on their web site.

Thank you kindly for your interest in one of my favorite authors!!

posted by sweetdissident at 1:34 pm (EST) on Nov 12, 2007

Just wanted to drop a note and say "thank you" for your continued correspondence, even though my replies are not always timely. It sounds like you have done some very intersting research into the East Timorese. You certainly know more about their history than I do! I was only aware of Kissinger's bloody legacy of foreign policy, and the massacre that occured in 1991. I am learning so much from your comments, and I appreciate that!

PS: I got a new Chomsky book, called Inside Lebanon. That is another interesting situation where US foreign policy has had a devastating effect on indigenous people, at their expense, and our material gain.

posted by sweetdissident at 10:59 pm (EST) on Oct 22, 2007

Hi Doowatt34,
Yes, your comments were both thoughtful and offered insight. However, your library is much more interesting... most surprising- Dr Seuss... most like to read- The American Directory of Certified Uncle Toms, Our Nig and Twenty Years of Censured News.
Take care
amc1229

posted by amc1229 at 11:28 pm (EST) on Oct 19, 2007

Hi doowatt34,
Thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list. I hope you will not consider me intrusive if I asked what made my library interesting?
Yes,then Sparta is a bit up the road from T'ville thanks.
amc1229

posted by amc1229 at 11:44 am (EST) on Oct 18, 2007

Thanks Diana. You have some great books in your library. I'll holla!

posted by homegirl at 5:49 pm (EST) on Oct 17, 2007

Diana,

Also check out what Randall Robinson has to say about Haiti and the coup that we perpetrated there in 2004, I think it was. This is also in Democracy Now!'s archives; you can just type it in the search field.

posted by sweetdissident at 5:33 pm (EST) on Oct 12, 2007

Dear Diana,

Thank you for letting me know you checked out DN!'s website re: East Timor. I do not remember how Gerald Ford figures into things, other than that he inherited some of the Nixon/Kissinger legacy of our bloody foreign policy. But what I really wanted to draw your attention to was Amy Goodman's first hand account of the tragedy, and DN!'s archives on East Timor. I, too, am interested in Black Asian history, and the blighting effects that White European imperialism has had on indigenous cultures the globe over.

Enlightening reading!

~Sweet Dissident

posted by sweetdissident at 5:31 pm (EST) on Oct 12, 2007

How far is Sparta from Thomasville my home?

posted by amc1229 at 12:11 am (EST) on Oct 11, 2007

Have you seen the tv program or heard of the web site Democracy Now! ?
Amy goodman was in East Timor when the Indonesian U.S. armed forces commited one of the massacres, in fact, she was caught in the fray and reported about it.

www.democracynow.org

might be a resource of interest to you! There is also an archived story about Aristede in Haiti, and an interview w/ Randall Robinson regarding those events.

Can't wait to correspond more with you regarding this and other issues or resources for African American history, and recent world events.

Take care,
Sweet Dissident

posted by sweetdissident at 12:16 am (EST) on Sep 26, 2007

Hi Doowatt34,
I was just strolling through and saw Dr.Ben's books which I was
pleased to see. He once had a trip to Papua new guinea which I was not able to go but I did travel with him to Kemet. I need to go through your catalog some more to see what delightful surprises await me.

Nzingha

posted by Nzingha at 1:03 am (EST) on Sep 20, 2007

Thank you for your kind comments. I think your catalog is great.
I wonder, in addition to the history of the Black Indonesians, if by that you mean the East Timorese? I know of some interesting if not scandalous history as far as the persecution & massacre of the East Timorese by U.S. armed Indonesian troops, as recent as the late 1990's.

I was wondering what you know of the Indonesians, and which books you found helpful or informative.

Thanks,
Sweet Dissident

posted by sweetdissident at 6:23 pm (EST) on Sep 12, 2007

Hi, doowatt34! I'm new to library thing. I enjoyed looking through your catalogue. I've added you to my "interesting libraries," hope that's okay with you.

Thanks,
"Sweet Dissident"

posted by sweetdissident at 11:25 pm (EST) on Aug 20, 2007