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The Politics of Heroin This is the Bible. Takes you through establishment complicity in the drug trade from the Opium Wars in China to the Iran-Contra connection.
The Mafia, CIA and George Bush Yes, Virginia, Savings and Loan was a concerted ripoff by the Mob, the CIA and big business (which are all really the same thing anyway). Some of the most painstaking research ever on the subject.
Dark Alliance The followup to Gary Webbs couragous series of articles shows how the CIA uses local law enforcement and in particular how the Company connects to the gangs of South Central L.A. and a number of large corporations. It names names.
Report from Iron Mountain Although it's a work of fiction mascarading as a "secret government report," you'll be hard pressed to find a better description of how things really work. Unfortunately, you'll be hard pressed to find this book, too. I doubt that's an accident.
Deep Politics and the Death of JFK Everything you were afraid to know about the coup d'etat of 1963. Peter Dale Scott's research connects the assassination to the same financial, business and intelligence powers that you find behind the drug trade today.
False Profits Shows how the BCCI, a drug- and oil-backed pyramid scheme of a bank, came to American shores and how it connects to the CIA and Wall Street. Both political parties, including none other than Emperor Dubya, are badly tarnished by the end.
Plausible Denial One of the earliest works to burst the Warren Commission bubble, this book was the first to plant the CIA firmly on the grassy knoll.
The Emperor Wears No Clothes Colorful and fun, this book is a welcome break from all the depressing and brain-twisting connections in the others, but it's also an important read. Exposes the blatant lies we are told about marijuana and the real reason why - to prevent the cultivation of industrial hemp. You'll be astounded at all the uses for the plant that the chemical and pharmaceutical companies don't want you to know about.
When Corporations Rule the World A former Harvard professor and intelligence insider exposes the destructive impulses and insatiable hunger of hyper-capitalism gone mad. A must-read for anyone who thinks our current economic system is remotely healthy.
