Russ Baker lecture in San Francisco. On the tabloidization of life, the stories we’re not getting, liberal vs. conservative, our heroes, elites vs. common people, how the powerful keep their power, and why we must read books. (One hour)
In the greater New York City area? Please come out on Tuesday, April 24 to hear and meet our founder and editor, Russ Baker.
He’ll be speaking at 6:30pm, Mid-Manhattan Library, 455 Fifth Avenue at 40th St, 6th floor. Copies of his book Family of Secrets will be available, and he’ll be glad to sign them.
Russ will talk about
*Family of Secrets and WhoWhatWhy
*How and why the “mainstream” media (and even the “alternative” media) hide discomfiting revelations
*How the hidden truth about the forces and values behind the Bush presidency reflect fundamental problems with American democracy that continue in the Obama era.
If you are in the Bay Area this Sunday, March 25, 2012, 9:30 am, please come to hear and meet Russ Baker. Russ will discuss “The News You Don’t Get” about foreign policy, the economy, and power in America—and how the presidential race obscures why we cannot get real democracy and meaningful change. First Unitarian Universalist Society, San Francisco, 1187 Franklin Street at Geary. FREE and open to all. Copies of Russ’s Book, Family of Secrets: the Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years, will be available.
Russ Baker talks about deep history, the origins of the intelligence establishment, the military-industrial-financial-oil complex, the JFK assassination, and his book Family of Secrets, with Craig Barnes on KSFR-FM, Santa Fe, NM, January 27, 2012
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