Another Day in the Empire
by Kurt Nimmo
Category: Political Science

For the first time ever in a single volume, Dandelion Books presents a selection of journalist-photographer, Kurt Nimmo's highly acclaimed articles first published in Counterpunch www counterpunch.com. moved to action by the attorney general suggesting neighbors need to spy on each other ... You'd think normal everyday folks would look at their own kids and break out sobbing realizing what's happened to kids in Iraq. Is there Soma in the drinking water? But this isn't some Aldous Huxley novel, it's the real deal up in your face 24/7. the medium-sized town where I live to voice their opposition to the organized mass murder about to unfold, less than a hundred people show up. Other citizens drive past in their SUVs, honk their horns with 'God Bless America' bumper stickers attached. It's going to take more than God blessing us by the time Bush and his minions are finished. It's going to take a geochronological unit of karma to pay off this one. the mid-30s, when the people 'disappeared' and the neighbors said nothing because they were Good Germans and, 'besides, it only stands to reason if the Gestapo takes you away you must have done something to compromise our glorious national security.' be. By weaving meticulous documentation, a knowledge of the world beyond the official lies, and a practical humanity, his essays never fail to inform and astound. Among contemporary reporters, Nimmo is state-of-the-art. --John Kaminski, author of America's Autopsy Report Mexico called Kurt Nimmo. In the intervening years, he has burst onto the scene, emerging as one of the top political commentators in the United States. There is a select group of contemporary political commentators whose material is always an absolute must read for me--Chomsky and Cockburn, being two of the most prominent--and Nimmo is in this group. --Mark Hand, Editor, www pressaction.com