Social Weapons

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.

Drugs as Weapons Against Us meticulously details how a group of opium-trafficking families came to form an American oligarchy and eventually achieved global dominance. This oligarchy helped fund the Nazi regime and then saved thousands of Nazis to work with the Central Intelligence Agency. CIA operations such as MK-Ultra pushed LSD and other drugs on leftist leaders and left-leaning populations at home and abroad.

This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run.

The Doomsday Machine is Ellsberg's hair-raising insider's account of the most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization, whose legacy - and renewal under the Obama administration - threatens the very survival of humanity. It is scarcely possible to estimate the true dangers of our present nuclear policies without penetrating the secret realities of the nuclear strategy of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy years, when Ellsberg had high-level access to them.

How did we become a world where facts—shared truths—have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally? How have we allowed the proliferation of alternative facts, hoaxes, even conspiracy theories, to destroy our trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate...

For decades, China’s rise was presented as an inevitable story of growth, technological progress, and efficiency. But behind that narrative lies another reality: a silent, patient, and deeply strategic war. China and the Invisible War reveals how the Chinese Communist Party has learned to project power without openly declaring it, to influence without appearing propagandistic, and to transform cooperation, investment, and economic dependency into instruments of political penetration. From Western media and think tanks to critical infrastructure and the green transition, Beijing is not ...

In October 1962, when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In this unique account, he describes the hour-by-hour negotiations, with particular attention to the actions and views of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In a foreword to this edition, the distinguished historian and Kennedy adviser Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., discusses the book's enduring importance and the significance of new information about the crisis that has come to light from the former Soviet Union.

The terror perpetrated by hate groups with a twisted sense of righteousness centered on a cause to mitigate the miseries of an oppressed people or to perform a religious program (jihad), haunts the world today. In the contemporary world where people, groups and organizations arrogate to themselves the right to make not only the establishment they are against the target of their attacks, but deem it acceptable to attack civilians in an indiscrimate manner if its serves their purpose, terrorism is recognized as the biggest threat to global security. But then, what motivates these bloodthirsty...

This essential, pause-resister narrative on the history of drone warfare by the acclaimed author of Rumsfeld explores how this practice emerged, who made it happen, and the real consequences of targeted killing.

My Journey at the Nuclear Brink is a continuation of William J. Perry's efforts to keep the world safe from a nuclear catastrophe. It tells the story of his coming of age in the nuclear era, his role in trying to shape and contain it, and how his thinking has changed about the threat these weapons pose. In a remarkable career, Perry has dealt firsthand with the changing nuclear threat.

A shocking expose of the reckless proliferation of bioweapon research and development facilities across the U.S. - and the threat this poses to everyday Americans. Battling a new generation of corporate giants and uncovering threats right in our own backyard, Kenneth King’s Germs Gone Wild reveals the massive expansion of America’s biodefense research labs and the culture of deception surrounding hundreds of facilities that have opened since 9/11.

A comprehensive study of the missile system that formed a critical component of the United States' nuclear arsenal. The Titan II ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) program was developed by the United States military to bolster the size, strength, and speed of the nation's strategic weapons arsenal in the 1950s and 1960s.

What if you knew how to sell on the subconscious level? What if you knew the tactics and techniques that allowed you to penetrate through your customer’s conscious faculty and reach them on a deep and influential level? What if you knew exactly how to produce the emotional reaction that would cause them to buy? What if you knew how to read your customer’s body language so well that you could lead them to the decision you wanted, with ease? Listen to find out more.

How To Live Safe In An Unsafe World After the pandemic and the government's response to the pandemic the world we live in now is not overly safe. The vaccine mandates are causing a lot of strife as well as the supply chain disruption which will affect nearly everybody when they go shopping. When food or lack of food becomes a serious problem then where you live could suddenly become very unsafe. Now this book is about trying to navigate an unsafe future. The book covers: Food storage Water Making your home safer Living in an unsafe environment As well as a host of other topics to keep you ...

The US Army entered World War II unprepared. Lacking Germany's blitzkrieg approach of coordinated armor and air power, the army was organized to fight two wars: one on the ground and one in the air. Previous commentators have blamed Congressional funding and public apathy for the army's unprepared state. David E. Johnson believes instead that the principal causes were internal: army culture and bureaucracy, and their combined impact on the development of weapons and doctrine.

In New Atlantis life couldn't be better. Scott O'Tool is 27 and already has a great job at the Ministry of Public Security re-socializing and repatriating dissidents to the new régime. He has a great girlfriend and his own apartment in one of the most desirable communities in the Eastern Provinces of New Atlantis. Scott is also fortunate to be surrounded by intelligent, well-mannered people and family members. What Scott doesn't realize is that nothing is as it seems. His perfect life in the venerable land of New Atlantis is about to change overnight. What Scott is about to experience as ...

The call is coming from inside the house. For twenty years, Elias Thorne has protected the nation as a DHS investigator, but when the shadows he's been chasing turn out to be the very government he serves, his loyalty becomes a death sentence. In an America fractured by partisan bile and crushed under the weight of overnight tax hikes and impossible consumer prices, the public is too busy fighting each other to notice the real threat. When a photographer captures proof of a conspiracy involving private contractors and high-level officials, the countdown to a national catastrophe begins. ...

The heart-stopping, epic sequel to Blade of Secrets by bestselling YA fantasy sensation Tricia Levenseller Eighteen-year-old Ziva is in a race against time. Her beloved sister was gravely wounded in a battle with a fearsome warlord, and now she and her friends, the handsome mercenary Kellyn and...

Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. But why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying? In The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution, Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press tackle the central puzzle of the nuclear age: The persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons.

With over one billion active users spread across 154 countries, it makes TikTok one of the most popular social media platforms as of 2023. But is this platform a friendly site to share creative visions, or is it a weapon of mass destruction?