CALENDAR: Digging Deeper IX: 'Connecting the Dots,' UFPPC study circle Sept. 12-Oct. 3
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On Sept. 12, UFPPC's Monday evening book discussion group will begin a new study circle on "Connecting the Dots," featuring five diverse works on the hidden connections among forces whose intereaction is not always apparent but which may be crucial in determining outcomes. -- The volumes: Matthew Simmons, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (Wiley, 2005); Andrew Gumbel, Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America (Nation Books, 2005); George Lakoff, Dont Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate -- The Essential Guide for Progressives (Chelsea Green, 2004; orig. ed. 2002); V.S. Ramachandran, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers (Pi Press, 2004 [paper 2005]); and William Engdahl, A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order, revised ed. (Pluto Press, 2004). -- See below for more information and a link to a flyer....
CALENDAR: Digging Deeper VIII: Study circle on mechanisms of social control
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Beginning Aug. 15 and running for four Monday evenings, UFPPC's book discussion group, "Digging Deeper," will discuss a group of five books that address, in various ways, the question: What mechanisms of social control maintain the current order? -- Books are available for borrowing or purchase; there is no charge for participation. -- Please help publicize the series by printing the flyer from the link .pdf file....
CALENDAR: Digging Deeper VII examines 5 books on shape of 21st century
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UFPPCS Monday night book discussion group marks the beginning of its second year with a new series, Digging Deeper VII: a four-week study circle examining five diverse works touching on a common theme: What key economic, environmental, political, and religious institutions are shaping the 21st century? -- Please print and help distribute this .pdf-format flyer....