Arnold Stieber
My blogs
| Location | United States |
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| Introduction | Read "War is Slavery - An Awakening" (6/13/08) for an overview of where I'm at, at this point on my life. I'm a father, retired businessperson, and a military veteran (Army, infantry, in the U.S. war against the people of Viet Nam). I have a BA from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. I married my magnificent spouse in 1971. I am finding dialogue (vs. debate) with diverse people to be fascinating. I believe that there is always a way to resolve a conflict peacefully. It may take time. It may take negotiations. It will take skill. It will take intelligence. But there is ALWAYS a way. I believe that rational people resort to violence because they either make money at it, or they can't think of any options. I believe that fear breeds hate and that fear is used by those in power to keep their power. If the people are kept busy fighting themselves, they won't have time or energy to fight those in power. I believe democracy is a verb and true democracy is a threat to the powerful. I believe that if you have to hurt someone to solve a problem, you are the problem. |
| Favorite Books | "Democracy in Chains" by Nancy MacLean, "Bring the War Home" by Kathleen Belew, "Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein, "Creating a World Without Poverty" by Muhammad Yunus, "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins, "When Presidents Lie" by Eric Alterman, "Don't Think of an Elephant" by George Lakoff, "The New Pearl Harbor" by David Ray Griffin, "War Made Easy" by Norman Solomon, "Overthrow" by Stephen Kinzer, "For God and Country" by James Yee, "Hubris" by Isikoff & Corn, "Failed State" by Noam Chomsky, "Blackwater" by Jeremy Scahill, "Nemesis" by Chalmers Johnson, "Jesus for the Non Religious" by John Shelby Spong, "Day of Deceit" by Robert Stinnett, "Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed" by Vandana Shiva, "Witness in Palestine" by Anna Baltzer, "Static" by Amy & David Goodman, "The Questions of Jesus" by John Dear, "The Wrecking Crew" by Thomas Frank, "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson, "Keeping Down the Black Vote" by Frances Fox Piven. "Curveball" by Bob Drogin. "Open Veins of Latin America" by Eduardo Galeano. "From Dictatorship to Democracy" by Gene Sharp. "The Untold History of the United States" by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander. |