Joseph Daher, Elizabeth F. Thompson: Syria After the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience, How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
SYRIA: A book about how the West stole democracy from the Arabs. It became completely grotesque when the great powers in the best colonial style began to assess the suitability of the individual peoples for independence: Syria itself ended up in category A – as suitable for independence, but Palestine ended up in category B.
Rebecca Solnit: Call Them by Their True Names: American Crisis (And Essays)
: Call Them by Their True Names shakes up the ugly truth about the reality we live in after Trump became president. Solnit encourages immediate action – before the planet burns up.