Donation Premiums
With your gift of $50 or more, you can have your choice of one of the
following books, DVD, or one-year of webhosting from the nonprofit
Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN):
Books
Healing Appalachia by Al Fritsch and Paul Gallimore
The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher
for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. UPK’s editorial program
focuses on the humanities and the social sciences. The UPK has
donated the book’ “Healing Appalacia”,which is
the first book to apply “appropriate technology,” or
the simplest level of technology that can effectively achieve the
desired result, specifically to the Appalachian region. Authors
Al Fritsch and Paul Gallimore, examine thirty low-cost,
people-friendly, and environmentally benign appropriate
technologies that are concerned with such issues as food
preservation, land use, shelter, and transportation.
Citizen
Powered Energy Handbooks by Greg Pahl
Chelsea Green Publishes on the politics and practices of
sustainable living. Chelsea Green is also a member of the Green
Press Initiativea and prints their books and catalogs on
chlorine-free recycled paper, using soy-based inks, whenever
possible. Chelsea Green has donated the book “Citizen
Powered Energy Handbook”, providing a clear-eyed view of
the current energy situation and points toward a sustainable path
forward. Greg Pahl examines renewable energy technologies
currently available and homes in on strategies that can be
adopted by individuals and, especially, communities.
Failed States by Noam Chomsky
Henry Holt is one of the oldest publishers in the United States.
Today the publication program focuses on American and
international fiction; biography, history and politics; science,
psychology and health; and books for children. Henry Holt has
donated the renowed book “Failed States” by Noam
Chomsky, showing how the United States itself shares features
with other failed states — suffering from a severe
“democratic deficit,” eschewing
domestic and international law, and adopting policies that
increasingly endanger its own citizens and the world.
Tragedy & Farce by Robert McChesney and John Nichols
Tragedy and Farce dissects the media failures of recent years and
show how they expose the decline in resources and standards for
political journalism–as well as the methodical campaign by
the political right to control the news cycle. John Nichols and
Robert McChesney argue that during the 2004 election and
throughout the Iraq war and occupation, Americans have been
starved of democracy’s oxygen: accurate information.
DVDs
“A Progressive Response to an Undemocratic Media” is a 90-minute video
featuring MAIN executive director Wally Bowen outlining how our nation
lost a democratic media in the decades following the Civil War – and how
we can get it back. This DVD is a great way to learn about the impending
corporate-takeover of the Internet, and how the growing national media
reform movement is tackling this core civil liberties challenge. Check
out this DVD to see how MAIN and WPVM are on the leading edge of
creating a more democratic media!
Iraq For
Sale
Filmmaker and political activist Robert Greenwald is the
director/producer of “Iraq for Sale: The War
Profiteers” (2006), an expose of what happens when
corporations go to war; as well as “Wal-Mart: The High Cost
of Low Price” (2005), detailing the retail giant’s
assault on families and American values; and “Outfoxed:
Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism” (2004), about the
right-wing opinion factory known as Fox “News.” His
newest film, “Iraq for Sale”, is the story of what
happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.
Greenwald takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers,
widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of
profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale
uncovers the connections between private corporations making a
killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do
so.
Other Gifts:
($100) Web
Hosting with the Mountain Area Information
Network
MAIN offers a complete package of domain hosting options for
commercial and noncommercial accounts. A domain hosted by MAIN
gives you, your business or your organization an easily
recognizable “top-level” Internet address. As long as
the name you want is available, MAIN can host it for you.
MAIN’s commercial domain hosting services includes 250 MB
of disk space, 20 e-mail accounts and a complete package of
services.
1 year domain hosting account - $150
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