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BOOKS  |  |  |  |  | Bush’s Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential, by veteran TV journalist James Moore and Wayne Slater, bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News in Austin, Texas, makes a strong case for Bush adviser Karl Rove as the real power calling the shots at the White House. Moore and Slater delve into the role and extent of Rove’s strategic decision making in U.S. policy, including the war in Iraq. $16.95 paperback from The Union Shop Online.™ Also check out “What My Daddy Did,” an AFL-CIO guest column by James Moore. | |  | |  |
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 | | | | | Labor and the Environmental Movement, by Brian Obach, sociology professor at the State University of New York, argues the union and environmental movements share much common ground. Obach examines why, when and how unions and environmental groups cooperate or experience conflict. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney praised the book as “required reading for all those who believe that forging a bridge between these two groups would create a potent force for progressive social and political change.” $27 paperback from The Union Shop Online.™ | | | | |
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 | | | | | Studs Terkel’s Working, originally released in 1972 and re-issued in paperback in 2004, includes more than 100 interviews with workers about their hopes, dreams and daily struggles on the job. Through these oral interviews, readers can find a reflection of their own lives as they connect with workers as diverse as a barber, office clerk or film critic. Terkel, whose numerous compilations of oral interviews on subjects as diverse as people’s perceptions of race in America and their experiences in World War II, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1985 and a National Humanities Medal by President Clinton in 1997. $16.95 paperback from The Union Shop Online.™ Also check out “America Needs To Remember Workers’ Role,” an AFL-CIO guest column by Studs Terkel. | | | | |
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WEBSIGHTING  | | | | | www.laborarts.org is a virtual museum that gathers, identifies and displays images of the cultural artifacts of working people and their organizations. The site includes posters, photos, buttons, banners, fliers, paintings and other works of art created by working people. Labor Arts is sponsored jointly by the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, Bread and Roses and the Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. | | | | |
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MUSIC
 | | | | | Scott Ainslie’s “The Feral Crow” features rock, blues, folk and country-tinged music of social activism, including songs about mill closings, South African freedom fighter Steve Biko and resistance. $16 from the Labor Heritage Foundation.
On her latest release, “Dark Chords on a Big Guitar,” Joan Baez sings cutting-edge material from some of today’s top progressive songwriters. The CD includes Steve Earle’s “Christmas in Washington.” $18 from the Labor Heritage Foundation. | | | | |
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