This is Jensen's third and perhaps final--I can't see these being big sellers--collection of interviews conducted by him, following [b:Listening to the Land|60976|Listening to the Land Conversations About Nature, Culture and Eros|Derrick Jensen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170553917s/60976.jpg|105811] and [b:How Shall I Live My Life|2946563|How Shall I Live My Life? On Liberating the Earth from Civilization|Derrick Jensen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267390136s/2946563.jpg|2976010]. Unlike those, this book barely touches on environmental issues, focusing primarily on the social aspects of empire. The highlights are:

[a:J.W. Smith|221925|JW Smith|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] on the problem of monopolization of land and property especially in the third world, [a:Juliet Schor|29035|Juliet B. Schor|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1228185386p2/29035.jpg] on the sociology of global consumerism and its corresponding ecological degradation, and [a:Katherine Albrecht|484764|Katherine Albrecht|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg] on RFID technology and the ways it and other technologies increasingly deprive consumers of autonomy of choice. Also included are interviews of [a:Ramsey Clark|38693|Ramsey Clark|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] (on empire and resistance), [a:Christian Parenti|72573|Christian Parenti|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] (on prisons), [a:Robert McChesney|22100|Robert W. McChesney|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1241184442p2/22100.jpg] (on corporate media monopoly), and others (on modern-day slavery, starvation, military and nuclear weapons spending, and drug policy and the CIA).

Jensen's questions are easygoing, and every selection is informative and engaging. In contrast to Listening to the Land, the earliest of these collections, this book and the one before it have more of a magazine feel to them. That's not a criticism. Philosophy and spirituality are just not present here to any significant degree. ( )