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Words Matter/History Matters

David Rosen

has reported on sex, politics, media-tech and American life
for more than a decade 

David is the author of three books on American social life; was commissioned by a group of philanthropists to write two books on the telecom industry; and wrote the “indie” film classic, Off-Hollywood: The Making & Marketing of Independent Films, commissioned by the Sundance Institute and the Independent Feature Project. 

He’s published numerous academic articles, book reviews and popular pieces as well as chapters for nonfiction anthologies.  Among the publications he has written for are Brooklyn Rail, Church & State, CounterPunch, DocumentaryTelevision, Filmmaker, Logos, Medium, New Politics, New York Journal of Books, Monthly Review, Progressive, Salon, Sexuality & Culture and Truthout.(For a complete list, see “About Me.”)

The Bookshelf

DISS-CONNECTED is a free, small book that explains how in America you, your family, friends, businesses and the government are being ripped off by Big Telecom. 
Download pdf for free from Here
Few Americans know that the U.S. is a second-tier telecom country.  The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ranks the U.S. 32nd in terms of fiber deployment of the 38 OECD countries.
Available from Amazon
Prohibition:
A dazzling tour through Gotham‚Äôs territories of transgression in the 1920s. ‚Ķ Welcome to the party, and please enjoy responsibly!‚
Available from Arcadia Publishing or Amazon
Sin, Sex and Subversion:
How What Was Taboo in 1950s New York Became America’s New Normal.
Available from Amazon
Sex Scandal America:
The Politics & The Ritual of Public Shaming.
Available from Key Publishing or Amazon
Off-Hollywood:
The Making & Marketing of Independent Films.
Available from Amazon
Hopeless:
Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion.
Available from AK Press or Amazon

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