Reviews | The Blue Pages

The Blue Pages:
A Directory of Companies Rated by Their Politics and Practices

By PoliPointPress

Published by PoliPointPress
304 Pages
Publication Date 3/05
ISBN: 0-9760621-1-9
$9.95, soft cover

Buy This Book:

“I was riveted as I looked through it. It is a wonderful reference and I am looking forward to using it.”
—Governor Howard Dean, M.D., Chairman Democratic National Committee

“Thanks to The Blue Pages I now stay with Hyatt (not Marriott), buy my office supplies at Staples (not Office Depot), stopped eating Sara Lee, and drink more Starbucks!”
—Jon Elliott, The Jon Elliott Show

“The Blue Pages should be on the desk of every citizen who believes that corporations have too much power in our society and it is we, the citizens, who must take responsibility for rectifying this abuse of power.”
—Kevin Danaher, co-founder, Global Exchange

“This is a handy and practical guide — for shoppers, researchers, and all-around citizens of the world. If you want to look behind the chirpy ads and slick packaging of America’s major corporations, “This is a handy and practical guide — for shoppers, researchers, and all-around citizens of the world. If you want to look behind the chirpy ads and slick packaging of America’s major corporations, The Blue Pages can help you get your bearings before you spend. For many corporate hucksters, our ignorance is their bliss — but hopefully not for long. Let the seller beware!”
—Norman Solomon, author Made Love, Got War

The Seattle Times
A Guide to Companies’ Political Learnings
“A book that falls in the “news you can use” category: “The Blue Pages: A Directory of Companies Rated by Their Politics and Practices” reports on the political-giving practices of more than 1,000 companies and their top executives.

Some companies split the difference in their giving patterns: In the home and garden category, for example, Home Depot is the top giver to both Republicans and Democrats (as is Microsoft in the computer/electronics category). But for other companies, a clear pattern emerges: Dell Computer gives 88 percent of its donations to Republicans and 12 percent to Democrats, while Newman’s Own, the organic-food company founded by actor Paul Newman, gives 100 percent of its contributions to Democrats, according to the guide.

The book provides a snapshot of each company that details its involvement in lawsuits, human-rights violations and global-apparel sweatshops … or, conversely, its commitment to inspection of overseas factories, involvement in philanthropy, etc.”
Mary Ann Gwinn, Seattle Times book editor