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Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American
First edition
AuthorMichael Moore
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPan Books
Publication date
September 1996
September 17, 1997 (Reprint)
November 29, 2002 (Reprint)
Media typePaperback
Pages224
ISBN978-0-330-41915-4
OCLC51483138
Websitemichaelmoore.com/books/downsize-this/ Edit this at Wikidata

Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American is a book by the American author, documentary filmmaker, and activist Michael Moore.

The book is primarily about the state of business and industry in the United States and their power over the U.S. government. In particular, the book focuses its criticism on corporations that focus on satisfying their shareholders rather than caring for the safety and well-being of the communities they are involved in. It is part of Moore's ongoing campaign for increased corporate accountability.

The book was first published in hardback in 1996 and later in paperback in 1997.

Moore refers to corporations receiving government tax breaks as "corporate welfare mothers". There is a chapter about Hillary Clinton as well as two on O. J. Simpson - one where Moore claims OJ was innocent of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, another where Moore claims OJ was guilty. There is another chapter where Moore details his unsuccessful endeavors to have a State Representative from the 46th District of California, Bob Dornan, involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation.

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