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Ana Kasparian
Journalist & Political Commentator
Ana Kasparian is an American journalist and political commentator, best known as co-host and executive producer of The Young Turks, the online progressive news network she joined in 2007. She also hosts the TYT programs The Point and No Filter, and writes the newsletter Unaligned on Substack. She began in radio news at CBS stations in Los Angeles and holds degrees in journalism and political science from California State University, Northridge. Her picks here include a memoir by a former Mossad officer, which she offered when asked for good books on the history of Palestine.
By Way of Deception
The Making of a Mossad Officer
by Victor Ostrovsky, Claire Hoy · 2002 · Memoir
“By Way Of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky” — via Tweet, September 2026
Against the Web
A Cosmopolitan Answer to the New Right
by Michael Brooks · 2020 · Nonfiction
“A brilliant critique of the Right with very sharp insight on some of the shortcomings of the Left, this book is a must-read for anyone looking to understand how dishonest actors spread their propaganda.” — via Blurb