Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"We are a nation born from the conviction that people must be free. But since the middle of the last century, that idea has been co-opted. Forces on the political Right have justified exploitation by cloaking it in the rhetoric of freedom, leading to pharmaceutical companies freely overcharging for medication, a Big Tech free from oversight, politicians free to incite rebellion, corporations free to pollute, and more. How did we get here? Whose freedom...
2) Eyes open
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Living under the Salazar dictatorship in 1960s Portugal, Sónia must find her voice as a poet and an activist after the government arrests her boyfriend and shuts down her family's business.
Author
Language
English
Description
It doesn't take a genius to realize America's political system is broken. Congress is hopelessly divided, doesn't represent the people who elected them, and is mired in gridlock. Our presidential elections involve picking between the better of two evils. But what if it didn't have to be that way? What if politicians actually represented the people who elected them, rather than the special interests that line their pockets? What if we could actually...
Author
Language
English
Description
Most of us are simply too busy to notice the ropes with which society binds us. We don't so much as blink at the billions our governments spend on defending us from our enemies. We have grown so familiar with the homeless people who line our streets at night that some of us no longer even question why theirs is a problem no government has yet been able to solve. And we're so preoccupied with making sure our children do their homework that we never...
5) Conflict
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two leading authorities-an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time-collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin's invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past-and anticipate in the future-in order to navigate an increasingly perilous world.
In this deep and incisive study,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Authoritarian regimes have made a concerted effort to shrink the space available for civil society by restricting access to domestic decision-making, transparency, and accountability. An ultimate power ruler is known as an autocrat. A democracy's three branches of government - executive, judicial, and legislative - serve as an essential check on an executive leader's unchecked and uncontested power. The executive branch has grown at the expense of...
Author
Language
English
Description
This is a collection of Marxist/Communist Theory written by Paul Haedo. This theory primarily covers the Transitionary Socialist State, how it would look like, how it would operate, and how it will help lay the groundwork and foundation towards Communism for the country of The United States of America.The successful liberation of the Proletariat, from the necessity of having to sell their labor power for subsistence wages, the establishment of a massive...
Author
Language
Français
Description
"Êtes-vous d'extrême droite ?" remet en question l'intégrité des partis politiques se présentant comme défenseurs de la vérité. Il critique l'objectivité des historiens et les stéréotypes associés à l'extrême droite, tout en abordant la diffamation des contestataires du statu quo politique. Dans cet ouvrage, l'auteur s'efforce d'apporter des réponses objectives et rigoureuses pour démêler le vrai du faux.
À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR...
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Was in diesem Land anders werden muss.
Aminata Touré verbrachte die ersten Jahre ihres Lebens in einer Unterkunft für Geflüchtete, heute ist sie Vizepräsidentin eines Landtags. Dass sich dieser Satz wie eine Heldinnengeschichte liest, zeigt, dass wir noch nicht in einer offenen und gleichberechtigten Gesellschaft leben. Es ist höchste Zeit, das zu ändern. Aminata Touré wurde 1992 geboren, ihre Eltern waren kurz zuvor aus Mali geflohen. Im selben...
Author
Language
English
Description
“Fridays of Rage” provides a glimpse into how Al Jazeera strategically cast its journalists as martyrs in the struggle for Arab freedom while promoting itself as the mouthpiece and advocate of the Arab public.
In addition to heralding a new era of Arab democracy, Al Jazeera has become a major influence over Arab perceptions of American involvement in the Arab World, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the rise of global Islamic fundamentalism, and the...
13) Lenin Lives?
Author
Language
English
Description
Lenin's work and influence have often been written off as no longer relevant, and many today consider this to be so. Lenin has, they claim, had his day, even though he is still revered in China, the world's most populous country. However, Lenin, like his mentor Marx, has had a tendency to rise from apparent decline and oblivion to renewed force and influence.
This study examines the key elements of Lenin's life and career, the consolidation of his...
Author
Language
English
Description
This landmark book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves, doing things together, the more understanding, tolerant, and even friendly we become. Combining fresh analysis with a wealth of fascinating examples, Jon Yates demonstrates the ways in which our societies have become disconnected, so that most of us spend less and less time with people who are different - as defined by age, race, or class, earning...
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Eine feministische Ikone für die Generation Instagram - über 400.000 verkaufte Exemplare weltweit.
Florence Given ist eine der international bekanntesten jungen Stimmen des Feminismus. Ihre charakteristischen Zeichnungen lieben über 600.000 Follower:innen auf Instagram. "Frauen schulden dir gar nichts" war ein großer Bestseller in UK. Die zweiundzwanzigjährige Florence Given ermutigt ihre Leser:innen, sich von gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen freizumachen....
Author
Language
English
Description
On November 20, 1983, a three-hour made-for-TV movie, “The Day After”, premiered on ABC. Set in the heartland of Lawrence, Kansas, the film depicted the events before, during, and after a Soviet nuclear attack with vivid scenes of the post-apocalyptic hellscape that would follow. The film was viewed by over 100 million Americans and remains the highest rated TV movie in history.
The path to primetime for “The Day After” proved nearly as treacherous...
Author
Language
English
Description
The politics book to be seen with in these febrile times' - The i Newspaper
'How facts, rumour and mischief-making become the news we all obsess over' - Tim Shipman
'A cracking read! Treat yourself...' - John Crace
Ever wondered why the indiscretions of some MPs make the front page while others don't? How close journalists really are to politicians? Or how on earth the country is run when the British political system is in such a mess?
In Haven't...
Author
Language
English
Description
In “The Invented State”, Emily Thorson argues that a problematic and understudied aspect of political misinformation reflects widespread public misperception about what the government does. Because much of public policy is invisible to the public, there is fertile ground for false beliefs to flourish, leading to what Thorson terms the "invented state": systematic misperceptions about public policy. However, people get the facts wrong not because...
Author
Language
English
Description
This introduction to cyborg theory provides a critical vantage point for analyzing the claims around emerging technologies like automation, robots, and AI. Cyborg analyzes and reframes popular and scholarly conversations about cyborgs from the perspective of feminist cyborg theory. Drawing on their combined decades of training, teaching, and research in the social sciences, design, and engineering education, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau introduce...
Author
Language
English
Description
The case for paring diplomacy back to its essential elements. Stripped of the paraphernalia, what is it really about, and why does it still matter? The essential attributes are now thick skin, an open mind, and a smart phone. In next century, we will need to deal with equivalent in social development of last 43 centuries: like the change from cave paintings to the atom bomb. We will see the arrival of the digital native; the rebirth of the city state;...