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"Bookended by her two extraordinary novels, The God of Small Things (1997) and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017), My Seditious Heart collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights, and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment. Radical and superbly readable, the essays speak in a voice of unique spirit, marked by compassion, clarity, and...
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At a moment of crisis over our national identity, journalist Dan Rather reflects on what it means to be an American. He reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. Looking at the freedoms that define us, from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as...
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Over the last decade, author and activist Astra Taylor has helped shift the national conversation on topics including technology, inequality, indebtedness, and democracy. The essays collected here reveal the range and depth of her thinking, with Taylor tackling the rising popularity of socialism, the problem of automation, the politics of listening, the possibility of rights for the natural and non-human world, the future of the university, the temporal...
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"Anchored by an introduction by Jon Meacham, this concise collection of essays, letters, and poems from one of this country's most eminent literary voices sheds much-needed historical context on the state of the nation and offers a ray of hope for the future of our society; for "as long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman...the scene is not desolate.""--
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"Changing the world means changing the story, the names, and the language with which we describe it. Calling things by their true names cuts through the lies that excuse, disguise, avoid, or encourage inaction, indifference, obliviousness in the face of injustice and violence. In this powerful and wide-ranging collection, Solnit turns her attention to battles over meaning, place, language, and belonging at the heart of the defining crises of our time....
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Lithuanian born anarchist Emma Goldman immigrated to the United States at the age of sixteen. She first became attracted to anarchism following the Haymarket affair of 1886, a massacre in which seven police officers and an unknown number of civilians were killed during a march of striking Chicago workers. Eight anarchists were subsequently tried for murder. In the early part of the 20th century Emma Goldman would become one the most ardent supporters...
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Oscar Wilde presents a libertarian socialist view of the economic disparities caused by capitalism, that lead to futile acts of charity instead of definitive solutions. Wilde encourages an overhaul of the structures that allow such inequalities to exist.
The Soul of Man Under Socialism is an insightful look into Wilde's personal and political beliefs. Within the essay, he emphasizes individualism over group think, using Jesus Christ as a prime example....
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Bart De Wever est un phénomène. Il suscite l'admiration, inspire, irconvainc et gagne. Et pourtant, l'homme demeure un mystère, reste difficile à sonder. Car au fond, qui est le vrai Bart De Wever ? Pendant neuf mois, le journaliste Kristof Windels (De Morgen) a suivi De Wever à la trace, l'accompagnant sur la route de son triomphe anversois. De Wever n'a fermé aucune porte à l'auteur, le laissant assister aux réunions stratégiques, aux rencontres...
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Pensadores, dirigentes, militantes, comunicadores... peronistas y no, censurados y perseguidos muchos, comprometidos todos. Mujeres y hombres. Argentinos. Rioplatenses. Treinta manos, mil manos, todas las manos escribieron este libro que tiene un objetivo fundamental: revelarlos, exponerlos, mostrar que están desnudos. Y temblando. Y también exhibir que no son solo ellos. Son las prácticas, los modelos, el neoliberalismo que vuelve como un recuerdo,...
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Este libro recoge varios textos que describen distintos aspectos de la música de la región Pacífica colombiana y su influencia en la cultura de la zona, así como la historia de narcotráfico y conflicto que subsiste allí También analizan la forma como se generaron ritmos y prácticas a partir de la mezcla entre la herencia africana y los ritmos e instrumentos del interior del país
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Since 1980, Social Anarchism: A Journal of Theory and Practice has developed into a premier anarchist periodical, a feat that is honored in this anthology that showcases the journal's finest pieces. Dividing its focus equally between theoretical works and descriptions of contemporary practice, the anthology boasts such notable contributors as Noam Chomsky, Colin Ward, Kingsley Widmer, Murray Bookchin, and Richard Kostelanetz, and all contributions...
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¿Por qué tantos catalanes creen que España y Cataluña saldrían ganando si cada una tuviera su propio Estado? ¿Puede un Estado catalán ser "moderno, republicano y más equitativo y eficaz" que el Estado español? ¿Puede contribuir la propuesta catalana a renovar, modernizar y democratizar el relato político español?
Un Estado es una herramienta, un conjunto de instituciones destinadas a legislar, gobernar y atender a los intereses y anhelos...
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Die Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. sind das literarische Erstlingswerk des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Washington Irving (1783-1859). Die neun humoristischen Essays, vorgeblich Leserbriefe eines "Jonathan Oldstyle", erschienen zwischen dem 15. November 1802 und dem 23. April 1803 in der New Yorker Tageszeitung Morning Chronicle, die von Irvings Bruder Peter Irving herausgegeben wurde. Irving nahm darin die Moden seiner Zeit und insbesondere...
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La globalisation est l'instrument par excellence du système de l'organisation politique.
Les concepts de mondialisation et nationalisme sont du point de vue analytique le centre d'intérêt à saisir par l'étude des institutions humaines à l'échelle planétaire. La réflexion au sujet de l'institutionnalisation des systèmes fonctionnels se veut donc un faisceau d'arguments et un éclairage sur le caractère des organisations qui de facettes...
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¿Qué es la autoridad? ¿Está realmente en crisis? ¿Es la desobediencia a la autoridad formal un instrumento de cambio? ¿Es posible asumir otros tipos de autoridad distinta a la tradicional?
En pleno siglo XXI, la autoridad tradicional ha sido desplazada por otras formas de poder y liderazgo basadas en la popularidad, la influencia en redes sociales, el descrédito de las instituciones y el control de la información en manos de gigantes tecnológicos....
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Blends academic and activist perspectives to explore recent emancipatory struggles to win and transform state power.
For decades, emancipatory struggles have been deeply influenced by the slogan "Change the world without taking power." Amid growing social inequalities and the return of right-wing authoritarianism, however, many now recognize the limits of disengaging from government and the state. From the Streets to the State chronicles many diverse...
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A stirring blueprint for American equality, from the "breakout stars" (The New York Times) of the young new left
Democrat, Republican -- the list of presidential candidates confirms that business is proceeding pretty much as usual. The Future We Want proposes something different. In a sharp, rousing collective manifesto, ten young cultural and political critics dismantle the usual liberal solutions to America's ills and propose a pragmatic alternative.
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This complete summary of "The Assault of Reason" by Al Gore, prominent American political activist and former Vice President, presents his argument that the public and political sphere has degraded into a place that is hostile to reason. He suggests rational debate and clear thinking, instead of campaigns and discussions based on fear and secrecy.
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La preocupación por el rumbo del país es expansiva. Cada vez más personas se dan cuenta que el gobierno mexicano desea reconstruir un régimen autoritario sin que, por otra parte, se vean siquiera algunos signos alentadores en materia de revertir la pobreza, y no se diga nuestra ancestral desigualdad social.
El presente libro intenta ilustrar la regresión política que estamos viviendo. No es por desgracia una especulación. Los signos que emergen...
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Victorian poet and critic Matthew Arnold wrote the essays that constitute Culture and Anarchy between 1867 and 1869, a time of rapid social change and uncertainty. Defining culture as "the best that has been thought and said," Arnold offers concrete suggestions for its role as a corrective to the chaos of materialism, industrialism, and self-interest. Acclaimed by Commentary as "the classic defense of high culture against the depredations of modernity,"...
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