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In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black radicals of the era.

En junio de 2018, la más atroz decisión de Donald Trump como presidente, llevaba meses operando en secreto, antes de que la mayoría de los estadounidenses se percatara de la inconcebible falta de humanidad que estaba siendo perpetrada por su propio Gobierno. Jacob Soboroff fue de los primeros periodistas en exhibir esta realidad después de observar, de primera mano, las condiciones bajo las que vivían los menores en custodia.

The Capitalist and the Activist offers an engaging and thoughtful look at the new reality of corporate social activism - its driving forces, promises and perils, and implications for our businesses and personal lives. Weaving deep research and fascinating stories that span business, entertainment, history, science, and politics, Tom Lin provides an insightful road map for how society arrived here and a practical compass for moving forward.

Michael Lynch, the central figure of this book, was a long-time gay activist and a dynamic force in organizing an early response to the AIDS epidemic. Lynch’s prescient articles in The Body Politic spoke to the gay communities of Toronto, New York, and San Francisco. His organizing efforts meant change and hope.

For 22 years, politicians and businessmen pushed for the Adams Mine landfill as a solution to Ontario’s garbage disposal crisis. This plan to dump millions of tonnes of waste into the fractured pits of the Adams Mine prompted five separate civil resistance campaigns by a rural region of 35,000 in Northern Ontario.

Bloody Crossroads 2020 takes a deep dive into the role that mass-appeal movies, television, videos, and music played in America's political culture in the year of Donald Trump's failed reelection campaign. The book also explores the impact of entertainment celebrities in communications, fundraising, and campaigning to support the election of Joe Biden.

In the wake of the Obama presidency, a group of young charismatic conservatives catapulted onto the American political and cultural scenes, eager to thwart nationwide pushes for greater equity and inclusion. They dreamed of a cultural revolution—online and off—that would offer a forceful alternative to the progressive politics that were dominating American college campuses.

"Der westliche Mann wird unterdrückt und verweiblicht, er ist vom Aussterben bedroht." So klingt der immer lauter werdende Kriegsschrei der Antifeministen, der zu einem Mantra der wiedererstarkenden Rechten geworden ist. Man hört ihn von hyperagressiven Maskulisten und rechtsradikalen Burschenschaftern, von hasszerfressenen Internet-Trollen und neurechten Frauenhassern. Tobias Ginsburg hat sich ihnen ein Jahr lang undercover angeschlossen, um herauszufinden, wo diese Ängste und all der Hass herrühren.

Endlich wütend! Eine Liebeserklärung an ein ungeliebtes Gefühl. Zicken, Diven, Hysterikerinnen, Schreckschrauben: Frauen, die ihrer Wut freien Lauf lassen, haben schnell ihren Ruf weg. Mädchen werden zu stiller Eleganz erzogen, nicht zu Durchsetzungsfähigkeit. Doch weibliche Wut ist ein Geschenk, und wir müssen lernen, sie als solches wahrzunehmen. Das Frauenwahlrecht, #Aufschrei und der Women's March: Richtig eingesetzt, kann Wut zu einer mächtigen Waffe gegen persönliche und politische Unterdrückung werden und uns helfen, die Welt zu verändern.

In the 1960s and 1970s, an insurgent attack on traditional liberalism took shape in America. It was built on new ideals of citizen advocacy and the public interest. Drawing energy from civil rights protests and opposition to the Vietnam War, the new citizens' movement drew legions of followers and scored major victories. And yet, in the process, citizen advocates also helped to undermine big government liberalism - the powerful alliance between government, business, and labor that dominated the United States politically in the decades following the New Deal and World War II.

Progressives rock for fighting corporate power! Progressives have demonstrated compassion and justice by resisting corporate power! Progressives have made a difference by opposing corporate power! We need to fight one type of corporation, above all, and we need to fight this type of corporation more.

In Let's Fight Corporate Power: A Booklet for Third Parties we noted that progressives rock for fighting corporate power and that we need to fight one type of corporation many neglect to fight. We fought corporate power then, and now we are fighting corporate power some more! Let's advance the progressive cause by fighting this type of corporate power.

People have been advocating and standing up for social justice issues throughout history. From one social movement to the next, from one influential person to another, we as an American society are constantly attempting to progress towards a better tomorrow. If you’ve ever found yourself passionate or upset about any or all of the issues and causes going on in the United States, you’re not alone. People often feel the same way, but don’t know where to begin to even try to make a change. Some may even think there’s no use because they don’t know where to start.

Cuando Helena Maleno llegó a Marruecos en 2002 con su hijo, dos maletas y un proyecto laboral de tres meses no podía imaginar hasta qué punto aquel país y la lucha por los derechos de las poblaciones migrantes que lo atravesaban transformarían su vida para siempre. Ya instalada en Tánger de forma definitiva, Helena se adentró en los asentamientos provisionales de los bosques que rodean Ceuta y Melilla y empezó a denunciar sin descanso las violaciones de derechos de aquellos que buscan cruzar, por tierra o por mar, una frontera que les permita alcanzar Europa.

In Words for Warriors, with her trademark wit and intelligence, Sam Sorbo shows exactly how radical left-wingers have manipulated language to fit their own socialistic and anti-freedom agenda. Sam Sorbo is on a mission to reclaim today’s hot button/culture war words for all freedom-loving Americans. Arranged in an accessible “A-Z” glossary style, listeners can dip in to discover the real meanings behind the acronyms, words, and phrases that the toxic liberal left loves to force on the rest of us.

In the aftermath of the 2010 Citizens United decision, it's become commonplace to note the growing political dominance of a small segment of the economic elite. But what exactly are those members of the elite doing with their newfound influence? The One Percent Solution provides an answer to this question for the first time. Gordon Lafer's book is a comprehensive account of legislation promoted by the nation's biggest corporate lobbies across all 50 state legislatures and encompassing a wide range of labor and economic policies.

Social justice work is more crucial than ever, but it can be physically and emotionally draining. Longtime activist Denise Collazo offers three keys to help Latinas keep their focus, morale, and energy high. Doing the work of social change is hard. Waking up every day to take on the biggest challenges of our time can be overwhelming, and sometimes progress is hard to see. She understands that Latina and all women of color activists do their best work when they are thriving, not simply surviving.

Democracy is, by its very nature, often rude. But there are limits to how uncivil we should be. In the 2010 edition of Rude Democracy, Susan Herbst explored the ways we discuss public policy, how we treat each other as we do, and how we can create a more civil national culture. She used the examples of Sarah Palin and Barack Obama to illustrate her case. In a new preface for this 2020 edition, the author connects her book to our current highly contentious politics and what it means for the future of democratic argument.

Ahead of the pivotal 2020 elections, momentum is building across America to revisit the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that struck down laws protecting unborn children and their mothers nationwide. Life is Winning: Inside the Fight for Unborn Children and Their Mothers tells the story of how the pro-life cause went from an orphaned political “problem” to a winning issue embraced at the highest levels of the Republican Party, thanks to a small-but-ambitious group of pro-life women.

Der Bürgerkrieg gegen die freie Gesellschaft: Der Mord an Walter Lübcke zeigt wie unter einem Brennglas die gegenwärtige Dynamik des rechten Terrorismus. Der Journalist Martín Steinhagen recherchiert seit Jahren zum militanten Milieu. Das Hörbuch verfolgt die Geschichte des Opfers, der Täter, der Tat und beleuchtet das gesellschaftliche Klima, in dem das Attentat möglich wurde. Der Bürgerkrieg gegen die freie Gesellschaft: Der Mord an Walter Lübcke zeigt wie unter einem Brennglas die gegenwärtige Dynamik des rechten Terrorismus.