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Verso Books
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2021
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The future of politics after the pandemic COVID-19 exposed the pre-existing conditions of the current global crisis. Many Western states failed to protect their populations, while others were able to suppress the virus only with sweeping social restrictions. In contrast, many Asian countries were able to make much more precise interventions. Everywhere, lockdown transformed everyday life, introducing an epidemiological view of society based on sensing,...
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William J. Bennett, former director of the National Drug Control policy under President George H.W. Bush and bestselling author of The Book of Virtues, and co-author Robert White provide strong societal and scientific arguments against the legalization of marijuana. Marijuana, once considered worthy of condemnation, has in recent years become a "medicine," legalized fully in four states, with others expected to follow. But the dangers are clear. According...
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Anthony L. Hall takes aim at the global events of 2014 with a unique and refreshing perspective. For example, on:
Media broadcasting terrorist propaganda as breaking news
We live in a Twitter age of such promiscuous, indiscriminate and surreal media practices that it seems perfectly normal for our own media to be helping the enemy perpetrate psychological warfare against us. What else explains the media shielding us from the epithets of racists,...
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The leadership paradigm has been upended. No longer does leadership flow from the top floors down. Today's leaders must be equally adept at listening to those they seek to lead, developing trusting relationships, understanding other points of view, and being aware of their own limitations.
In candid and insightful interviews, Listening to Leaders gathers established and rising leaders from the world of business, politics, education, nonprofits, and...
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This book is definitely one you will enjoy if you like to talk or read about what others think about various political and social issues. It's an easy read book that you will want to share with you friends. The author believes that most people will find some of the opinions to even be humorous or enlightening. If you enjoy politics, then you will enjoy reading My Opinion. (Just some thoughts.)
The author has thoughts that you might or might not...
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My dear departed friend, Eyvonne, used to tell the story of being in the grocery store one morning when a man walked up to her and said "Girl, you remind me of fried chicken and watermelon." Being the diplomatic woman that she was, she merely smiled and walked away. From that moment on, when the two of us discussed being big Black women, we referred to ourselves and others as Fried Chicken, Watermelon Women.
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The epic work, Commentaries on Contempary Nigerian Politics is a well researched book which contains commentaries on world affairs. The book takes a multi-disciplinary approach to examining events of topical in contemporary international society. The topics contained in the book cover American Diplomacy, Soviet/Russian Diplomacy, China, European politics, African affairs and other issues of interest to diplomats, students of law and diplomacy, Ministries...
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Among the most adversely affected economies around the globe, none has sustained more loss than the made in the U.S.A label. The American worker has been neglected by our highest governing institutions far too long as our top legislators paved the way for corporate America in their quest for wealth and power under the guise of creating a new global economy. Put America first is decades overdue for our political leaders to protect the interest of the...
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Will America fail? That question has surged to the forefront of our nation's escalating culture war. The fear of "American decline" has emerged as the recurring hot topic on primetime cable news programs and daytime talk radio shows. Public opinion polls routinely report that once-devoutly hopeful Americans are now more pessimistic than optimistic about our country's future. Gradually, the fear of American decline has begun to reshape our political...
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Given the current Nigerian security quicksand, characterized by a plethora of human brutality seen in only very few countries of the world, the book offers coping resources primarily to Christians, who seem to be the most vulnerable group. Of course, these could be of help to non-Christians as well. This intervention has become necessary as people live in constant anxiety, fear, and apprehension and are, in fact, distressed. Consequently, human life...
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ANTHONY L. HALL takes aim at the global events of 2017 with a unique and refreshing perspective. Some of the topics in this volume include: President Trump telling pathological lies
Hes continually challenging us to believe the lie we hear instead of the truth we see.
Instagram mainstreaming strippergrams, Instagram has normalized twits sharing, for all the world to see, not just their family albums but intimate pictures that should be for a lovers...
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Black people may disagree on many things, but on one subject we are astoundingly unified: which political party to vote for. Black Americans overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
Why?
Do Democrats care more for Black people than Republicans? Have Democrats fixed the problems facing Black communities? Have liberal policies lifted inner-city Blacks out of poverty or made the problems worse?
With candor and well-researched thoughtfulness, this book examines...
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Me propuse escribir esta contribución para que los jóvenes y ciudadanos del mundo no se equivoquen una vez más creyendo en falsos líderes, tratando de encontrar la felicidad, el progreso y el triunfo a través de falsos políticos que siempre tienen un bloqueo mental respecto al comunismo, socialismo o socialismo bolivariano, que solo arrastró hambre, muerte, y destrucción. Me concentré en muchos momentos de mi vida, intentando descifrar por...
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All accounts in the news media, social media, and assertions by our elected officials project that the United States and the world are on the brink of catastrophe. Climate change will end life on earth as we know it; rampant racism, political divisiveness, projected economic doom, health care crisis, and the "politically correct" fear of offending someone dominate headlines. Commentaries by so-called "experts" try to convince you that the country...
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The epic work, Commentaries on International Law and Diplomacy is a well researched book which contains commentaries on world affairs. The book takes a multi-disciplinary approach to examing events of topical in contemporary international society. The topics contained in the book cover American Diplomacy, Soviet/Russian Diplomacy, China, European politics, African affairs and other issues of interest to diplomats, students of law and diplomacy, Ministries...
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What has happened to America since the postwar era of the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s? Obviously, there have been a lot of changes-great, good, bad, and worse. There were challenges growing up with fellow baby boomers, under the guidance of the greatest generation. But we were taught to expect and even welcome roadblocks in life, because solving those problems would make us a better and stronger person. I and my peers-male or female, rich or...
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What happens when a leading conservative economist goes mano a mano with today's most influential exponent of left-liberal economics, over free markets versus government interventionism? Here are highlights of that showdown between Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation and Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate. Moore and Krugman sparred over eight major economic issues in our national debate – from whether the policy response to the crisis of 2008 was...
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Zhao Jinglun, a native of China who spent a third of his life in the United States, leads you on a fascinating journey focusing on Sino-U.S. relations and other world issues.Whether its Barack Obamas bid to gain more leverage in the Asia-Pacific region, the disturbing beginnings of a surveillance state, or the drone war being waged by the United States on multiple fronts, he tackles the issues that other commentators shy away from and poses solutions...
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Les institutions sociales et politiques s'écroulent aux États-Unis comme ailleurs, et les élites, tant de gauche que de droite, ne suscitent plus au sein des peuples qu'un ressentiment dont l'intensité va grandissant. Cette colère se déchaîne et, de partout, surgissent des charlatans prêts à la canaliser pour protéger les élites au pouvoir. Les signes ne trompent pas : l'âge des démagogues est arrivé.
Dans cette série d'entretiens,...
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Nick Adams had it all: charisma, energy, a promising TV career, a new organization and an approved Green Card petition. The world was at his feet. Then came the unexpected sabotage and political persecution from one individual. It began a spiral of destruction – finances, family, health and career. He almost lost it all. Green Card Warrior is an explosive and startling exposé into the world of legal immigration and what many must endure to come...
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