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Summary, Analysis & Review of Glenn Beck's Liars by Instaread Preview: In Liars: How Progressives Exploit Our Fear for Power and Control, Glenn Beck exposes the past and present onslaught led by the Left against the tenets of free society in the United States. For generations, progressives have been attempting to curb individual liberty in order to construct what they claim will be a more prosperous and peaceful society. Unfortunately, many of them...
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Over the last decade China has undergone a transformation. After the dark days of the Cultural Revolution, it has emerged as one of the twenty-first century's most powerful economies, with millions of citizens now entering the middle class. Yet, despite these rapid changes, China's human rights record remains abysmal, and a heavy shroud of secrecy protects the one-party system from accountability. In In the Shadow of the Rising Dragon, Chinese citizens...
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El libro presenta una discusión teórica respecto a la comunicación como derecho humano, con casos concretos que exhiben avances y retrocesos en la implementación y medición de los efectos del derecho en algunos países a nivel de gobierno nacional y local. Constituye una referencia ineludible para docentes, investigadores y estudiantes del campo de la comunicación, el derecho y las ciencias sociales en general.
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He chose porn over me. Porn killed my marriage. It killed my trust. It destroyed my sense of self and understanding of true intimacy-CourtneyShattering the popular myth that porn is harmless, the personal accounts of 25 brave women in He Chose Porn over Me reveal the real-life trauma experienced by women at the hands of their porn-consuming partners -, men who were supposed to care for them. This confronting but necessary book dares to tell the truth...
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In the first book IPJET published in 2007 on the legal issues involved in the Western Sahara dispute a number of esteemed scholars discussed a myriad of issues that were pertinent to the topic at that time. Since then a number of other issues have arisen which have added to or complemented the discussions raised in that book, and the current edition seeks to present some of the most important of these in four sections: first, an updated discussion...
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Covid-19, disastrous series of earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria... How well prepared are young people to understand such catastrophic events and their impact upon societies?
Since the beginning of recorded human history, pandemics and natural disasters have highly impacted the historical narratives of mankind. Each time, they remind humans how fragile they are and how limited their knowledge is. Despite their impact, these events are given little...
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The unique model of apartheid, colonisation and military occupation that Israel imposes on the Palestinians, along with myriad violations of international law, have made Palestine the moral cause of a generation. Yet many people continue to ask, 'what can we do?'
Generation Palestine helps to answer this question by bringing together Palestinian and international activists in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The movement...
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What are the ways forward for organizing for progressive social change in an era of unprecedented economic, social, and ecological crises? How do political activists build power and critical analysis in their daily work for change?
Grounded in struggles in Canada, the United States, Aotearoa/New Zealand, as well as transnational activist networks, Organize! Building from the Local for Global Justice links local organizing with global struggles to...
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Covid-19, série dévastatrice de tremblements de terre en Türkiye et en Syrie... Dans quelle mesure les jeunes sont-ils préparés à comprendre de tels événements catastrophiques et leur impact sur les sociétés ?
Le premier rapport thématique de l'Observatoire de l'enseignement de l'histoire en Europe (OHTE) étudie la place des pandémies et des catastrophes naturelles dans les programmes scolaires en fonction des différents cycles d'enseignement....
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The church is an organizing body. No matter how big or small the membership roll, no matter a rural or urban setting, churches organize people. So what might happen if churches organized (more) effectively for community impact, for policy reform, for justice?
Building Up a New World explores possible-and practical-answer to this critical question from culturally diverse perspectives. Written by community organizers, ministers, healers, and resisters,...
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With the Affordable Care Act signed into law in 2010, the United States seemed closer than ever to achieving universal health care. However, repealing the act has been a key goal for the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled Congress, with the main arguments against it including the higher premiums for middle-class Americans and the abuse of government power through its control of the insurance industry. This volume helps define universal...
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This volume brings together a cast of leading experts to carefully explore how the history and iconography of slavery has been invoked to support a series of government interventions, activist projects, legal instruments, and rhetorical performances. However well-intentioned these interventions might be, they nonetheless remain subject to a host of limitations and complications. Recent efforts to combat contemporary slavery are too often sensationalist,...
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El uso del derecho penal para regular el sexo, el género y la reproducción tiene una larga historia, pero en las últimas dos décadas, la expansión de las demandas en torno a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos y la movilización social creciente para promoverlos en todo el mundo han venido acompañadas de tensiones y contradicciones alrededor del rol de la ley penal en las vidas íntimas de las personas. ¿Hasta dónde la intervención de la...
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La Convention du Conseil de l'Europe sur la manipulation de compétitions sportives est le premier instrument international juridiquement contraignant de lutte contre le trucage de matchs. Elle a pour but de prévenir, détecter et sanctionner la manipulation de compétitions sportives, ainsi que de renforcer l'échange d'informations et la coopération nationale et internationale entre les autorités publiques concernées, et avec les organisations...
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Written from the maxim "it takes a lawyer, an activist, and a storyteller to change the world", The Revolution Will Not Be Litigated shows how the law and social movements can reinforce each other in the struggle for justice and freedom.
In these vibrant narratives, 25 of the world's most accomplished movement lawyers and activists become storytellers, reflecting on their experiences at the frontlines of some of the most significant struggles of...
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The War on Drugs has led to millions of people dead, displaced and incarcerated. Disproportionately enforced on oppressed races, international drug prohibition has reinforced the colour line across the globe.
While laws prohibiting the production, sale and use of particular drugs are presented as politically neutral and objective, this collection reveals the racist impact of the War on Drugs across multiple continents and in numerous situations....
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Surrogacy is not liberty. It is a crime. Women will not settle for junk liberty.
In this eloquent and blistering rejection of surrogacy, a range of international activists and experts in the field outline the fundamental human rights abuses that occur when surrogacy is legalised and reject neoliberal notions that the commodification of women's bodies can ever be about the choices' women make.
They outline a range of harms that follow, to the women...
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The essays in this collection boldly confront the quest for security arising from the social, economic, environmental, and political crises and transformations of our century. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mary Kaldor begin with an expansive, balanced analysis of the global landscape and the factors contributing to the growth of insecurity. Whereas earlier studies have touched on how globalization has increased economic insecurity and how geopolitical changes...
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In this collection, researchers analyze rural societies, economies, and governance in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia through the lens of rights and citizenship, across such varied domains as education, employment, and health. The provocative concept of a "right to be rural" illuminates not only the challenges faced by rural communities worldwide, but also underappreciated facets of community resilience in the face of these challenges. The...
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Le bon fonctionnement de toute démocratie dépend de l'inclusion et de l'intégration sociales qui, à leur tour, dépendent de la compréhension, du respect et de l'engagement à l'égard de la diversité linguistique et culturelle. Le Conseil de l'Europe préconise l'éducation plurilingue et interculturelle en tant que moyen d'atteindre ces objectifs. Cette recommandation s'appuie sur des documents antérieurs du Conseil de l'Europe pour définir...
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