Showing results for "1993" in Social Sciences

Læseren kommer med ind bag nogle af de mest dramatiske sager i skandinavisk politihistorie, og får stiftet bekendtskab med det puslespil, det er at finde frem til gerningsmændene. Det er hæsblæsende læsning, og ofte overgår virkeligheden fantasien.

A look back at one of the most dramatic NASCAR seasons 25 years later by The Motor Racing Network.

Embark on a journey into a collection of true stories written by my grandmother, born in the remarkable year of 1893. She lived through a century of profound change, observing and documenting her experiences until the ripe old age of 100. These accounts offer a personal and evocative perspective of times gone by.

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), Marje Prior has produced a series of 10 podcasts based on her oral history interviews with the peace workers for her book Shooting At the Moon. In May 1993, despite threats from the Khmer Rouge, over four million Cambodians (about 90% of eligible voters) participated in the UN held elections. The first since the devastating reign of Pol Pot and the occupation by the Vietnamese. A democratically elected government was installed which, despite some serious stumbles along the way, still holds to this day.

In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an indefatigable, ingenious, and multifaceted attack on the corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals who stood in the way of AIDS treatment for all. Let the Record Show is a revelatory exploration - and long-overdue reassessment - of the coalition’s inner workings, conflicts, achievements, and ultimate fracture.