Showing results for "Political Criticism" in History

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Political History of the World by Jonathan Holslag, read by Roy McMillan. In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776...

Over two millennia after its compilation, the Politics still offers much to consider with regards to political science. Aristotle's succinct and thoughtful analysis is based on his study of over 150 city constitutions and covers the gamut of political issues in order to establish which types of constitution are best, ideally as well as for particular circumstances, and how they may be maintained.

When Anna Broinowski learned that fracking had invaded downtown Sydney, she had a brilliant idea: she would seek guidance for a kryptonite-powerful, anti-fracking movie from the world's greatest propaganda factory - apart from Hollywood. After two years of trying, she was allowed to make her case in Pyongyang and was granted full permission to film. She worked closely with the leading lights of North Korean cinema, even playing an American in a military thriller.

When the Great War broke out in August 1914, Thomas Mann, like so many people on both sides of the conflict, was exhilarated. Finally, the era of decadence that he had anatomized in Death in Venice had come to an end; finally, there was a cause worth fighting and even dying for, or, at least when it came to Mann himself, writing about. Mann immediately picked up his pen to compose a paean to the German cause. Soon after, his elder brother and lifelong rival, the novelist Heinrich Mann, responded with a no less determined denunciation.

Throughout history, there has been a consistent crossover between show business and espionage, often producing some of the most extraordinary undercover agents, and occasionally leading to disastrous and dangerous failures. The fact that one relies on publicity and the other on secrecy might seem to rule out a successful symbiosis, but as both require high levels of creative thinking, improvisation, disguise and role-play, they inevitably attract some remarkably similar personalities. Stars and Spies is the first history of the interplay between the two worlds.

Long before the United States had presidents from the world of movies and reality TV, we had scores of politicians with connections to country music. In I'd Fight the World, Peter La Chapelle traces the deep bonds between country music and politics. These performers and politicians both rode and resisted cultural waves: some advocated for the poor and dispossessed, and others voiced religious and racial anger, but they all walked the line between exploiting their celebrity and righteously taking on the world.

The Political Fixer podcast gives audiences an in-depth look at issues that are impacting us today with a pop culture flair that brings the actions of the high and mighty down to a real world perspective. If you've ever truly wanted to understand and relate to what you read about in the news, this is the place for long-time advocates and political novices alike. Plus you'll get the bold insights that only Texan host Shawna Presley Vercher can provide - just what you need to get fired up and create some good trouble.

Analysis of cinema criticizing the Egyptian situation during the July period through cinematic production and direction after the July Revolution. Analysis of the scenario, dialogue, and messages contained in the artistic works, analysis of the artistic production process, and how cinema criticizing the Egyptian situation was presented through cinema at that time, and why.

Political Dad Podcast is a different look at the Political World Today.  This is a show for everyone that is interested in what is going on in the World without all the baggage of the Left and Right.  We take a look at things from a common sense point of view and break it all down for you.  You will get your information from a straight forward and honest point of view.  Political Dad is going to use the past 20 years of learning from the Doctor of Democracy Rush Limbaugh and give it to you head on.  Let's see if we can work together and find some intelligent life here on earth.

Hosted by Kuzcko Kalamazoo Simpatico. This podcast will talk about everything from the law of attraction to understanding mindfulness in our current society. Observe don’t Absorb Sensory Podcast. Any trigger warnings will be precautioned prior to episode start so pay attention. I am an empath and earth is ghetto so I’m here to talk about it.

What does the word 'community' mean to you? An homogenous group of people united by faith, sexuality or another form of identity? Or perhaps it's about the place you grew up, or the people you work with? Recovering Community is a podcast series from the University of Glasgow's School of Social and Political Sciences about community; what it means; how it's formed and how it is rebuilt. Les Back is joined by academics, campaigners, volunteers and artists to talk about how communities respond to social and economic change, who belongs and who is excluded and what this tells us about some of our ...

’Have You Heard? Stories From My Archive’ ’Stranger To The Truth: The Lies and Cover-Ups of Jeremy Thorpe’. Three episodes in which writer and historian Rose Collis, using her own original archival material as a starting point. She explores and unravels how, throughout the 1960s and 70s, the political and social Establishment colluded with one of its most prominent and charismatic figures to protect his career and reputation - regardless of the damage and danger it presented to anyone else.

It reads like a movie script. The year? 2003. The mission? Defeat hundreds of challengers to save the state of California and become its leader. But this wasn't a movie... it was a real-life election for governor that featured adult film stars, sumo wrestlers, comedians, and ended with the election of action star Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Total Recall: California’s Political Circus, CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash will unpack the scandal, partisanship, and celebrity of the Golden State’s 2003 recall election – and explore what it might have forecasted about politics ...

In 1977, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was sentenced to consecutive life terms for killing two FBI agents. Then in 2000, a Freedom of Information Act disclosure proved the Feds had framed him. But Leonard's still in prison. This is the story of what happened on the Pine Ridge Reservation half a century ago—and the man who's still behind bars for a crime he didn't commit.