Showing titles in Civil Rights & Liberties

Livet begynder i den. Den er på størrelse med en knyttet hånd og har en kraft, der langt overgår dens størrelse. Alle mennesker kommer fra den, men hvad ved vi egentlig om livmoderen, om UTERUS? Er den forbundet med hjernen? Kan livmoderhalsens hulrum gemme på sædceller? Påvirker...

«Los cuerpos desnudos no le temen al agua es una mirada fascinante y desgarradora al mundo oculto de los refugiados que desafió todo cuanto pensaba que sabía sobre las consecuencias de la guerra y la globalización. Es el trabajo más importante que se ha realizado hasta la fecha sobre la...

Ante el despliegue estatal de una invisible y letal 'tecnología de la represión' para borrar sistemáticamente a toda disidencia, un riguroso investigador desentierra los secretos, estructuras e impunidad detrás de las desapariciones forzadas antes de que el olvido institucional borre la...

'Brave as F*ck!' Amber Heard 'Dr Jessica Taylor is the voice every woman needs to hear. Her incredible courage in tackling the uncomfortable truths that continue to harm women around the world is helping to change the conversation in a profound way! If you've ever felt silenced, dismissed...

An inspiring true story about an American attorney and his client confronting prejudice and persecution in a prison outside the law, as one fights for the other’s freedom, and the other fights for his life. “We’ll be watching,” the sergeant said, pointing at a video monitor inside Camp...

John Strand is an actor—and not just the Hollywood kind. A child of God and a son of American liberty, this Maverick artist faced a make-or-break choice while pursuing his dreams. That stand against tyranny transformed him into a civil rights actor and the Creative Director at America’s Frontline Doctors, where he joined the founder for a speaking engagement in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021. He was then entrapped by the most ruthless partisan operation against American citizens in modern history—becoming a true political prisoner within The Divided States of America.

Like two intrepid leftist sleuths, Herb Boyd and Don Rojas take a deep dive into the files of the CIA, mainly inspired by Malcolm X's belief that he was under surveillance. They unearth and disclose enough evidence to confirm Malcolm's suspicion as well as to suggest, through circumstantial...

Bloomsbury presents… Driver’s Licence by Meredith Castile read by Barbara Barnes Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and...

The bestselling author of Simpler offers a powerful, provocative, and convincing argument for protecting people from their own mistakes Based on a series of pathbreaking lectures given at Yale University in 2012, this powerful, thought-provoking work by national best-selling author Cass R...

Este clásico escrito por el economista y legislador francés Frédéric Bastiat, publicado en 1850, se centra en los principios del derecho y la economía, abogando por la justicia, la libertad y la propiedad privada como pilares esenciales para una sociedad próspera. La obra surge en un contexto de intensos debates políticos y económicos en Francia. Durante el siglo XIX, Europa experimentaba grandes transformaciones debido a la Revolución Industrial, el ascenso del capitalismo, y los movimientos sociales y políticos que buscaban redefinir las estructuras de poder y la distribución de la riqueza.

This is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, the son of Ukrainian Jews who immigrated to the United States in the early 1920s. His memoir charts the journey of a young social activist who battled to free Soviet Jews before becoming one of the most consequential elected officials in Southern California. Fiercely independent, he combined an activist's passion with a seasoned politician's skill to challenge the region's power brokers.

Monitoring communication, profiling suspicious persons, doxxing one's opponents long before the arrival of the internet, Europe's kings were already devising sophisticated systems for spying on their subjects. Letters, in particular, were systematically opened and read. A fascinating excursion into the Secret Cipher Chancellery of the Habsburgs, Louis XIV's Black Chamber, and the first era of total surveillance.

This concise but comprehensive book lays out specific answers to myriad topical questions about free speech law, and also general explanations of how and why the law distinguishes between protected and punishable speech. The book focuses on modern First Amendment law, explaining the historic factors that propelled its evolution in a more speech-protective direction—in particular, the Civil Rights Movement. It highlights the many cases, involving multiple issues, in which robust speech-protective principles aided advocates of racial justice and other human rights causes. 

Accused of political subversion as a young man, Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of hard labor at a Siberian prison camp — a horrifying experience from which he developed this astounding semi-autobiographical memoir of a man condemned to ten years of servitude for murdering his wife. A haunting and remarkable work filled with wonder and resignation, The House of the Dead ranks among the Russian novelist's greatest masterpieces. Of this powerful autobiographical novel, Tolstoy wrote, "I know no better book in all modern literature.

A che punto siamo in Italia con l'estensione dei diritti, con l'abbattimento degli stereotipi di genere, con il definitivo superamento della mentalità e delle nostalgie fasciste? Cosa ne è stato del Ddl Zan, che avrebbe dovuto finalmente dotare anche il nostro Paese di una legge contro l'omobitransfobia e che invece, dopo essere stato bocciato al Senato nel 2021, è uscito dall'agenda politica? E cosa ne è stato della presunta "emergenza immigrazione", sventolata per anni dalla destra a colpi di fake news?

"Trust Shattered: Cases of Government Betrayal" is a meticulously researched, compelling narrative that unravels the complex tapestry of government actions and their profound impact on individual rights and societal trust. Spanning three distinct parts - Betrayed Bodies, Betrayed Liberty, and Betrayed Estates - this book delves into historical and contemporary instances where government intervention has overstepped, leading to significant ramifications on life, liberty, and property.

This story is a tapestry woven with threads of resilience, love, and adventure. It's about more than working on the original Star Trek or her slave ancestor's love story; it's a journey through history, loss, and triumph.

Sozialrecht muss  nicht  kompliziert sein. Christian Schultz arbeitet seit mehr als 10 Jahren für den Sozialverband Schleswig-Holstein. In dieser langen Zeit fiel ihm auf: Viele Menschen kommen immer wieder mit den gleichen Fragen in die Beratungsstellen.

Long at the forefront of a movement advocating for gun reform as a matter of public health, Dr. Jonathan M. Metzl has been on constant media call in the aftermath of fatal shootings. But the 2018 Nashville killings led him on a path toward recognizing the limitations of biomedical frameworks for fully diagnosing or treating the impassioned complexities of American gun politics. As he came to understand it, public health is a harder sell in a nation that fundamentally disagrees about what it means to be safe, healthy, or free.

Patrick Zaki in questo libro racconta la sua storia: cosa è successo davvero quel giorno e cosa è avvenuto poi, nei giorni successivi: gli interrogatori, l’isolamento, le torture, il confronto con un mondo – quello delle carceri – in cui tutti sono ridotti a una condizione disumana. E cosa lo ha tenuto vivo: gli studi, la passione per il calcio, la musica, l’affetto dei suoi cari, dell’amata Reny, dell’Italia tutta.