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Bloomsbury presents Poverty Abolitionists: Faith, Activism, and Hope for Difficult Times by David Beckmann read by Ian Porter The United States and the world have made dramatic progress against poverty in recent decades, but the second Trump administration has thrown progress into reverse. David...

Um die Demokratie ist es schlecht bestellt. Nicht nur global, auch in Deutschland. Eine autoritär auftretende Linke verspielt die Errungenschaften, die sie selbst erkämpft hat; eine autoritäre Rechte möchte eine zweifelhafte Vergangenheit wiederaufleben lassen. Und beide Gruppierungen schließen Allianzen mit einem erstarkenden Islamismus, der von Parallelgesellschaften heraus in Schulen und Universitäten vordringt. Die wichtigste Frage der Gegenwart ist, wie sich Freiheit und Demokratie in dieser existenziellen Krise bewahren lassen.

Para Rubem Alves, a política é o centro da vida em sociedade. Considerado um poeta do cotidiano, o escritor apresenta aqui crônicas reflexivas e corajosas, publicadas primeiramente na Folha de S.Paulo e no Correio Popular. Em todas, há algo em comum: elas são capazes de nos tirar do conformismo frente à realidade do mundo político atual.

In Song for a Hard-Hit People, Beth Howard shares her story of growing up in Appalachian Kentucky—the economic struggles, trauma, and ever-present sexism along with the loving care of her close-knit rural community. These complex people shaped Howard’s sense of justice and solidarity, and taught her about the inextricable bonds working-class people share, despite our differences. But her childhood also left her with emotional wounds that threatened to destroy the life she built for herself.

A Patriot’s Guide to Organizing and Campaigning to Win. Why do candidates with wildly unpopular ideas keep winning? How do Left-wing ideologues turn fringe ideas into national laws? And why do they pull off victories even in communities where conservative values run deep? The answer is simple: The Left organizes. For decades, radicals have pushed tactics and trainings that turn volunteers into leaders, strangers into teams, and passion into policy. The Left moves as one, its machine dominating districts where the majority disagree.

Republicans who live closer to the U.S.-Mexico border are less likely to support constructing a wall than those who live farther away. After a mass shooting, gun sales and permit applications skyrocket in nearby communities. Experiencing an extreme weather event like a hurricane or flood can...

For most of Elizabeth Sawin's career, she was not a multisolver. Instead, she worked on a single, albeit immensely important problem: climate change. Despite tremendous effort, she felt like she was chasing her tail. Unless people began to recognize the multitude of unexpected benefits from...

The Russian Revolution may well be the most misunderstood event in modern history. In this fast-paced introduction, Neil Faulkner debunks the myths that continue to shroud it, showing how a mass movement of millions, organised in democratic assemblies, mobilised for militant action and destroyed a regime of landlords, profiteers and warmongers.

Good Trouble is the helpful antidote to all the pessimism and name-calling that is permeating today’s political and social dialogues. Revisiting episodes from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s, it highlights the essential lessons that modern-day activists and the civically minded can extract and embrace in order to move forward and create change.

Giulia Blasi parte da una serie di riflessioni personali da attivista in preda a un momento di sconforto per decostruire la narrazione dell'isolamento e mettersi alla ricerca di un'alternativa concreta al senso di impotenza che attraversa il nostro tempo. Il risultato è un libro che non fornisce soluzioni facili per problemi complessi ma prova a disegnare una mappa per orientarsi in un periodo di grande difficoltà collettiva, cercando una via d'uscita dal Tapinocene, l'era dell'infelicità.

Bloomsbury presents Radically Reframing Climate Change by Will Hackman, read by Sophie Boettge. An inspirational guide to discussing and fighting climate change for millennial and GenZ voters that cuts through the usual myths and scare tactics to provide practical advice. Will Hackman is a...

Bloomsbury presents Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals by Carol J. Adams, read by RJ Hart. In this landmark work of animal rights activism, Carol J. Adams - the bestselling author of The Sexual Politics of Meat - explores the intersections and common causes of feminism...

The Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau, narrated by Marcus Locke, is a thought-provoking essay that explores the individual's moral responsibility to resist unjust government actions. Written in 1849, Thoreau's work has become a cornerstone of political philosophy, advocating for peaceful protest and nonviolent resistance to oppressive authority. Thoreau emphasizes the importance of following one's conscience over conforming to laws that violate fundamental human rights.

La victoria de una mujer en un país de hombres, Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo Por primera vez en 200 años México eligió a una mujer como presidenta. El reconocido periodista y escritor, Jorge Zepeda Patterson, construye la narración más completa y documentada sobre la vida personal y...

Esta nueva edición de Oaxaca sitiada describe la dimensión real de la lucha que el pueblo oaxaqueño emprendió en el año 2006 en pos de justicia social. Su cometido era ponerle punto final a los abusos de un régimen autoritario cuya legitimidad siempre estuvo en entredicho. En estas...

Der Druck der Straße wächst: Bauernproteste, Klimastreiks oder Proteste gegen unterdrückende Regimes – der Politikwissenschaftler Tareq Sydiq beleuchtet die neue Protestkultur Sie haben Regime gestürzt, Grenzen geöffnet und Rechte erkämpft – Proteste haben in der Geschichte schon...

In 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Today the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen? Ilan Pappe unveils how a lobby changed the map of the Middle East. Zionists exerted pressure on the Congress, cracked down on dissent in the Labour Party, and relentlessly smeared critics.

A rivalry that remade the political world as we know it today Politics today doesn’t look much like it did fifty years ago. Electorates that were once divided by economics—with blue-collar workers supporting leftwing parties while the wealthy trended right—are now more likely to split...

From the founder of Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy, a profoundly personal exploration of music's power to build cultural bridges that last.

Since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that the rights of things—money and corporations—matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy. In this timely and thoroughly updated second edition, Jeff Clements describes the strange history of this bizarre ruling, its ongoing destructive effects, and the growing movement to reverse it.