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An audiobook for the ages featuring the voices of Women's March Organizers, as well as Ashley Judd, Jia Tolentino, Cindi Leive, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sister Aisha Al-Adawiya, Melanie Campbell, Judith LeBlanc, Ai-Jen Poo, Robin Miles, January LaVoy, Thérèse Plummer, and James Fouhey. In...

Includes an audiobook-exclusive episode of The Lila Rose Show featuring an in-depth discussion of the book and an interview with Lila’s sister, Caterina. What makes your heart break for our broken world? You want to make a difference in the world. You’re concerned about all the problems you...

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded gathers essays by radical activists, educators, and non-profit staff from around the globe who critically rethink the long-term consequences of what they call the non-profit industrial complex.

A mais completa e contundente análise dos mecanismos de criação e manutenção de privilégios no Brasil. No primeiro volume de sua trilogia O país dos privilégios, Bruno Carazza enfrenta os meandros do corporativismo estatal para desnudar as regalias e benesses no topo das carreiras do...

La cancelación surgió originalmente como una herramienta de los grupos oprimidos para enfrentar las injusticias. En este libro, adrienne maree brown replantea desde los cuidados comunitarios y la justicia transformativa una discusión cooptada por sectores conservadores. La autora, con una experiencia de décadas en la mediación comunitaria, toma una perspectiva antirracista, queer y feminista para responder a preguntas urgentes: ¿podemos enfrentar el daño más allá del castigo? ¿Cómo rendir cuentas de nuestros propios actos y exigir a los demás responsabilidad y justicia?

But what prompts their involvement in international affairs, and what are some of the impacts of their efforts? Can Scientists Succeed Where Politicians Fail? recounts Nobel laureate Dr. Peter Agre's career as a physician-scientist who went from studying malaria and other diseases to meeting with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discoursing with North Korean officials, and traveling into the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Balancing a devotion to activism with personal relationships can be incredibly difficult. Kitty Stryker shares her experience as an activist, street medic and relationship educator to help others pursue the important work while maintaining healthy relationships and without burning out. In what is both a call to action and a candid memoir, Stryker is open about what she has learned and her perceived limitations.

Time is up. The climate crisis is no longer a future to be feared, but a devastating reality. We see it in the wildfires in California and floods across Britain—the "once in a generation" extreme weather events that now happen every year. In a world where those in charge are constantly letting us down, real change in our lifetime means taking power into our own hands. The task ahead of us is daunting, but the emergence of a new wave of movements focused on climate justice, equality, and solidarity also brings hope.

Wir müssen handeln – und wir können es auch! Zarah Bruhn wagt den mutigen Blick nach vorn und zeigt aus ihrer Erfahrung heraus konkrete Wege in die Welt von morgen auf. Sie macht sichtbar, wie viele Menschen bereits heute an der Lösung unserer gesellschaftlichen und ökologischen Herausforderungen arbeiten, und berichtet von ihren Begegnungen: vom Friedensnobelpreisträger bis zur CEO eines Dax-Unternehmens, von der genialen Superhackerin bis zu visionären Sozialarbeitern aus aller Welt. Sie haben Antworten. Sie sind innovativ. Sie sparen dem Staatshaushalt Milliarden.

Was verbindet einen AfD-Wähler und eine Klimaaktivistin? Die Angst, dass die Welt, wie sie ist, untergehen wird. Egal, ob rechts oder links, »alter weißer Mann« oder junge »woke« Frau, Lastenradfan oder Impfgegner: Wir sind vereint in unserer Angst vor einer düsteren Zukunft. Doch Sarah Bosetti hat keine Lust auf Angst und Trübsal. Und sie hat eine bessere Idee! Wenn uns die Zukunft, wie sie gezeichnet wird, nicht gefällt, dann sollten wir uns eine schönere malen und darauf hinarbeiten. Wenn niemand mehr Bock auf Demokratie hat, sollten wir sie nicht aufgeben, sondern besser machen.

A gripping first-hand exposé of the coordinated legal and political attacks against Donald Trump and his allies, revealing the deep-state efforts to undermine democracy.

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...

How can we design for equity and justice in our community partnerships? This field guide offers a vision for enacting social justice with community partners. Working from a community’s resources and strengths toward the goal of building its internal capacity, this book considers how actions such as grassroots activism, decolonization efforts, co-resistance movements, and social change initiatives can support reciprocity and mutuality.

ജനങ്ങളെ വിരട്ടാനും ആക്രമിക്കാനും രാജ്യ ദ്രോഹികളെന്ന് മുദ്രകുത്താനും ദേശീയത എന്ന സങ്കല്പത്തെ...

Das politische System der Bundesrepublik ist nicht ganz einfach zu durchschauen. Was hat es mit der Bundesversammlung und der Wahl des Bundespräsidenten auf sich? Wie kommen bei einer Bundestagswahl die Überhangmandate zustande? Was macht ein Alterspräsident im Landtag? Welche Aufgaben hat...

Why do some changes occur, and others don't? What are the factors that drive successful social and environmental movements, while others falter? How Change Happens examines the leadership approaches, campaign strategies, and ground-level tactics employed in a range of modern social change campaigns. The book explores successful movements that have achieved phenomenal impact since the 1980s—tobacco control, gun rights expansion, LGBT marriage equality, and acid rain elimination.

Progressive activism today is increasingly spearheaded by the nation's youngest voters. Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—has come of age in a decade of upheavals. They have witnessed the election of Donald Trump, the murder of George Floyd, and the Dobbs Supreme Court decision, and they have lived under the constant threats of mass shootings and climate change. In response, left-leaning Zoomers, particularly women and LGBTQ people, have banded together to take action. 

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America. In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo...

With her characteristic outspokenness and irrepressible sense of humour, Carol Vorderman here reveals the intricate web of influence responsible for our nation's unravelling. Part diary, part political manifesto, this is the story of how an old bird with an iPhone exposed the incompetence and lies of the Tory establishment, and inspired countless others to find their voice and stand up for what they believe in.