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Three Croatian activists struggle to change the world. As children, they lived through the violent collapse of Yugoslavia. But now, amid the aftershocks of socialism's failure, they fight in their own way for a new leftism. In the middle of the struggle, a skeptical American is won over by their cause and even goes to jail with them. The activists, whether clashing with police or squatting in an old factory, risk everything to live their politics....
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L'antispécisme — la lutte contre toute discrimination fondée sur l'appartenance à une espèce animale — est plus explicitement politique que le végétarisme ou le véganisme, qui sont essentiellement des modes de vie. Dès la fin du XIXe siècle, des communautés végétariennes et des groupes de pression ont lutté contre l'exploitation des animaux, mais c'est en Grande-Bretagne, au milieu du XXe siècle, qu'une autre forme de militantisme...
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Preparation determines success. Thus revolutionaries better do everything possible to prepare themselves for revolution. Sometimes, one does not know exactly how to prepare for revolution, so this work provides key principles for revolution preparation. If you want to become a successful revolutionary, read this book! 25 pages.
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Jerusalem under Siege.
In The Fight for Jerusalem, bestselling author and former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold explains why radical Islamists seek to divide and conquer Jerusalem and raze sites holy for Christians, Jews, and Muslims. With the United Nations untrustworthy and global jihad making waves, the city is a ticking time bomb. Gold shows why only Israel can preserve its sanctuaries for different religions and why uncovering...
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Les deux volumes de pasquinades ont cherché par leurs égratignures à faire ressortir les travers culturels les plus marquants des deux pans les plus importants de la société canadienne, en ne se concentrant pas sur leurs traits communs (qui sont nombreux) mais en insistant sur certaines sensibilités différentes et les prisons mentales qui s'y aboutent.
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A year ago, few people had heard of ISIS-- today, they are a major terrorist threat.
Despite numerous warnings from intelligence services, ISIS's rise to power has left countries around the world floundering for solutions. Today, we face a threat that is more violent, powerful and financially stronger than ever before. In this book, Journalist Benjamin Hall will provide insights by answering the basic questions we still don't have the answers to;...
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Fed up with taxes? Angered and disappointed by corrupt leaders? How to Stage a Military Coup lays down practical strategies that have proven themselves around the globe. David Hebditch and Ken Connor examine, with a critical eye, successful as well as failed coup attempts throughout the twentieth century with the aim of showing their readers just what it takes too swiftly and soundly overthrow a government. Exploring coups from Nigeria, to Cuba, to...
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"From hardscrabble Milwaukee to dreamy Hawaii, from turbulent Montreal to free-spirited California, Red Star Tattoo is Sonja Larsen's unforgettable memoir of a young life spent on the move. By the age of 16, Sonja joins a cult-like communist organization in Brooklyn in a spirit of idealism and hope--unaware of the dark nature of what awaits her. A small, skinny 8-year-old-girl holding a teddy bear stands by the side of a country road with a young...
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El compromiso del intelectual, en el sentido del engagement sartriano, fue durante buena parte del siglo XX un lugar común, al menos hasta 1968. Desde entonces, y más aún con el nuevo contexto alumbrado tras la caída del bloque soviético en 1989 y con el auge del posmodernismo, todo compromiso de semejante índole se volvió sospechoso. Y, sin embargo, este nunca desapareció del horizonte de los intelectuales.
Esta ambiciosa obra, coral y pluridisciplinar,...
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Across Europe, radical right-wing parties are winning increasing electoral support. The Dark Side of European Integration argues that this rising nationalism and the mobilization of the radical right are the consequences of European economic integration. The European economic project has produced a cultural backlash in the form of nationalist radical right ideologies. This assessment relies on a detailed analysis of the electoral rise of radical right...
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Entre el 21 y el 25 de septiembre de 2015, Slavoj Žižek congregó en Granada a estudiantes, jóvenes investigadores y profesores para pensar juntos, profunda y radicalmente, nuestro tiempo desde los supuestos fundamentales de su obra. Pero ¿quién es Žižek, ese genuino animal filosófico que sabe escuchar y leer como nadie?
El intelectual más determinante de nuestro tiempo concentra infinidad de facetas ciertamente apabullantes: el conferenciante...
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Entre extrémisme et terrorisme, qui se cache réellement derrière ce nouveau régime de la terreur ?
Délinquants, convertis, solitaires ou marginaux, hommes ou femmes : ils remplacent les premiers combattants d'Al-Qaïda. Tous tentent de se purifier par la guerre sainte ou de donner un sens à leur vie. Fini les grands attentats comme le 11-Septembre et place aux actions posées par des solitaires ou des "micros cellules" extrêmement difficiles...
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"What is really happening to American politics? Behind todays headlines of billionaires taking over our government is a secretive political establishment with long, deep, and troubling roots. The capitalist radical right has been working not simply to change who rules, but to fundamentally alter the rules of democratic governance. But billionaires did not launch this movement; a white intellectual in the embattled Jim Crow South did. Democracy...
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Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why? is the shocking landmark government study that predicted who would terrorize the United States and how they would do it. In an attempt to profile what members of society join terrorist groups such and commit acts of violence, the report drew on government documents that profiled current and past terrorist cults and their leaders. The study includes a glossary with profiles of terrorist groups that wish harm the United...
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An explosive behind the scenes look at the Oath Keepers: what makes them tick, who they are, and what they REALLY stand for.
The Oath Keepers first made a name for themselves with the infamous Bundy Ranch standoff in 2014. They have continued through to the US Capitol insurrection in early 2021. The Oath Keepers-including many former military members-have become one of the largest anti-government extremist groups in the United States, labeled one...
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Contra la política restringida a los partidos y la activación de la gente común y cualquiera. Contra los límites de lo posible y el cuestionamiento de la falta de democracia política y económica. Contra la polarización en forma de tablero de ajedrez, un espacio donde sentir y pensar autónomamente. Contra la alternativa "esto o el caos", la valentía colectiva de los anónimos. El 15M lo puso todo patas arriba y lo hizo con la simpatía general...
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