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by Timothy E. Regan (Author)Operated by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, the New York Fire Patrol was organized in 1839 to patrol lower Manhattan. Their job was twofold: to discover fires and to prevent losses to insured properties. The New York Fire Patrol evolved, and in 1867, a state charter was granted to legally extinguish fires and conduct salvage operations throughout New York City. The New York Fire Patrol is the oldest paid fire service in the United States, and it also remai...

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by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin (Author)He is remembered as one of the originators of modern anarchy, a foe to Marx, and a radicalizer of youth through Russia and Europe in the 19th century. His name has been honored by pop culture of late in Tom Stoppard's trilogy of plays The Coast of Utopia, and on the philosophical playground of TV's Lost, which features characters named for-and often interpreted to represent the thinking of-famous philosophers through history. He is Russian revolutiona...

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by Karl Marx (Author), Friedrich Engels (Preface by)2014 Reprint of 1910 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Poverty of Philosophy" ("Misere de la Philosophie" was published in Paris and Brussels in 1847, where Marx lived in while exile from 1843 until 1849. It was originally written in French as an answer to the economic and philosophical arguments of French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon set forth in his 1846 book "The Sy...

Western Civilization Bites Back - Paperback

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by Jonathan Bowden (Author), Greg Johnson (Editor)Western Civilization has suffered an astonishing series of reversals in the last century. On the eve of the Great War, whites controlled virtually the entire globe. Today, whites do not even control their own homelands. A century ago, Western culture as the inspiration and envy of the globe. Today, it is synonymous with hamburgers, pop music, and porn. Oppressed from above by alien and deracinated elites, demographically and culturally swamped...

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by Samuel Moore Edward Aveling (Translator), Carl Marx (Author)First published: in German in 1867, English edition first published in 1887; Source: First English edition of 1887 (4th German edition changes included as indicated) with some modernisation of spelling; Publisher: Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR; Translated: Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels Number of Pages: 550 Dimensions: 1.11 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 01, 2018

Walkable Cities: Revitalization, Vibrancy, and Sustainable Consumption - Paperback

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by Carlos J. L. Balsas (Author)Examines how cities of various sizes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are making walkability improvements a part of their overall urban revitalization strategy.Author BiographyCarlos J. L. Balsas is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Number of Pages: 258 Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 02, 2020

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by Henry David Thoreau (Author)"If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonable experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations."-Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience (1849) Civil Disobedience (1849) was originally delivered as impassioned lectures denouncing government, especially with respect to slavery and the Mexican-American War. Abolitionist Thoreau exhor...

Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Surviving the 21st Century (Revised & Updated Edition) - Hardcover

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by Danny Katch (Author)A sharp, funny, and engaging introduction to socialist ideas, movements, and solutions for a world in crisis.Author BiographyDanny Katch is a writer from Queens, New York and a regular contributor to Truthout, Jacobin, and The Indypendent. His previous books include Why Bad Governments Happen to Good People and America's Got Democracy! The Making of the World's Longest Running Reality Show. Number of Pages: 250 Dimensions: 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: January 1...

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by United States Congress House of Represen (Created by)The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills to the most recent Budget of the United States Government, the BiblioGov Project spans a wealth of government information. These works are now made...

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Hardcover

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by Vladimir Lenin (Author), Alan Woods (Introduction by)"This transformation of competition into monopoly is one of the most important - if not the most important - phenomena of modern capitalist economy." During the First World War, Lenin found himself isolated, but he was not afraid to fight against the stream. He dedicated all his strength to educating and training the Bolsheviks on the basis of the genuine ideas of Marxism. His masterpiece, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, i...

Free Palestine: End Apartheid Israel, Human Rights Denial, Gaza Massacre, Child Killing, Occupation and Palestinian Genocide - Paperback

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by Gideon Polya (Author)For a century, the Palestinian people have endured the brutal consequences of Western-backed Zionist settler colonialism. From relentless ethnic cleansing to mass population expulsions, the ancient land of Palestine has witnessed unspeakable horrors at the hands of Zionists. At the heart of this turmoil lies the Gaza concentration camp, where a densely populated community is being reduced to rubble by Apartheid Israel.The world watches in silence despite over 100,000 p...

Settler Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview - Paperback

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by Lorenzo Veracini (Author)Exploring the history and politics of a powerful and long-lasting idea: the creation and maintenance of European worlds outside of Europe. This textbook provides a broad overview of settler colonialism in the modern era. The author outlines how the founding of new societies was envisaged and practiced around the world, illustrating the specific ways in which settler colonial projects tried to establish ideal and regenerated political bodies. With an updated introdu...

Collected Works of Josef Stalin: Volume 2 - Hardcover

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by Josef V. Stalin (Author) Number of Pages: 348 Dimensions: 0.94 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 19, 2024

Women's Suffrage: The Complete Guide to the Nineteenth Amendment - Paperback

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by Tiffany K. Wayne (Editor)This is the "everything" women's suffrage and Nineteenth Amendment book, coming just as the country celebrates the centenary of the constitutional amendment that finally brought the vote to all American women.Women's Suffrage: The Complete Guide to the Nineteenth Amendment tells the dramatic story of American women's long fight for the vote and passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A veritable library on all things to do with suffrage and th...

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by Smedley D. Butler (Author)2024 Reprint of the 1935 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Butler was a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient. Based on his career military experience, Butler discusses how business interests commercially benefit from warfare. After Butler retired from the US Marine Corps in October 1931, he made a nationwide tour in the early 1930s giving his speec...

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by Chong-Un Ch'oe (Author), Choi Jung-Woon (Author), Jung-Woon Choi (Author)The book explores the implications of the democratic movement that took place in Gwangju, a southwestern city of Korea, in May 1980 when military paratroopers brutally crushed a group of protesters who demonstrated against General Chun Doo-hwan, who was about to become the country's president. Because of the event now known as the Gwangju Uprising, 191 people perished and 852 were wounded. In The Gwangju Uprising, Cho...

Historical Documents of the P.L.O.: A Collection for Critical Organizational Study - Paperback

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by Henry Hakam?ki (Foreword by), Adnan Husain (Foreword by), Breht O'Shea (Foreword by) Number of Pages: 274 Dimensions: 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 26, 2024

The Founders' Speech To Save America - Hardcover

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by Steven Rabb (Author)The faith that sustained them- the families they held on to- the God-given rights they fought for . . . and how they won. The Founders' Speech To Save America gives readers a front-row seat to hear firsthand how the Founding Fathers defeated the greatest empire the world had yet known. The work serves as an instruction manual for patriots today to stand for and defend their rights, a call to organize and defeat those who seek to destroy them, and a reminder that we must...

A Higher Calling: A Biblical Guide for First Responders, Military, and Veterans - Paperback

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by John B. Jones (Author), Lt Col Dave Grossman (Foreword by) Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: June 11, 2024

Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul

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Report copyright infringementby Eddie S. Glaude (Author)A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society. America's great promise of equality has always rung hollow in the ears of African Americans. But today the situation has grown even more dire. From the murders of black youth by the police, to the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, to the disaster visited upon poor and middle-class black families by the Great Recession, it is clear that bl...

Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the Fbi, and the War on Democracy - Hardcover

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by David Rohde (Author)Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will Justice Department and FBI officials, from Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr to career public servants. He sowed public doubt in both agencies so successfully that when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, he paid little political cost and, despite an unprecedented array of criminal indictments, easily won the Republican nomination for the 2024 pr...

Beyond Cop Cities: Dismantling State and Corporate-Funded Armies and Prisons - Paperback

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by Joy James (Editor) Since 1997, the US Department of Defense has transferred more than $7.2bn in military equipment to law enforcement agencies. Furthermore, the DOD is legally required to make various equipment items available to local police and school police departments, from flashlights and sandbags to grenade launchers and armored vehicles. This militarisation has, unsurprisingly, been shown to impact Black communities unjustly and is associated with increased killings by police. No wo...

High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy - Hardcover

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by Angela Huyue Zhang (Author)In High Wire, Angela Huyue Zhang provides a comprehensive and sophisticated overview of how China regulates its enormous tech sector. By closely scrutinizing the incentives and interactions among the key players, Zhang introduces a dynamic pyramid model to analyze the structure, process, and outcome of China's unique regulatory system. She showcases the shrewd self-regulatory tactics employed by Chinese tech titans to survive and thrive in an institutional enviro...

On Lying and Politics: A Library of America Special Publication - Paperback

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by Hannah Arendt (Author), David Bromwich (Introduction by)More urgent than ever, two landmark essays by the legendary political theorist on the greatest threat to democracy, gathered with a new introduction by David Bromwich "No one," Hannah Arendt observed, "has ever counted truthfulness as a political virtue." But why do politicians lie? What is the relationship between political lies and self-delusion? And how much organized deceit can a democracy endure before it ceases to function? Fift...

Terrorism, Politics, and Human Rights Advocacy: The #Bringbackourgirls Movement - Hardcover

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by Temitope B. Oriola (Author)Terrorism, Politics, and Human Rights Advocacy provides an insider-outsider analysis of the #BringBackOurGirls (#BBOG) movement. Formed through a coalition of elite women and middle-class allies to advocate for the rescue of over 200 high school girls from Chibok, Nigeria, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, the movement is a global leader in the 'lives matter' advocacy and a new episode in African women-led rights movements. Based on data garnered from ove...

The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back from Anti-Lynching to Abolition - Paperback

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by Jeanelle K. Hope (Author), Bill V. Mullen (Author)The story of the fight against fascism across the African diaspora, revealing that Black antifascism has always been vital to global freedom struggles.At once a history for understanding fascism and a handbook for organizing against, The Black Antifascist Tradition is an essential book for understanding our present moment and the challenges ahead.From London to the Caribbean, from Ethiopia to Harlem, from Black Lives Matter to abolition, Bl...

Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence - Hardcover

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by Yaroslav Trofimov (Author)"Our Enemies Will Vanish achieves the highest level of war reporting: a tough, detailed account that nevertheless reads like a great novel. One is reminded of Michael Herr's Dispatches . . . Frankly, it's what we have all aspired to. I did not really understand Ukraine until I read Trofimov's account." --Sebastian Junger A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people in their resistance by Yaroslav Trofimov, the...

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by Judith Butler (Author)Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Los Angeles Times, ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Kirkus, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, The Millions, Electric Literature, and them. From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world "This is the most accessible of their books so far, an intervention meant for a wide audience . . . Because Butler is a human rights activi...

Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us - Paperback

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by Gary F. Marcus (Author)How Big Tech is taking advantage of us, how AI is making it worse, and how we can create a thriving, AI-positive world. On balance, will AI help humanity or harm it? AI could revolutionize science, medicine, and technology, and deliver us a world of abundance and better health. Or it could be a disaster, leading to the downfall of democracy, or even our extinction. In Taming Silicon Valley, Gary Marcus, one of the most trusted voices in AI, explains that we still hav...

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History - Paperback

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by Kurt Andersen (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When did America give up on fairness? The author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way back to the future. "Essential, absorbing . . . a graceful, authoritative guide . . . a radicalized moderate's moderate case for radical change."--The New York Times Book Review During the twentieth century, America m...

The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court - Hardcover

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by Sheldon Whitehouse (Author), Jennifer Mueller (Author)"A damning investigation of dark money by a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee." (Kirkus Reviews) with a new preface on recent disclosures about efforts to influence the Court "There's no senator I can think of who's done more sleuthing to figure out the money trail in American politics, particularly as it affects the courts."-Jane Mayer, author of the national bestseller Dark Money As the story breaks of a secretive cabal...

Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation - Paperback

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by Sophie Lewis (Author)What if we could do better than the family? We need to talk about the family. For those who are lucky, families can be filled with love and care, but for many they are sites of pain: from abandonment and neglect, to abuse and violence. Nobody is more likely to harm you than your family. Even in so-called happy families, the unpaid, unacknowledged work that it takes to raise children and care for each other is endless and exhausting. It could be otherwise: in this urg...