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The Philosophy and Politics of Czech Dissidence from Patocka to Havel

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Report copyright infringementby Aviezer Tucker (Author)A critical study of the philosophy and political practice of the Czech dissident movement Charter 77. Aviezer Tucker examines how the political philosophy of Jan Patocka (1907-1977), founder of Charter 77, influenced the thinking and political leadership of Vaclav Havel as dissident and president. Presents the first serious treatment of Havel as philosopher and Patocka as a political thinker. Through the Charter 77 dissident movement in C...

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

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Report copyright infringementby Charles E. Jr. Cobb (Author)Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama, home as "an arsenal." Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protect...

Out of the Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson

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Report copyright infringementby Eric a. Shelman (Author), Stephan Lazoritz (Author)In 1874, an amazing event took place. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) initiated the rescue of a severely abused child named Mary Ellen Wilson. Little Mary Ellen as she became known, was beaten, burned, and slashed with scissors, her brutal adoptive mother, Mary Connolly locking her indoors for over 7 years. Her rescue initiated the beginning of true child protection in this...

Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin's Theory a Century Later

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Becker (Editor), Party for Socialism and Liberation (Author)Imperialism in the 21st Century Updating Lenin's Theory a Century LaterOver 1,000 military bases in foreign lands. Armed personnel in 130 countries. A military budget larger than the next 10 governments combined. The U.S. rulers maintain an empire, and one that is constantly at war-so much so that the White House and Pentagon now declare "endless war" to be the country's standing military doctrine....

E.D. Nixon: The Unsung Father of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Escoffery (Illustrator), Michael Eaddy (Author)Before Dr. Martin Luther King, E.D. Nixon was the principal black leader in Montgomery, Alabama. He helped sparked the Civil Rights Movement and bailed imprisoned civil rights icon, Rosa Parks out of jail. Mr. Nixon's contributions in civil rights, voter registration, leadership, and social justice was paramount in the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and advancing the civil rights movement. A true sto...

Law is Not for Lawyers (It's for Everyone): Empower Yourself with the Basics of Law and Civics

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Report copyright infringementby Tristan Blaine (Author)Law is Not for Lawyers (It's for Everyone) is so essential, it should be legally required reading! This book is your pocket guide (it really fits in your pocket!) to the American legal and government system. Written in plain English, with practical tips and a sprinkling of humor, it will empower you to take charge of your life and to help make society a better place for everyone.You may be surprised that a lawyer is saying that Law is Not...

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Report copyright infringementby Leon Trotsky (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important e...

Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004

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Report copyright infringementby Feda Abdelhady (Foreword by), Xavier Abu Eid (Author)The book research the role of the Palestinian Christians in the struggle for national liberation from WWI through WWII and especially after the Israeli occupation in 1967. The role of the Palestinian Christians in resisting the Britisch mandate and Israeli occupation is highlighted. The contribution of the Christian churches in Palestine to diplomacy, education, social services as well armed as well as non-vi...

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Report copyright infringementby Diego Arria (Author)"War and Terrorism in the Heart of Europe" is the testimony of a former president of the United Nations Security Council, Venezuela's Ambassador Diego Arria during a turbulent period that covered his active participation in important issues since the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991 to the end of 1995. Beginning with the Gulf War, Libya's act of terrorism, the failed state of Somalia and the wars in the former Yugoslavia, wher...

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Report copyright infringementby Molly Farneth (Author)An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political lives The Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of rituals. In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Molly Farneth argues that rituals are social practices in which people create, maintain, and transform themselves and their societies. Far from mere scripts or mechanical routines, rituals are dynamic activities bound up in processes...

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Report copyright infringementby John Garvey (Author)In San Francisco, history is as close as the sound of the fire engines and trucks racing by, sirens wailing. The San Francisco Fire Department took shape, as did the city, from the ashes and embers of the Great Fire of 1906. In the tumultuous seaport full of those seeking California's newly found gold, volunteer fire companies had to adapt to a teeming city full of canvas tents, wood shacks, kerosene lanterns, ocean breezes, and hilly windin...

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Report copyright infringementby 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 Uni...

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Report copyright infringementby Ku Klux Klan (Author)The Kloran (a portmanteau of "Klan" and "Koran") is the handbook of the Ku Klux Klan. Versions of the Kloran typically contain detailed descriptions of the role of different Klan members as well as detailing Klan ceremonies and procedures. The letters Kl were often used at the beginning of words to delineate a Klan association. Examples include: Kloran, Klonversation (conversation), Klavern (cavern or tavern; local branch or meeting place),...

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Report copyright infringementby 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 histo...

Collected Writings of Chairman Mao: Volume 2 - Guerrilla Warfare

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Report copyright infringementby Mao Zedong (Author), Mao Tse-Tung (Author), Shawn Conners (Editor)Mao Zedong (also known as Mao Tse-tung) is regarded as one of the most controversial figures in modern world history. Having conquered the country, he ruled the People's Republic of China from its establishment as a Communist state in 1949 until the time of his death in 1976. Brilliant and ruthless, his legacy includes guerrilla warfare tactics, violent cultural revolutions, and enduring Communis...

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Report copyright infringementby 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, demograph...

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Report copyright infringementby 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 ...

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Report copyright infringementby Glen Krutz (Author)The images in this textbook are in grayscale. American Government 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester American Government course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning, including Insider Perspective features and a Get Connected module that shows students how they can get engaged in the political process. The book provides an important opportunity for students...

Walkable Cities: Revitalization, Vibrancy, and Sustainable Consumption

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Report copyright infringementby 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.Gold Medalist, 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Transportation (Auto/Aviation/Railroad) Category Co-Winner of the 2020 Global Division Outstanding Book Award presented by the Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Walkable precincts hav...

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Report copyright infringementby Larissa Behrendt (Author), Stan Grant (Foreword by)A comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects of Indigenous Australian history and culture What is The Dreaming? How many different Indigenous tribes and languages once existed in Australia? What is the purpose of a corroboree? What effect do the events of the past have on Indigenous peoples today? Indigenous Australia For Dummies, 2nd Edition answers these questions and countless others about ...

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Report copyright infringementby 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 Wa...

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

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Report copyright infringementby Danny Katch (Author)A sharp, funny, and engaging introduction to socialist ideas, movements, and solutions for a world in crisis. Now with 50% more socialism! Socialism...Seriously is a warm and witty introduction to the radical traditions of protest and politics that stretch from Karl Marx through today's movements for democracy, equality, and a livable planet. In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition, Danny Katch uses humor and imagination to take an ...

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Report copyright infringementby 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 informat...

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

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Report copyright infringementby 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 Hi...

Settler Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview

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Report copyright infringementby 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 bo...

Collected Works of Josef Stalin: Volume 2

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Report copyright infringementby Josef V. Stalin (Author)This edition of the English translation of J. V. Stalin's Works has been reproduced faithfully, edited only for accessibility and clarity, from the text of the English-based on the Russian edition, originally prepared by the Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute of the Central Committee, C.P.S.U.Iskra Books has chosen to publish the full series of the Collected Works due to an academic scarcity of the original materials, an increasing inaccessibil...

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

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Report copyright infringementby 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 thi...

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Report copyright infringementby 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...

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Report copyright infringementby 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....

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

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Hakamäki (Foreword by), Adnan Husain (Foreword by), Breht O'Shea (Foreword by)Explore the core political documents of pivotal chapters from the revolutionary organizational history of Palestine with Historical Documents of the P.L.O.: A Collection for Critical Organizational Study-a scholarly yet accessible anthology of the documents that forged the backbone of the Palestine Liberation Organization's struggle for sovereignty and liberation.The Palestine L...

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Report copyright infringementby Steven Rabb (Author)How do people rise to defeat the tyrants who would control them, tax them, jail them, and trample upon their liberties with contempt? How do they fight back? How do they win?The Founder's Speech To Save America offers readers a front-row seat as the Founding Fathers defend their liberty at the first attack, build underground communication networks to unite the people, mobilize patriots through the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, and ultimatel...

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

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Report copyright infringementby John B. Jones (Author), Lt Col Dave Grossman (Foreword by)Death. Trauma. Violence. Depravity in all its forms. These are the underside of a functioning society. A side that some people refuse to even acknowledge. While most people actively try to avoid this seedy otherworld, there is a segment that voluntarily enters the fray each day: The First Responder. 65% of the adult population identify as one of the Christian religious denominations. What does the Bible ...