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Three distinguished scholars draw on critical theory to address the causes and circumstances behind the rise of autocracies and oligarchies. Across the Euro-Atlantic world, political leaders have been mobilizing their bases with nativism, racism, xenophobia, and paeans to “traditional values,” in brazen bids for electoral support. How are we to understand this move to the mainstream of political policies and platforms that lurked only on the far fringes through most of the postwar era? Does it herald a new wave of authoritarianism? Is liberal democracy itself in crisis? In this volume, three distinguished scholars draw on critical theory to address our current predicament. Wendy Brown, Peter E. Gordon, and Max Pensky share a conviction that critical theory retains the power to illuminate the forces producing the current political constellation as well as possible paths away from it. Brown explains how “freedom” has become a rallying cry for manifestly un-emancipatory movements; Gordon dismantles the idea that fascism is rooted in the susceptible psychology of individual citizens and reflects instead on the broader cultural and historical circumstances that lend it force; and Pensky brings together the unlikely pair of Tocqueville and Adorno to explore how democracies can buckle under internal pressure. These incisive essays do not seek to smooth over the irrationality of the contemporary world, and they do not offer the false comforts of an easy return to liberal democratic values. Rather, the three authors draw on their deep engagements with nineteenth—and twentieth—century thought to investigate the historical and political contradictions that have brought about this moment, offering fiery and urgent responses to the demands of the day. “A brilliant and urgent assessment of democracy’s current crisis and capitalism’s increasing authoritarianism. . . . a profound diagnosis of this moment’s political ills.” —Astra Taylor, author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It's Gone |
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The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever—a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture. Some of the smartest commentary about what’s happening in America is coming from a comedian—this comedian being Bill Maher. If you want to understand what’s wrong with this country, it turns out that one of the best informed and most thought-provoking analysts is this very funny pothead. The book was inspired by the “editorial” Bill delivers at the end of each episode of Real Time . These editorials are direct-to-camera sermons about culture, politics, and what’s happening in the world. To put this book together, Maher reviewed more than a decade of his editorials, rewriting, reimagining, and updating them, and adding new material to speak exactly to the moment we’re in. Free speech, cops, drugs, race, religion, the generations, cancel culture, the parties, the media, show biz, romance, health—Maher covers it all. The result is a hugely entertaining work of commentary about American culture in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and H. L. Mencken. |
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« Jeudi 3 février 2022, devant mon poste de télévision j’écoute le compte rendu de la journée du procès d’assises de Nordahl Lelandais, accuse de l’enlèvement et du meurtre de la petite Maëlys le 27 août 2017. Maëlys avait 8 ans. Cet ancien maîtrechien a déjà été condamné en mai 2021 à vingt ans de réclusion criminelle pour le meurtre d’un jeune homme, le caporal Noyer. J’apprends alors, médusée, qu’il a pu ouvrir un compte Facebook en cellule, mais surtout qu’il a entretenu une correspondance avec une jeune lycéenne. C’est elle qui a fait le premier pas. Elle a 17 ans… » À la suite de cet épisode, un tas de questions assaillent Valérie Benaïm. Qui sont ces femmes qui et même de l’amour pour des hommes accusés de meurtres, de viols ? Que recherchent-elles ? Y a-t-il un profi l particulier ? Ou bien chacune d’entre nous peut-elle tomber sous le charme de ces hommes ? Femmes amoureuses, avocats, policiers, psychologues, gardiens de prison, la journaliste a interviewé de nombreuses personnalités afi n d’essayer de répondre à ces questions et de comprendre ce qui anime ces femmes. Valérie Benaïm est journaliste. Elle anime l’émission littéraire Droits d’auteurs sur Mycanal, elle est une chroniqueuse régulière de l’émission Touche pas à mon poste ! sur C8. |
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Almirante e Rauti furono gli animatori di una comunità fortemente ostile alla radice fondativa della democrazia. E sono il punto d'origine di una certa destra contemporanea. Il Movimento sociale italiano rivendicò fin dalle origini, come fattore identitario, la propria estraneità alla Repubblica nata dalla Resistenza e ai valori da essa espressi nella Costituzione, ponendo da subito all'ordine del giorno la questione di «essere fascisti in democrazia». Giorgio Almirante e Giuseppe (Pino) Rauti rappresentarono il nostalgismo dei reduci di Salò nel dopoguerra e sostanziarono quel neofascismo politico che nei decisivi anni Sessanta e Settanta fu radicalmente ostile ai profondi mutamenti che attraversavano il Paese. Giorgio Almirante (1914-1988), redattore della «Difesa della razza» durante il regime fascista, fu capo di gabinetto al ministero della Cultura popolare nella Repubblica di Salò. Deputato dal 1948, fu tra i fondatori del Msi e segretario del partito dal 1947 al 1950 e poi dal 1969 al 1987. Pino Rauti (1926-2012), volontario della Repubblica sociale di Salò, nel dopoguerra aderí al Msi. Entrato presto in conflitto con la dirigenza del partito ne uscí nel 1956 fondando il gruppo Ordine Nuovo. Tornò nel Msi nel 1969 dopo la rielezione di Almirante, alla vigilia della strage di piazza Fontana e dell'avvio della «strategia della tensione», diventandone segretario dal 1990 al 1991. |
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Trolii lui Putin este o explorare a tehnicilor utilizate in razboiul informational al Kremlinului, de o anvergura nemaiintalnita pana acum. Un "thriller" care prezinta viata reala si care te tine mereu in suspans, cartea ii vizeaza pe acei cititori care vor sa afle in premiera relatari din interior despre razboiul politic modern dus de Rusia, despre trolii controlati de Kremlin care fac propaganda pe retelele sociale si despre atacurile cu stiri false de la nivel international, care ameninta fundatiile societatilor occidentale. Incitanta, presarata cu momente tulburatoare ce te zguduie si care, din multe privinte, par a fi complet ireale, poate ca Trolii lui Putin suna ca o opera de fictiune ce te tine cu sufletul la gura insa, din nefericire, fiecare experienta cutremuratoare prezentata in volumul de fata s-a petrecut cu adevarat. Este o carte accesibila si a ajuns instantaneu printre cele mai bine vandute din Finlanda, 17 000 de exemplare fiind deja vandute in decurs de doar patru luni de la data publicarii. Poate ca a venit vremea sa le spunem pe nume fermelor de troli ale Kremlinului si dezinformarii digitale: fabrici infractionale si criminalitate cibernetica. Acesti infractori nu vor banii vostri, ci vor sa controleze felul in care ganditi. - Jessikka Aro |
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"The murder of Joseph Gatto captivated Los Angeles. Many veteran journalists still wonder how and why it happened. The details of this horrible crime and those affected by it continue to fascinate." –Robert Kovacik, Anchor and Reporter, NBC Los Angeles Mike Gatto was an up-and-coming young lawmaker when his father was brutally murdered. The act sucked him into the world of noir: wild theories, intransigent detectives, and unimaginable violence. This true crime story reads like a thriller, offering insight into the world of politics and the seedy underbelly of crime investigation in modern Los Angeles. Gatto shares his experiences with incredible candor and raw emotion, detailing every clue, and how he came to learn every tragic detail of his father's murder. With the case still unsolved, see if you can piece together the clues to solve the mystery. |
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"Read this book, strengthen your resolve, and help us all return to reason."   — JORDAN PETERSON The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism have become endangered by a series of viral forces in our society today. Renowned host of the popular YouTube show “The SAAD Truth”, Dr. Gad Saad exposes how an epidemic of idea pathogens are spreading like a virus and killing common sense in the West. Serving as a powerful follow-up to Jordan Peterson’s book  12 Rules for Life  Dr. Saad unpacks what is really happening in progressive safe zones, why we need to be paying more attention to these trends, and what we must do to stop the spread of dangerous thinking. A professor at Concordia University who has witnessed this troubling epidemic first-hand, Dr. Saad dissects a multitude of these concerning forces (corrupt thought patterns, belief systems, attitudes, etc.) that have given rise to a stifling political correctness in our society and how these have created serious consequences that must be remedied–before it’s too late. |
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world’s dark spaces: the new American way of war The most momentous change in American warfare over the past decade has taken place away from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, in the corners of the world where large armies can’t go. The Way of the Knife is the untold story of that shadow war: a campaign that has blurred the lines between soldiers and spies and lowered the bar for waging war across the globe. America has pursued its enemies with killer drones and special operations troops; trained privateers for assassination missions and used them to set up clandestine spying networks; and relied on mercurial dictators, untrustworthy foreign intelligence services, and proxy armies. This new approach to war has been embraced by Washington as a lower risk, lower cost alternative to the messy wars of occupation and has been championed as a clean and surgical way of conflict. But the knife has created enemies just as it has killed them. It has fomented resentments among allies, fueled instability, and created new weapons unbound by the normal rules of accountability during wartime. Mark Mazzetti tracks an astonishing cast of characters on the ground in the shadow war, from a CIA officer dropped into the tribal areas to learn the hard way how the spy games in Pakistan are played to the chain-smoking Pentagon official running an off-the-books spy operation, from a Virginia socialite whom the Pentagon hired to gather intelligence about militants in Somalia to a CIA contractor imprisoned in Lahore after going off the leash. At the heart of the book is the story of two proud and rival entities, the CIA and the American military, elbowing each other for supremacy. Sometimes, as with the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, their efforts have been perfectly coordinated. Other... |
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This is original and unabridged edition of this revolutionary book. Mein Kampf (“My Struggle”) is a political manifesto written by Adolf Hitler. It was his only complete book and became the bible of National Socialism in the German Third Reich. It was published in two volumes, which dated 1925 and 1927. By 1939 it had sold 5,200,000 copies and had been translated into 11 different languages.   The first volume, entitled Die Abrechnung (“The Settlement of Accounts,” or “Revenge”), was written in 1924 in the Bavarian fortress of Landsberg am Lech. Hitler was imprisoned there after the unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. It describes the world of Hitlers youth, the First World War and the betrayal of Germany in 1918. It also expresses Hitlers Racial ideology. According to Hitler, it was necessary for Germans to occupy themselves not merely with the breeding of cats, dogs and horses - but also care for the health and wellbeing of their own Bloodline. The second volume, entitled Die Nationalsozialistische Bewegung (“The National Socialist Movement”), was written after Hitlers release from prison in December 1924. It outlines the political program of National Socialism and includes the measures that National Socialism must pursue in both gaining power and in exercising it thereafter in the new German Reich.   In this book Hitler describes an ideology which according to him must shake the world from its slumber. An ideology which is based on the Eternal Laws of Nature. Here you can notice how the foundations of Social Darwinism have been applied in practice. This book has set a path toward a much higher understanding of the self and of our magnificent destiny as living beings part of this Race on our planet. It shows us that we must not look at nature in terms of good or bad, but in an unfiltered manner. It describes what we must do if we want to survive as a people and as a Race. We have to understand that Nature does not forgive weakness and that the truth and reality is what it is, no matter how bad it may seem or how hard it can portray itself. This book shows the foundations of White Resistance and White Nationalism. It is the foundation and seed for the preservation of our Race. Be advised that this book does not represent the full Racialist ideology, but it is only a foundation as the Origin of Species is a foundation for the Theory of Evolution. |
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The Law is a book written by Frédéric Bastiat. Bastiat was an economist, statesman and member of the French assembly. His writing was during the time of the Revolution of 1848 when France was moving toward socialism. Bastiat wrote The Law, a treatise explaining the problems with socialism, as a warning.  While the essay was written during a different era, it remains an essential political and economic work for modern society. It gives readers a strong understanding of liberty, law, and the underpinnings of society. |
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A book that will open eyes to the most serious problem of our times. In the case of the US Government versus Enron, the presiding judge chose to employ the legal concept of willful blindness: you are responsible if you could have known, and should have known, something which instead you strove not to see. The guilty verdict sent shivers down the spine of the corporate world. In this book, Margaret Heffernan draws on psychological studies, social statistics, interviews with relevant protagonists, and her own experience to throw light on willful blindness and why whistleblowers and Cassandras are so rare. Ranging freely through history and from business to science, government to the family, this engaging and anecdotal book will explain why willful blindness is so dangerous in a globalized, interconnected world, before suggesting ways in which institutions and individuals can start to combat it. Margaret Heffernan's thought-provoking book will force us to open our eyes. |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A searing portrait and damning takedown of America’s proudest citizens—who are also the least likely to defend its core principles “This is an important book that ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand politics in the perilous Age of Trump.”—David Corn, New York Times bestselling author of American Psychosis White rural voters hold the greatest electoral sway of any demographic group in the United States, yet rural communities suffer from poor healthcare access, failing infrastructure, and severe manufacturing and farming job losses. Rural voters believe our nation has betrayed them, and to some degree, they’re right. In White Rural Rage, Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman explore why rural Whites have failed to reap the benefits from their outsize political power and why, as a result, they are the most likely group to abandon democratic norms and traditions. Their rage—stoked daily by Republican politicians and the conservative media—now poses an existential threat to the United States. Schaller and Waldman show how vulnerable U.S. democracy has become to rural Whites who, despite legitimate grievances, are increasingly inclined to hold racist and xenophobic beliefs, to believe in conspiracy theories, to accept violence as a legitimate course of political action, and to exhibit antidemocratic tendencies. Rural White Americans’ attitude might best be described as “I love my country, but not our country,” Schaller and Waldman argue. This phenomenon is the patriot paradox of rural America: The citizens who take such pride in their patriotism are also the least likely to defend core American principles. And by stoking rural Whites’ anger rather than addressing the hard problems they face, conservative politicians and talking heads create a feedback loop of resentments that are undermining American democracy. Schaller and Waldman provocatively critique both the structures that permit rural Whites’ disproportionate influence over American governance and the prospects for creating a pluralist, inclusive democracy that delivers policy solutions that benefit rural communities. They conclude with a political reimagining that offers a better future for both rural people and the rest of America. |
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Dans ce nouveau recueil, l’auteur peint avec franchise et sensibilité le portrait d’une année remplie de polémiques Il ne se passe pas une semaine sans que les barbes de la droite désignent un nouvel ennemi : tour à tour (et parfois simultanément), les wokes (qu’ils le soient un peu, beaucoup ou à la folie), les immigrants (ceux qui font moins de 56 000$ par année ou ceux qui ne parlent pas français jusque dans leur chambre à coucher) et toutes les personnes qui osent prononcer le mot « systémique » sont brûlés au bûcher. De même, les fantassins antivax multiplient les adversaires à combattre : Bill Gates, le Nouvel ordre mondial et tutti quanti. Et si cette légion d’ennemis bidouillés nous empêchait de cerner les véritables problèmes auxquels nous sommes confrontés ? Et si nous étions entourés d’hommes de paille ? Dans ce nouveau recueil rassemblant ses meilleurs écrits, Frédéric Bérard peint avec franchise et sensibilité le portrait d’une année marquée par des polémiques aux allures de numéros de cirque. Il insiste : derrière les jongleurs et les clowns, la crise climatique continue de s’amplifier et les maux sociaux s’enveniment. Pour l’auteur, ce n’est qu’en cessant d’écouter ces commentateurs et autres illusionnistes s’époumonnant en chœur que nous pourrons nous attaquer aux vrais défis de notre époque. |
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Vous souhaitez que vos enfants soient heureux. Mais vous craignez de les abîmer. Comment faire ? Là où la plupart des livres de parentalité placent l’enfant au centre, Philippa Perry a choisi de se concentrer sur la relation parent-enfant pour engager un travail sur soi. Ou quand ranger les vieux placards de son enfance permet de faire de la place pour la parentalité. Un livre drôle, intelligent, fascinant et rafraîchissant, où l’émérite psychothérapeute Philippa Perry nous parle des comportements à privilégier et de ceux à éviter, sans dépeindre un modèle idéal mais en proposant une vue d’ensemble des pratiques qui permettent de bonnes relations parents-enfants. Riche de conseils indispensables, voici un ouvrage que chaque parent devrait lire quel que soit l’âge de ses enfants, que chaque adulte devrait lire, même s’il n’a pas d’enfant. Traduit de l'anglais par Isabelle Crouzet |
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He helped engineer one of the greatest upsets in political history—the election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States. Now, after a short and turbulent tenure in the White House, Steve Bannon is working on the outside to propel forward his populist agenda even when it puts him at odds with the Trump administration. Unafraid to speak the truth and unwilling to back down, Bannon has made headlines in recent months for slamming the Trump administration's approach to North Korea and China, backing controversial Senate candidate Roy Moore at all costs, and calling members of Trump's circle—including Trump's son Don Jr. and his son-in-law Jared Kushner—"treasonous" for meeting with Russians during the election. What is Steve Bannon trying to achieve? Is he a political genius with a promising ideology, or a muckraker without allegiances? In Bannon: Always the Rebel , veteran White House reporter Keith Koffler sits down for hours of interviews with Steve Bannon and gets the embattled former White House advisor talking about his plans, his current thinking about the Trump White House, and the reasons he's still fighting. "Keith Koffler's book will help you understand why Steve Bannon still matters, and why he is one of the most powerful and important men outside the Oval Office." —SEBASTIAN GORKA, Ph.D., former deputy assistant to President Trump, author of Defeating Jihad, and chief strategist of the Make America Great Again Coalition. |
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«  S’il y a un seul livre à lire pour comprendre la Silicon Valley, c’est celui-ci  !  » New York Times Nous n’en sommes pas toujours conscients mais tous les outils qui font aujourd’hui notre vie quotidienne fonctionnent avec des puces électroniques, appelées aussi semi-conducteurs. Les voitures, les smartphones, les avions, les appareils ménagers, la bourse et même le réseau électrique. Dans une enquête écrite comme un récit d’aventures, Chris Miller remonte à l’origine militaire de cette révolution technologique, raconte comment des transistors montés sur des plaquettes de silicium ont contribué à la défaite de l’Union soviétique et pourquoi la bataille pour le contrôle de cette industrie est maintenant un enjeu qui surpasse tous les autres. Il explique pourquoi les firmes de la Silicon Valley sont devenues le coeur de la puissance des Etats-Unis et à quel point les défis auxquels elles sont confrontées ont des conséquences majeures. Alors que la Chine dépense aujourd’hui plus d’argent pour importer des puces que pour acheter du pétrole, pourrait-elle rattraper son retard technologique ? Quand 37 % des puces sont fabriquées à Taïwan, à portée des missiles et des avions chinois, quels risques fait peser sur le monde la montée des tensions entre la Chine et les USA  ? En analysant ces questions cruciales, ce livre unique en son genre permet de comprendre à quel point le vrai pouvoir dans le monde moderne, non seulement militaire, économique mais aussi géopolitique, repose désormais sur les puces électroniques. Diplômé de Yale et d'Harvard, Chris Miller enseigne l'Histoire internationale dans plusieurs universités américaines. |
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Francine Pelletier n’a jamais eu peur de se mouiller, comme en témoignent les chroniques qu’elle a signées dans Le Devoir de 2013 à 2022. Laïcité et féminisme, multiculturalisme et nationalisme, agressions sexuelles et identités de genre, mesures sanitaires contre la COVID-19… Ses textes posent un regard incisif sur les événements et les débats de notre temps, même quand le miroir qu’ils nous tendent vient briser le consensus social. Ce recueil de chroniques, qui veut rendre hommage à la pensée singulière de cette grande journaliste, nous rappelle que la liberté d’expression est un bien fragile, particulièrement en temps de crise. |
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Heavily armed guards at the entrances to malls and restaurants. Citizens deemed “suspicious” taken away without formal charges or legal counsel. Would a “safe” America even look like America anymore? One of the few journalists to penetrate the new counter terror initiative, Matthew Brzezinski offers an insider’s look at the new technology, laws, tactics, and persistent vulnerabilities of the post-9/11 era. The result is this startling, sometimes controversial look at what it will take to achieve genuine homeland security and what it may be like to live inside Fortress America Is this what a safe America will look like? • Cameras at airport ticket counters that can tell if you are stressed • Satellites and surveillance equipment that can see through the walls of your home • Computer programs capable of spotting abnormal behavior • National ID “smart” cards encoding your personal, financial, and medical information required for electronic police spot checks In the aftermath of September 11, a massive effort has been launched to protect us from another terrorist attack. But the costs of safeguarding our country will require not only unprecedented amounts of funding, but dramatic changes in the way Americans lead their everyday lives. Is this the new price of freedom? • Mandatory chips installed in all cell phones and automobiles that can locate you instantly within a dozen yards • Patriot II legislation that can arbitrarily revoke citizenship and allow terrorist sympathizers to vanish without a trace • Transponder implants that could be injected into the bodies of prisoners, foreign nationals, and perhaps one day all US citizens… Such high-tech measures are not the stuff of science fiction but in many cases are already being implemented. As Brzezinski discovers, similar measures have been in use for years in security states like Israel. But will Americans trade liberty for security? Will they have a choice? And can even the most radical measures insure that a 9/11 style attack won’t happen again? From an unheeded warning six years before the WTC disaster to dramatic war-game scenarios secretly conducted at Andrews Air Force Base and chilling on-site simulations of actual attacks, Fortress America paints a sobering picture of the future of freedom…and what life may be like in a maximum security state. |
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Shocking acts of terrorism have erupted from violent American far-right extremists in recent years, including the 2015 mass murder at a historic Black church in Charleston and the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. These incidents, however, are neither novel nor unprecedented. They are the latest flashpoints in a process that has been unfolding for decades, in which vast conspiracy theories and radical ideologies such as white supremacism, racism, antisemitism, xenophobia, and hostility to government converge into a deadly threat to democracy. God, Guns, and Sedition offers the definitive account of the rise of far-right terrorism in the United States—and how to counter it. Leading experts Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware trace the historical trajectory and assess the present-day dangers of this violent extremist movement, along with the harm it poses to U.S. national security. They combine authoritative, nuanced analysis with gripping storytelling and portraits of the leaders behind this violence and their followers. Hoffman and Ware highlight key terrorist tactics, such as the use of cutting-edge communications technology; the embrace of leaderless resistance or lone-wolf strategies; infiltration and recruitment in the military and law enforcement; and the movement’s intricate relationship with mainstream politics. An unparalleled examination of one of today’s great perils, God, Guns, and Sedition ends with an array of essential practical recommendations to halt the growth of violent far-right extremism and address this global terrorist threat. |
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In January 2022, a small group of Canadian truckers fed up with nearly two years of Covid restrictions and a new vaccine mandate for cross-border essential workers decided to take their frustrations directly to the nation's capital. The Freedom Convoy quickly took on a life of its own as hundreds of trucks and thousands of protesters made the journey to Parliament Hill. For the next three weeks, the trucker convoy led a protest unlike any other, complete with bouncy castles, pig roasts, and late-night dance parties. But to the media and government, it was a hate-filled insurrection requiring the unprecedented invocation of the federal Emergencies Act. In this timely and provocative book, author Andrew Lawton combines his own on-the-ground reporting and countless hours of interviews with the Freedom Convoy's organizers and volunteers to tell, for the first time, the whole story of the convoy. |
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La première biographie française de Kamala Harris, la première femme vice-présidente des Etats-Unis. Qui se cache vraiment derrière cette pionnière qui bouscule toutes les certitudes et dont les actes et les paroles sont désormais scrutés au microscope ? Au-delà du symbole, Kamala Harris pourra-t-elle incarner le futur apaisé d'une Amérique au bord de l'implosion ? " Si je suis la première femme à occuper ce poste, je ne serai pas la dernière. " C'est ainsi que Kamala Harris a conclu son discours après la victoire de Joe Biden aux élections présidentielles américaines. Quelques semaines plus tard, cette fille d'un père jamaïcain et d'une mère immigrée indienne marquait l'histoire de son pays en devenant la première femme à occuper le poste de vice-présidente. Une enfance marquée par la contre-culture californienne, une ascension au mérite où, après des études en sciences politiques et en droit, la native d'Oakland, dans la baie de San Francisco, accède au prestigieux poste d'adjointe de district avant de diriger le département des enquêtes criminelles de San Francisco. Puis, une élection au poste de sénatrice de Californie qui la révèle au grand public et, enfin, une candidature à la primaire démocrate de 2020 qui conduit Joe Biden à la choisir comme colistière pour gagner l'élection présidentielle de 2020. Mais au-delà de ce parcours hors norme où cette femme de 56 ans a brisé avec une facilité déconcertante tous les plafonds de verre, qui se cache vraiment derrière cette pionnière qui bouscule toutes les certitudes et dont les actes et les paroles sont désormais scrutés au microscope ? Au-delà du symbole que représente son élection, Kamala Harris pourra-t-elle incarner le futur apaisé d'une Amérique au bord de l'implosion ? |
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Qu'est-il arrivé au vol MH370 de Malaysia Airlines ? Comment un Boeing 777, bourré d'électronique, avec à son bord 239 passagers et au moins autant de téléphones, a-t-il pu se volatiliser à l'insu des radars et des satellites dans l'une des zones les plus stratégiques de la planète ? Deux ans plus tard, les proches des disparus attendent toujours une explication plausible. Sur la foi de savants calculs mathématiques, on leur affirme que l'avion s'est abîmé dans l'océan Indien. Mais aucune preuve tangible n'étaye cette version officielle. Le Boeing transportait-il des passagers suspects ? Une cargaison secrète ? En marge des investigations au large de l'Australie, le monde entier s'est lancé sur les traces de l'avion : services secrets, enquêteurs privés, scientifiques et passionnés de toute sorte. Des millions de dollars ont été engloutis. En vain. Le mystère est devenu thriller. Correspondante du Monde et de RFI en Asie-Pacifique, Florence de Changy a démonté les rumeurs une à une, exploré toutes les pistes, de Kuala Lumpur aux Maldives. Au fil de recherches fascinantes, elle a eu accès à des documents confidentiels, rencontré des témoins capitaux. Sa conviction : le vol MH370 n'a pas disparu. Des gens savent. Des États occultent certains faits. La vérité dérange |
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Contrairement à ce que l'on pourrait croire, les Etats-Unis se rapprochent de plus en plus de l'Europe, à l'image des deux probables candidats américains à la présidentielle, Hillary Clinton et Donald Trump. Avec ce tournant de l'histoire, c'est une vraie révolution qui est en marche. Où en est l'Amérique en 2016 ? Pourquoi semble-t-elle être prête à basculer dans tous les excès ? L'élection présidentielle annonce-t-elle une nouvelle page de son histoire politique ? L'enjeu de cette campagne sera de déterminer quelle sera la nature de ces changements et quelles seront les conséquences de la victoire d'un camp ou d'un autre. En quoi cette élection si particulière donne-t-elle de l'Amérique une image ambiguë, ambivalente, désenchantée, et en tout cas bien différente de celle qu'elle a voulu offrir au monde depuis plusieurs décennies ? Que nous dit cette campagne sur les grandes forces qui traversent la société américaine et son personnel politique ? Comment l'Amérique se positionne-t-elle désormais face à un monde qui ne l'attend et ne l'entend plus comme auparavant ? Comment l'Amérique en est-elle arrivée à devoir choisir entre un national populiste et une social-démocrate interventionniste ? Que reste-t-il, enfin, du messianisme et des idéaux des Pères fondateurs des Etats-Unis ? En opérant des allers-retours entre l'histoire de ce pays et son présent, ce livre donne des clefs uniques de compréhension sur son futur. Et sur le nôtre. |
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Pourquoi fait-on la guerre ? Comment la pratiquait-on avant et pendant l’apocalyptique XXe siècle ? À quoi ressembleront celles de demain ? Venue du fond des âges, mais paradoxalement assez peu fréquente – et d’ailleurs moins meurtrière, sur les temps longs, que les famines et les épidémies –, la guerre est à la fois passionnante dans ses nombreux et divers déroulements (stratégies, innovations et philosophies), et hideuse par les débauches de souffrances, de haines et d’appauvrissements qu’elle engendre. Toute guerre est-elle pour autant une « connerie » ? Certaines ne peuvent-elles pas être justes ? Dans tous les cas, afin de mieux promouvoir la paix, Frédéric Encel propose de regarder la guerre bien en face. |
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Political Polarization in American Politics provides short, accessible chapters about the nature and extent of political polarization within the American public and in American political institutions. These chapters capture the central ideas and debates in political science research on polarization, and are written by leading scholars in this subfield. Each chapter is accompanied by discussion questions and a guide to further reading, making this a great addition to any course looking at issues of polarization. |
