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In this sobering analysis of American foreign policy under Trump, the award-winning economist calls for a new approach to international engagement.   The American Century began in 1941 and ended in 2017, on the day of President Trump’s inauguration. The subsequent turn toward nationalism and “America first” unilateralism did not made America great. It announced the abdication of our responsibilities in the face of environmental crises, political upheaval, mass migration, and other global challenges. As a result, America no longer dominates geopolitics or the world economy as it once did. In this incisive and passionate book, Jeffrey D. Sachs provides the blueprint for a new foreign policy that embraces global cooperation, international law, and aspirations for worldwide prosperity. He argues that America’s approach to the world must shift from military might and wars of choice to a commitment to shared objectives of sustainable development.   A New Foreign Policy  explores both the danger of the “America first” mindset and the possibilities for a new way forward, proposing timely and achievable plans to foster global economic growth, reconfigure the United Nations for the twenty-first century, and build a multipolar world that is prosperous, peaceful, fair, and resilient. |
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The thrilling true story of one man who risked his life to infiltrate the most dangerous neo-Nazi group in the United States, an “urgent and exciting look into the life of an FBI undercover agent” (Joe Pistone) by “one of the top undercover agents in the Bureau” (Joaquin “Jack” Garcia). When Scott Payne was growing up, an ‘80s kid with a big attitude and a taste for sleeveless shirts, he could never have envisioned where he’d find himself on Halloween night 2019. Having transformed into “Pale Horse” and infiltrated the nation's most dangerous, fastest-growing white supremacy group, The Base, he was huddled with a cell of neo-Nazis in the backwoods of Georgia as they slaughtered a goat and drank its blood in a ritual sacrifice. A decorated agent dubbed the “Hillbilly Donnie Brasco,” Payne takes readers along with him on some of the most terrifying and riskiest assignments in FBI history. He went deep undercover with the lethal Outlaw Motorcycle Club in Massachusetts; to the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Tennessee; and infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama. Through it all, he stayed married to the love of his life, raised two girls, and spent his Sundays at church, sustained by family and faith. Timely and unputdownable, Code Name: Pale Horse is a hard look a some of the most pressing threats facing America today. Honest and inspiring, it’s the story of a hero determined to take down a hateful army—before the unthinkable could come to pass. |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “bracing” ( Vox ) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” ( The New York Times ) “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”—Masha Gessen The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. |
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Instant Bestseller Like a John Le Carré novel updated for the digital age, Chasing Shadows provides a gripping account of how the Citizen Lab, the world’s foremost digital watchdog, has uncovered dozens of cyber espionage cases and protects people in countries around the world. Called “essential reading” by Margaret Atwood, it’s a chilling reminder of the invisible invasions happening on smartphones and computers around the world. In this real-life spy thriller, cyber security expert Ronald Deibert details the unseemly marketplace for high-tech surveillance, professional disinformation, and computerized malfeasance. He reveals how his team of digital sleuths at the Citizen Lab have lifted the lid on dozens of covert operations targeting innocent citizens everywhere. Chasing Shadows provides a front-row seat to a dark underworld of digital espionage, disinformation, and subversion. There, autocrats and dictators peer into their targets’ lives with the mere press of a button, spreading their tentacles of authoritarianism through a digital ecosystem that is insecure, poorly regulated, and prone to abuse. The activists, opposition figures, and journalists who dare to advocate for basic political rights and freedoms are hounded, arrested, tortured, and sometimes murdered. From the gritty streets of Guatemala City to the corridors of power in the White House, this compelling narrative traces the journey of the Citizen Lab as it evolved into a globally renowned source of counterintelligence for civil society. As this small team of investigators disarmed cyber mercenaries and helped to improve the digital security of billions of people worldwide, their success brought them, too, into the same sinister crosshairs that plagued the victims they worked to protect. Deibert recounts how the Lab exposed the world’s pre-eminent cyber-mercenary firm, Israel-based NSO Group—the creators of the phone-hacking marvel Pegasus—in a series of human rights abuses, from domestic spying scandals in Spain, Poland, Hungary, and Greece to its implication in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. |
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In eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through the American and world economies like an electric jolt. As much as any, the committee's actions determine the economic well-being of every American. The availability of money for business or consumer loans, mortgages, job creation and overall national economic growth flows from those decisions. Perhaps the last Washington secret is how the Federal Reserve and its enigmatic chairman, Alan Greenspan, operate. In Maestro, Bob Woodward takes you inside the Fed and Greenspan's thinking. We listen to the Fed's internal debates as the American economy is pushed into a historic 10-year expansion while the world economy lurches from financial crisis to financial crisis. Greenspan plays a sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt behind-the-scenes role. He appears in Maestro up close as never before -- alternately nervous and calm, plunging into mathematics one moment and politics the next, skeptical, dispassionate, always struggling -- often alone. Maestro traces a fascinating intellectual journey as Greenspan, an old-school anti-inflation hawk of the traditional economy, is among the first to realize the potential in the modern, high-productivity new economy -- the foundation of the current American boom. Woodward's account of the Greenspan years is a remarkable portrait of a man who has become the symbol of American economic preeminence. |
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“With unsettling insight and disturbing clarity, How Fascism Works is an essential guidebook to our current national dilemma of democracy vs. authoritarianism.”—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker staff writer “No single book is as relevant to the present moment.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • With a new preface • A Yale philosopher identifies the ten pillars of fascist politics, and charts their horrifying rise and deep history. As the child of refugees of World War II Europe and a renowned philosopher and scholar of propaganda, Jason Stanley has a deep understanding of how democratic societies can be vulnerable to fascism: Nations don’t have to be fascist to suffer from fascist politics. In fact, fascism’s roots have been present in the United States long before Donald Trump. Alarmed by the pervasive rise of fascist tactics both at home and around the globe, Stanley focuses here on the structures that unite them, laying out and analyzing the ten pillars of fascist politics—the language and beliefs that separate people into an “us” and a “them.” He knits together reflections on history, philosophy, sociology, and critical race theory with stories from contemporary Hungary, Poland, India, Myanmar, and the United States, among other nations. He makes clear the immense danger of underestimating the cumulative power of these tactics, which include • exploiting a mythic version of a nation’s past • propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves • anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts • law and order politics predicated on the assumption that members of minority groups are criminals • fierce attacks on labor groups and welfare These mechanisms all build on one another, creating and reinforcing divisions and shaping a society vulnerable to the appeals of authoritarian leadership. By uncovering disturbing patterns that are as prevalent today as ever, Stanley reveals that the stuff of politics—charged by rhetoric and myth—can quickly become policy and reality. Only by recognizing fascists politics, he argues, may we resist its most harmful effects and return to democratic ideals. “One of the defining books of the decade.”—Elizabeth Hinton, author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime |
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A “fast-moving, absorbing” account of the years leading up to World War II—a tale of democratic crisis, racial conflict, and a belated recognition of evil ( The New York Times Book Review ). Berlin, November 1937. Adolf Hitler meets with his military commanders to impress upon them the urgent necessity for a war of aggression in eastern Europe. Some generals are unnerved by the Führer’s grandiose plan, but these dissenters are silenced one by one, setting in motion events that will culminate in the most calamitous war in history. Benjamin Carter Hett takes us behind the scenes in Berlin, London, Moscow, and Washington, revealing the unsettled politics within each country in the wake of the German dictator’s growing provocations. He reveals the fitful path by which anti-Nazi forces inside and outside Germany came to understand Hitler’s true menace to European civilization and learned to oppose him, painting a sweeping portrait of governments under siege, as larger-than-life figures struggled to turn events to their advantage. As in  The Death of Democracy , his acclaimed history of the fall of the Weimar Republic, Hett draws on original sources and newly released documents to show how these long-ago conflicts have unexpected resonances in our own time. To read  The Nazi Menace  is to see past and present in a new and unnerving light. “A timely reminder that democracies are fragile creatures.” —Giles Milton, host of the Unknown History podcast “A remarkable, authoritative journey . . . with deft writing, keen insight, and moments of narrative thrill.” —Neal Bascomb, New York Times –bestselling author “Narrative history at its gripping best.” —Henry Hemming, author of Four Shots in the Night |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive.” —Fareed Zakaria “Spectacular…Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward…Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge the imagination.” —David Brooks, The New York Times From bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, Abundance is a once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life. To trace the history of the twenty-first century so far is to trace a history of unaffordability and shortage. After years of refusing to build sufficient housing, America has a national housing crisis. After years of limiting immigration, we don’t have enough workers. Despite decades of being warned about the consequences of climate change, we haven’t built anything close to the clean-energy infrastructure we need. Ambitious public projects are finished late and over budget—if they are ever finished at all. The crisis that’s clicking into focus now has been building for decades—because we haven’t been building enough. Abundance explains that our problems today are not the results of yesteryear’s villains. Rather, one generation’s solutions have become the next generation’s problems. Rules and regulations designed to solve the problems of the 1970s often prevent urban-density and green-energy projects that would help solve the problems of the 2020s. Laws meant to ensure that government considers the consequences of its actions have made it too difficult for government to act consequentially. In the last few decades, our capacity to see problems has sharpened while our ability to solve them has diminished. Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, recognizing when the government is needed. In a book exploring how we can move from a liberalism that not only protects and preserves but also builds , Klein and Thompson trace the political, economic, and cultural barriers to progress and propose a path toward a politics of abundance. At a time when movements of scarcity are gaining power in country after country, this is an answer that meets the challenges of the moment while grappling honestly with the fury so many rightfully feel. |
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Dans le monde du Brexit, de Donald Trump et de Matteo Salvini, chaque jour porte sa polémique, sa gaffe, son coup d’éclat. Pourtant, derrière les apparences débridées du carnaval populiste, se cache le travail acharné de dizaines de spin doctors, d’idéologues et, de plus en plus souvent, de scientifiques et d’experts en Big Data qui sont en train de réinventer les règles du jeu politique. Dans ce livre, Giuliano da Empoli brosse le portrait de ces ingénieurs du chaos. Du récit incroyable de la petite entreprise de webmarketing devenue le premier parti italien, en passant par les physiciens qui ont assuré la victoire du Brexit, jusqu’aux stratèges de la nouvelle droite américaine et aux communicants qui ont changé le visage de l’Europe de l’Est, cette enquête passionnante et inédite dévoile  dévoile les coulisses du mouvement  populiste global. |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “visionary” ( The Guardian ) exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of On Tyranny “[Snyder’s] deep political and philosophical examination of how to . . . create and sustain freedom provides a hopeful view for the future.” —Los Angeles Times LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD Timothy Snyder has been called “the leading interpreter of our dark times.” As a historian, he has given us startling reinterpretations of political collapse and mass killing. As a public intellectual, he has turned that knowledge toward counsel and prediction, working against authoritarianism here and abroad. His book On Tyranny has inspired millions around the world to fight for freedom. Now, in this tour de force of political philosophy, he helps us see exactly what we’re fighting for. Freedom is the great American commitment, but as Snyder argues, we have lost sight of what it means—and this is leading us into crisis. Too many of us look at freedom as the absence of state power: We think we're free if we can do and say as we please, and protect ourselves from government overreach. But true freedom isn’t so much freedom from as freedom to —the freedom to thrive, to take risks for futures we choose by working together. Freedom is the value that makes all other values possible. On Freedom takes us on a thrilling intellectual journey. Drawing on the work of philosophers and political dissidents, conversations with contemporary thinkers, and his own experiences coming of age in a time of American exceptionalism, Snyder identifies the practices and attitudes—the habits of mind—that will allow us to design a government in which we and future generations can flourish. We come to appreciate the importance of traditions (championed by the right) but also the role of institutions (the purview of the left). Intimate yet ambitious, this book helps forge a new consensus rooted in a politics of abundance, generosity, and grace. |
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“A brilliant roadmap highlighting every corrupt actor, to ultimately return our agencies and departments to work for the American People…we will use this blueprint to help us take back the White House and remove these Gangsters from all of Government!” —Donald J. Trump The highest levels of government have been infiltrated by an anti-democratic Deep State that can be defeated by refocusing our national security mission and relentlessly defending the truth. A sinister cabal of corrupt law enforcement personnel, intelligence agents, and military officials at the highest levels of government plotted to overthrow a president. Even after they failed, they continue to secretly pull the levers of power without any accountability to the American people. This isn’t the synopsis of a fictional spy thriller. This is what is actually happening in the United States government. In Government Gangsters , Kash Patel—a former top official in the White House, the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and the Department of Justice—pulls back the curtain on the Deep State, revealing the major players and tactics within the permanent government bureaucracy, which has spent decades stripping power away from the American people and their elected leaders. Based on his firsthand knowledge, Patel reveals how we can defeat the Deep State, reassert self-government, and restore our democracy. |
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“A fascinating set of ideas . . . Politicians of all stripes should take note. And so should the people who vote for them.” — Financial Times We know that our world is undergoing seismic change—but how can we emerge from the crisis as a better society? Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone profound changes—economic cycles that veer from boom to bust—from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Surveying this turbulent history, Paul Mason’s Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big and so profound that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system within which entire societies function, will mutate into something wholly new. At the heart of this change is information technology, a revolution that is driven by capitalism but, with its tendency to push the value of much of what we make toward zero, has the potential to destroy an economy based on markets, wages, and private ownership. Almost unnoticed, in the niches and hollows of the market system, swaths of economic life are beginning to move to a different rhythm. Vast numbers of people are changing how they behave and live, in ways contrary to the current system of state-backed corporate capitalism. And as the terrain changes, new paths open. In this bold and prophetic book, Mason shows how, from the ashes of the crisis, we have the chance to create a more just and sustainable economy. Although the dangers ahead are profound, he argues that there is cause for hope. This is the first time in human history in which, equipped with an understanding of what is happening around us, we can predict and shape the future. “Absorbing and provocative.” — Publishers Weekly “An original, engaging, and bracingly articulated vision of real alternatives. It is sure to spark many vigorous debates, and they are precisely the ones we should be having.” —Naomi Klein, New York Times –bestselling author of Doppelganger |
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "For anyone who wants to stand up to disinformation and deepen their understanding of politics without getting lost in jargon, this book is essential reading.” —Brian Tyler Cohen, YouTuber and bestselling author of Shameless From the host of The David Pakman Show comes a vital exploration of how right-wing extremism, media manipulation, and ideological echo chambers have eroded critical thinking and deepened political divisions —and how we can fight back to save our democracy The 2024 election cycle made one thing clear: disinformation isn’t just a byproduct of our political system—it’s a weaponized force shaping public opinion. In The Echo Machine , popular radio and podcast host David Pakman unpacks how misinformation spreads, why people become trapped in ideological bubbles, and the real-world consequences of media echo chambers on democracy. With his trademark clarity and sharp analysis, Pakman offers a roadmap for breaking free from cycles of manipulation and reclaiming critical thinking. Deeply researched and accessibly written, The Echo Machine is not just an exposé but a call to action. Beyond dissecting how we got to this point, Pakman also offers tangible solutions for how we can fix our broken system: increasing media literacy, cultivating intellectual humility, and consciously engaging with diverse viewpoints. As one early reader put it, "Pakman doesn’t just diagnose the disease of disinformation—he prescribes the cure." Whether you’re left-leaning, right-leaning, or somewhere in between, The Echo Machine challenges you to rethink the information you consume and recognize the forces shaping modern discourse. In an era where misinformation is rampant and democracy hangs in the balance, this book is an essential guide to navigating the political landscape with clarity and reason. |
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The inside story of the historic 2020 presidential election and Joe Biden’s harrowing ride to victory, from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Shattered, the definitive account of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.   Almost no one thought Joe Biden could make it back to the White House—not Donald Trump, not the two dozen Democratic rivals who sought to take down a weak front-runner, not the mega-donors and key endorsers who feared he could not beat Bernie Sanders, not even Barack Obama. The story of Biden’s cathartic victory in the 2020 election is the story of a Democratic Party at odds with itself, torn between the single-minded goal of removing Donald Trump and the push for a bold progressive agenda that threatened to alienate as many voters as it drew.   In Lucky , #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes use their unparalleled access to key players inside the Democratic and Republican campaigns to unfold how Biden’s nail-biting run for the presidency vexed his own party as much as it did Trump. Having premised his path on unlocking the Black vote in South Carolina, Biden nearly imploded before he got there after a relentless string of misfires left him freefalling in polls and nearly broke.   Allen and Parnes brilliantly detail the remarkable string of chance events that saved him, from the botched Iowa caucus tally that concealed his terrible result, to the pandemic lockdown that kept him off the stump, where he was often at his worst. More powerfully, Lucky unfolds the pitched struggle within Biden’s general election campaign to downplay the very issues that many Democrats believed would drive voters to the polls, especially in the wake of Trump’s response to nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd. Even Biden’s victory did not salve his party’s wounds; instead, it revealed a surprising, complicated portrait of American voters and crushed Democrats’ belief in the inevitability of a blue wave.   A thrilling masterpiece of political reporting, Lucky is essential reading for understanding the most important election in American history and the future that will come of it. |
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The "Best and Most Current Primer" - The New York Times "Searing and intimate... with masterly, white-hot reporting." – The New York Times “The most important book in this election.” – Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC “As Dias and Lerer write, the fight against legal abortion is tied inextricably to the fight for America’s soul.” – New York Magazine “A tour de force. However you read books, hardcover, ebook, audio… Just read it.” – Alex Wagner on Alex Wagner Tonight From two top New York Times journalists , t he “searing and intimate” untold story of the plan to overturn Roe v. Wade and the consequences for women and abortion, charting the rise of this new America with “masterly white hot reporting." In June 2022, Americans watched in shock as the Supreme Court reversed one of the nation’s landmark rulings. For nearly a half century, Roe was synonymous with women’s rights and freedoms. Then, suddenly, it was gone. In their groundbreaking book The Fall of Roe, Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer reveal the explosive inside story of how it happened. Their investigation charts the shocking political and religious campaign to take down abortion rights and remake American families, womanhood, and the nation itself. In doing so, Dias and Lerer go beyond the traditional political narrative into the most personal reaches of American life. Reeling from Barack Obama's 2012 landslide presidential victory – and motivated by a spiritual mission – a small but determined network of elite conservative Christian lawyers and powerbrokers worked quietly and methodically to keep their true cause alive: ending abortion rights. Thinking in generational terms, they devised a strategic, top-down takeover at every level of political and legal life, from little-known anti-abortion lobbyists in far flung statehouses to the arbiters of the constitution at the highest court in the land. Broad swaths of liberal America did not register the severity of the threat until it was far too late. At a moment when women had more power than ever before, the feminist movement suffered one of the greatest political defeats in American history. With stunning scope, journalistic rigor, and unprecedented access to the highest echelons of conservative and liberal power, Dias and Lerer chronicle the end of the Roe era. Their deeply human reporting stretches from inside abortion clinics to the halls of the White House, exposing powerful behind-the-scenes actors and recasting the actions of those already in the spotlight. The result is a sweeping and intimate narrative of secrets, power, jaw-dropping revelations, and a guide for affecting long term political change as we look to what’s ahead. |
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Les Français ne voient pas tout ce que j'ai fait pour eux. Ils ne m'aiment plus... " se laisse aller un jour Emmanuel Macron dans un rare moment de vague à l'âme, devant un ami qu'il reçoit à l'Élysée. Élu en 2017, le plus jeune président de la Ve République pensait pourtant tout renverser. Enivré par ces murs tricentenaires où sont passés avant lui tant d'illustres prédécesseurs, il a au contraire fini par s'isoler, avant de plusieurs fois chuter. Ainsi se joue derrière les lourdes grilles en fer forgé du 55, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré la tragicomédie du pouvoir français. Le " Château " en est son théâtre. Un labyrinthe de 365 pièces en plein coeur de la capitale. Une forteresse militaire, aussi silencieuse que mal fichue pour l'exercice du pouvoir. Les habitudes secrètes du président, l'influence de ses conseillers, ses rencontres avec des chefs d'État étrangers, les relations avec ses Premiers ministres, le rôle de Brigitte Macron, jusqu'à l'improbable scénario caché de la dissolution... combien de crises, de drames et de coups bas s'y sont joués depuis son arrivée ? Sa cour s'étiole, les rivalités s'aiguisent mais Emmanuel Macron, éternel optimiste, ne croit pas en la fatalité des lieux. Afin de percer les derniers secrets du " Palais ", pour ce récit riche en coulisses inédites, l'auteur a interrogé presque soixante-dix témoins de premier plan. Ils dévoilent un président parfois crépusculaire, souvent imprévisible. Bienvenue, dans l'enfer de l'Élysée. |
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"Why does capitalism fail us?" Richard D. Wolff walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant takedown of an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many. Understanding Capitalism explores the different definitions of what capitalism is and is not, and dissolves the many myths that, Wolff argues, are designed to confuse and disorient us. Wolff doesn’t simply identify the crises and harms manufactured by capitalism, he details a path forward by outlining alternative economic models that combat the exploitation and oppression inherent in capitalism. Capitalism oftentimes feels as permanent as the sky above. Understanding Capitalism shows that our current economic system is only as strong as the ordinary people who enable its existence, and that capitalism’s demise requires an organized, collective effort by those who can identify its vulnerabilities and limitations, but also understand that another world is indeed possible. |
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Un consortium libéral-autoritaire, tissé de solidarités d’affaires, de partis conservateurs, nationalistes et libéraux, de médias réactionnaires et d’élites traditionnelles, perd tout soutien populaire : au fil des élections, il passe de presque 50 % à moins de 10 % des voix et se demande comment garder le pouvoir sans majorité, sans parlement, voire sans démocratie. Cet extrême centre se pense destiné à gouverner par nature : sa politique est la meilleure et portera bientôt ses fruits. Quand les forces de répression avertissent qu’elles ne pourront faire face à un soulèvement généralisé, le pouvoir, qui ne repose sur aucune base électorale, décide de faire alliance avec l’extrême droite, avec laquelle il partage, au fond, à peu près tout, et de l’installer au sommet. Cette histoire se déroule en Allemagne, entre mars 1930 et janvier 1933. Elle repose sur une lecture des archives politiques, des journaux intimes, correspondances, discours, articles de presse et Mémoires des acteurs et témoins majeurs. Elle révèle non pas la progression irrésistible de la marée brune, mais une stratégie pour capter son énergie au profit d’un libéralisme autoritaire imbu de lui-même, dilettante et, in fine, parfaitement irresponsable. |
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Des millions d'hommes de tous les pays ont connu les camps et les prisons d'Union soviétique et parfois y sont morts. Parmi eux, des milliers de Français. Pierre Rigoulot a patiemment suivi leur trace en interrogeant d'anciens détenus, en dépouillant les archives officielles, en scrutant des témoignages aujourd'hui oubliés. Otages de la guerre civile, communistes enthousiastes, brusquement disparus au pays de leurs rêves, victimes des mesures de rétorsion qui suivirent la rupture des relations diplomatiques entre Vichy et Moscou, incorporés de force dans la Wehrmacht capturés sur le front russe, travailleurs en Allemagne et prisonniers de guerre libérés par l'Armée Rouge, mais jamais rapatriés, touristes partis pour quelques semaines, rentrés bien des années plus tard - ou morts dans un camp - les cas les plus divers se rencontrent parmi ces Français du Goulag. Malgré les dénégations des autorités soviétiques, les silences ou les réserves des diplomates, tout porte à croire qu'ils sont encore des dizaines, peut-être même quelques centaines retenus en U.R.S.S. |
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"L'Émancipation des économies captives" a été écrit dans la prison de Kédougou. C’est à la fois une réflexion et une analyse, empreinte de sérénité et de vigueur, où en économiste, l’ancien chef du gouvernement sénégalais marque la force de l’emprise de l’économie de marché sur les différents systèmes sociaux, qu’ils se réclament du capitalisme (ce qui est logique), du socialisme (ce qui est illogique) ou du système coopératif (ce qui reste ouvert). En fait, dans la plupart des expériences qui s’offrent à la réflexion de l’analyste, le marché est venu corrompre la finalité des rapports humains que l’économie devrait libérer. Il faut donc reprendre le problème à la racine… Inventer de nouveaux socialismes libérateurs qui sachent maîtriser et intégrer les espaces économiques de différents niveaux dans des projets à la fois polarisés et globalisants, en fonction des objectifs des hommes concernés qui doivent pouvoir les construire de façon libre et responsable. |
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藏人的自焚,世界的恥辱! ■「西藏是拷問中國、國際社會人權和公正標準的最嚴厲問卷,沒有人可以回避,可以繞過去。目前為止,沒有人不受辱蒙羞。」──艾未未 ■寧可自毀,也不傷及他人──「人不必自身敢於自焚,只要敢於在想像中正視自焚,就可以看到自焚者以渺小的一己之軀,與龐大的暴政機器抗爭的英勇與悲壯。」──唯色 ■現代藝術家艾未未──封面設計、推薦 ■另收錄井早智代、劉毅畫作 ■唯色談艾未未設計的封面: 「在有著重要意義的封面設計——所有自焚藏人的名字用藏文記錄其上;中間的一朵火焰壯麗,充滿奉獻的美而非慘烈的苦;潔淨的封面宛如西藏潔白的哈達,以獻給所有自焚藏人——」 ■封面設計概念: 艾未未的封面上燙印的藏人名字,只有在某些角度才看得到,這象徵著他們在這本書中的在場與缺席。就如同他們在所有被自焚悲劇影響的人們的心裡,存在,也不存在。 *** 「秉持非暴力原則的個體抗議者所能做的最激烈方式——點燃自己但不攻擊他人,自己慘死卻不與凶手同歸於盡。」──唯色 過去這段時間,全世界有不少媒體關注藏人自焚的事件,但絕大多數人不清楚到底是怎麼一回事。這本書是唯色對四年來持續發生的藏人自焚事件所做的一種竭力的解釋、沉痛的分析和直率的批評。當然,批評針對的是不義的中共當局以及向不義妥協的世界。 從二○一三年四月起,唯色心力交瘁地寫作了兩個月,關注藏人自焚,尤其關注如此眾多的藏人自焚而世界卻一片沉默的狀況,希望透過她的文字向世界發聲。然而這不是輕易就能發出聲,原因無他,一百四十二位藏人將寶貴的生命付諸於奉獻與抗議的火焰,人世間任何語言對此的描述與評價都是蒼白無力的。 *** 書名「西藏火鳳凰」的由來: 取意鳳凰涅槃,浴火重生。無論在西方還是東方的神話裡,火鳳凰是不死神鳥,每每自焚為燼,再從灰燼中重生,成為永生。雖然西藏文化中沒有涅槃的鳳凰,只有護衛佛法的神靈,但火鳳凰的象徵含義是廣泛的,都能理解。正如前蘇聯詩人茨維塔耶娃的詩句: 我是鳳凰,只在烈火中歌唱! 請你們珍惜我高貴的生命! 我熊熊燃燒,我燒成灰燼! 但願你們的黑夜能變得光明! |
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Mein Kampf  written by Adolf Hitler is known as one of the most dangerous books in history. It is a fundamental exposition of Nazi ideology, which caused deaths of milions of people. The publisher would like to inform, that propaganda of any totalitarianism, such as Nazism, Fascism and Communism is not his target and this book should be only perceived as a historical source. Every man wanting to understand the complexity of the World War II should be acquainted with this position.  |
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How propaganda undermines democracy and why we need to pay attention Our democracy today is fraught with political campaigns, lobbyists, liberal media, and Fox News commentators, all using language to influence the way we think and reason about public issues. Even so, many of us believe that propaganda and manipulation aren't problems for us—not in the way they were for the totalitarian societies of the mid-twentieth century. In How Propaganda Works , Jason Stanley demonstrates that more attention needs to be paid. He examines how propaganda operates subtly, how it undermines democracy—particularly the ideals of democratic deliberation and equality—and how it has damaged democracies of the past. Focusing on the shortcomings of liberal democratic states, Stanley provides a historically grounded introduction to democratic political theory as a window into the misuse of democratic vocabulary for propaganda's selfish purposes. He lays out historical examples, such as the restructuring of the US public school system at the turn of the twentieth century, to explore how the language of democracy is sometimes used to mask an undemocratic reality. Drawing from a range of sources, including feminist theory, critical race theory, epistemology, formal semantics, educational theory, and social and cognitive psychology, he explains how the manipulative and hypocritical declaration of flawed beliefs and ideologies arises from and perpetuates inequalities in society, such as the racial injustices that commonly occur in the United States. How Propaganda Works shows that an understanding of propaganda and its mechanisms is essential for the preservation and protection of liberal democracies everywhere. |
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Alberta is at a crossroads. On the one hand, it can remain within Canada and have major decisions about its economic future and well-being decided by politicians elected somewhere else - in Central Canada. Or, it can choose a path of self-determination whereby all decisions about its future are made by Albertans themselves. As history clearly demonstrates, the first option comes with negative economic consequences from policies designed to cater to voters in places like Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Only the second option - the one recommended in this book - offers Albertans an opportunity to choose what's best for Alberta. |
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“Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” —George Friedman In his long-awaited and provocative new book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future—offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century. The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era—with changes in store, including: • The U.S.-Jihadist war will conclude—replaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia. • China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power. • A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly. • Technology will focus on space—both for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications. • The United States will experience a Golden Age in the second half of the century. Written with the keen insight and thoughtful analysis that has made George Friedman a renowned expert in geopolitics and forecasting,  The Next 100 Years  presents a fascinating picture of what lies ahead. For continual, updated analysis and supplemental material, go to www.geopoliticalfutures.com. |
