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« Je ne veux pas me plaindre, mais j'ai le droit de me défendre.»Le 25 septembre 2017, Yvan Mayeur se retirait de la vie politique. Président du CPAS de 1995 à 2013, bourgmestre de la Ville de Bruxelles de 2013 à 2017, il souhaite aujourd'hui parler de ses réalisations : le sauvetage des hpitaux publics, le piétonnier, les actions sociales, la réforme de la police, la construction de logements, la création d'emplois dans les entreprises...
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As a kid, Noam Chomsky handed out the Daily Mirror at his uncle's newsstand on 72nd Street, inadvertently finding himself in a buzzing intellectual and political hub for European immigrants in New York. Iranian human rights Nobelist Shirin Ebadi and her husband signed their own legal contract, attempting to restore equality to their marriage after the Iranian Revolution effectively erased the legal rights of women. Elizabeth Warren set out to expose...
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Chaque jours, nous transgressons les limites planétaires et détruisons nos conditions d'existence sur Terre. La pandémie, comme les catastrophes climatiques, sont autant de coups de semonce de la menace qui plane sur notre espèce. Pourtant, face au désespoir ambiant, nous avons le droit de rêver à un futur joyeux, et surtout les moyens de le concrétiser. Avec un nouveau plafond écologique et un vrai plancher social, nous pourrons apprendre...
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Before making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. The agenda-setting approach in political science holds that the amount of attention devoted by the various actors within a political system to issues like immigration, health care, and the economy can inform our understanding of its basic patterns and processes. While there has been...
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On February 1, 1960, four African American college students entered the Woolworth department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, and sat down at the lunch counter. This lunch counter, like most in the American South, refused to serve black customers. The four students remained in their seats until the store closed. In the following days, they returned, joined by growing numbers of fellow students. These "sit-in" demonstrations soon spread to other...
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"La nouvelle Germanie2 royale" explore la relation complexe qui lie les Anglais à la monarchie, eux qui se moquent à la limite de ce système de gouvernance qui fait pourtant partie de leur mode de vie. Bien plus, de manière singulière, l'ouvrage nous situe sur le fondement de la foi chrétienne ainsi que sur les croyances religieuses prises globalement. En outre, nous y trouverons une analyse des évènements politiques à venir qui vont certainement...
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Ahmed Ouyahia a grimpé rapidement les échelons du pouvoir, atteignant presque le sommet, avant de connaître une descente précipitée. Depuis la révolte de février 2019, il est en chute libre, cloîtré et en attente d'un meilleur avenir, loin de la lumière du jour.
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Chroniqueur de presse, traducteur et auteur, Slemnia Bendaoud est une plume très critique dont l'intérêt est chevillé à la cause nationale. Il dresse...
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A look at the decline of civic engagement, and how, nonpartisan organizations like the League of Women Voters can help save and promote democracy.
Throughout our history, civic associations have enabled democracy through citizen training, education, and responsible advocacy. But, Americans have increasingly withdrawn from such civic activity, and most associations that remain lack public accountability, local presence, and active membership.
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Analyse pertinente des débuts du sionisme
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Léon Pinsker, né en Pologne le 13 décembre 1821 et mort le 9 décembre 1891, est un médecin et un militant sioniste qui milita toute sa vie pour l'intégration des Juifs russes en créant notamment la Société pour la promotion de l'instruction qui encourage l'apprentissage de la langue russe.
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In this frank memoir-a story of duty, family, justice, politics, and resilience-Andrew Cuomo, New York State's fifty-sixth governor, reflects on his rise, fall, and rise again in politics, and the tough (but necessary) lessons he has learned along the way.
Born to first-generation American parents in the working-class neighborhood of Queens, New York, Andrew M. Cuomo grew up in a family anchored by a shared belief in community, hard and honest work,...
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Based in the idea of using food to organize because if you cook, they will come, this is a small handbook for activism, featuring 30 recipes from Julia Turshen and a range of contributions from political chefs and prominent activists, as well as lists, essays, and other resources for getting involved. Recipes include easy make-ahead snacks for marches to potluck favorites for meetings and the essays demonstrate how food intersects with so many aspects...
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Though environmental awareness is on the rise, our march toward ecological collapse continues. What was once a movement based primarily on land preservation, endangered species, and policy reform is now a fractured mess of back-to-the-landers, capitalist "green lifestyle" vendors, technology worshipers, and countless special interest groups.
Inspired by a rough-and-tumble journey across country and down river, David Gessner, a John Burroughs Award...
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On June 1, 1981, two young activists, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, were murdered in Seattle in what was made to appear like a gang slaying. But the victims' families and friends suspected they were considered a threat to the dictatorship of Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his regime's relationship to the United States.
In Summary Execution, attorney and author Michael Withey describes his ten-year battle for justice for Domingo and...
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La France d'aujourd'hui a perdu de sa splendeur. Elle est prise dans un tourbillon permanent d'idéologies, de contre-vérités ou de contradictions qui l'éloignent de l'essentiel qu'étaient ses valeurs collectives et ses objectifs de nation. Un grand nombre de citoyens français se sentent alors perdus et désespérés quant à leur avenir. Ils ne trouvent plus l'énergie nécessaire pour dépasser leurs doutes et prendre des risques. Comment en...
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'A masterful intervention that is particularly pertinent for an age of austerity, pandemic, and rising living costs' Robert Chapman, author of Empire of Normality'A brilliant and much-needed contribution to current debates' Ioana Cerasella Chis, University of Birmingham'A comprehensive analysis which also intelligently looks at how disability can fit into the modern world' Joshua Hepple, activist, writer and disability equality trainerThe rise of...
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Born in apartheid South Africa, Marisa Handler emigrated to Southern California at the age of twelve. Her gradual realization that injustice existed even in this more open, democratic society spurred a lifelong commitment to activism that would take her around the world and back again.
Handler shares intimate details of her life as a global justice activist to offer a revealing perspective on what drives the movement. Tracing her own evolution as...
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La solution d'un libre penseur de campagne ? présente des clés qui permettent d'aborder pacifiquement notre pratique mensongère et destructrice de la démocratie. L'auteur dresse un constat alarmant : la régression de l'humanisme et propose des résolutions sociopolitiques simples pour remédier à cette situation.
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Robert Gagne a écrit ce livre en communion avec son épouse disparue. Pour lui, l'écriture revêt une...
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A biography of the "influential and engaging character" who courted Congress with food, wine, and gifts in the post-Civil War era (The Washington Post Book World).
King of the Lobby tells the story of how one man harnessed delicious food, fine wine, and good conversation to become the most influential lobbyist of the Gilded Age.
Scion of an old and honorable family, best friend of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and charming man-about-town, Sam Ward...
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One of our greatest political minds "challenges us to think more independently and more deeply about the human consequences of power and privilege" (Norman Solomon, author of Made Love, Got War).
Renowned interviewer David Barsamian showcases his unique access to Chomsky's thinking on a number of topics of contemporary and historical import. Chomsky offers insights into the institutions that shape the public mind in the service of power and profit....
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When the socialist politician Salvador Allende dramatically won Chile's presidential election in 1970, a powerful cultural movement accompanied him to power. Folk singers emerged at the forefront, proving that music could help forge the birth of a new society. As the CIA actively funded opposition media against Allende during his campaign, the New Chilean Song Movement rose to prominence, viscerally persuading voters with its music. Víctor Jara,...
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