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Medios y cloacas: Así conspira el Estado profundo contra la democracia

Este volumen reúne artículos y entrevistas sobre medios y política publicados por Pablo Iglesias durante el último año. La mayoría proceden de la revista CTXT y algunos vienen del programa La Base, pódcast que Iglesias dirige en Público. El libro analiza la estructura de la derecha mediática y las alcantarillas del Estado y reflexiona sobre la situación del periodismo en nuestro país. Incluye una larga entrevista inédita de Vanesa Jiménez a Iglesias. Prefacio de Miguel Mora, prólogo de Manuel Levin y epílogo de Inna Afinogenova.

Pablo Iglesias (Author), Concha Luna (Narrator)

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The Absolutely Indispensable Man: Ralph Bunche, the United Nations, and the Fight to End Empire

A legendary diplomat, scholar, and civil rights leader, Ralph Bunche was one of the most prominent Black Americans of the twentieth century. The first African American to obtain a political science Ph.D. from Harvard and a celebrated diplomat at the United Nations, he was once so famous he handed out the Best Picture award at the Oscars. Yet today Ralph Bunche is largely forgotten. In The Absolutely Indispensable Man, Kal Raustiala restores Bunche to his rightful place in history. He shows that Bunche was not only a singular figure in midcentury America; he was also one of the key architects of the postwar international order. Raustiala tells the story of Bunche’s dramatic life, from his early years in prewar Los Angeles to UCLA, Harvard, the State Department, and the heights of global diplomacy at the United Nations. After narrowly avoiding assassination, Bunche received the Nobel Peace Prize for his ground-breaking mediation of the first Arab-Israeli conflict, catapulting him to popular fame. A central player in some of the most dramatic crises of the Cold War, he pioneered conflict management and peacekeeping at the UN. But as Raustiala argues, his most enduring achievement was his work to dismantle European empire. Bunche perceptively saw colonialism as the central issue of the 20th century and decolonization as a project of global racial justice. From marching with Martin Luther King to advising presidents and prime ministers, Ralph Bunche shaped our world in lasting ways. This definitivebiography gives him his due. It also reminds us that postwar decolonization not only fundamentally transformed world politics, but also powerfully intersected with America’s own civil rights struggle.

Kal Raustiala (Author), Jonathan Todd Ross, Leon Nixon (Narrator)

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Generación idiota: Una crítica al adolescentrismo

Generación idiota nos ofrece una inmersión profunda en la desaparición de la sociedad intergeneracional y el auge de la mentalidad adolescente, que ha causado un gran daño a la política y a la sociedad. En la continuación de su best seller internacional La batalla cultural, el afamado escritor, politólogo y conferencista Agustín Laje presenta Generación idiota: Una crítica al adolescentecentrismo. Según Agustín, las ideologías centradas en la adolescencia del siglo XXI están en auge. Como resultado, los adolescentes están gobernando el mundo. Rigen la forma de la cultura, estructuran la forma de la política, inspiran los cambios de nuestro lenguaje, imponen sus preferencias estéticas y dominan el imaginario postindustrial y el sistema de consumo. Las instituciones básicas, como la familia, también están fuera de lugar en estas generaciones adolescentes. El libro está dividido en cinco capítulos - Capítulo 1 - Una investigación sobre el papel y el poder de los ancianos a lo largo de la historia y su caída con el advenimiento de las sociedades modernas - Capítulo 2 - La caracterización y explicación de la 'sociedad adolescente', el idiota posmoderno, y el gran tema de la identidad que está omnipresente y arraigado en nuestra sociedad - Capítulo 3 - El papel de la moda, el entretenimiento y la tecnología digital y cómo han afectado y moldeado la cultura y la política del siglo XXI - Capítulo 4 - La expropiación del poder de la familia en la sociedad, la omnipresencia del adoctrinamiento en la educación y el devastador poder socializador de los medios de comunicación de masas - Capítulo 5 - Agustín cierra ofreciendo un modelo de rebelión muy diferente para la Nueva Derecha (a la que vuelve a expresar su apoyo), cómo escapar de la idiotez política, y rebelarse de verdad contra el sistema establecido. Si estás cansado del adoctrinamiento más descarado de los medios de comunicación, las escuelas, las universidades y, sobre todo, de nuestros hijos, querrás leer Generación idiota, en la que Laje ofrece un modelo particular de rebelión para la Nueva Derecha. Escapemos juntos el idiotismo político y rebelarnos contra el sistema establecido. ¡Manos a la obra! Idiot Generation Idiot Generation offers a deep dive into the demise of the transgenerational society and the rise of the adolescent mentality, which has caused great damage to politics and society. In the follow-up to his international bestseller The Culture Battle, famed writer, political scientist, and lecturer Agustín Laje presents Idiot Generation: A Critique of Adolescentcentrism. According to Agustin, adolescent-centered ideologies of the 21st century are rampant. As a result, adolescents are ruling the world. They govern the shape of culture, structure the shape of politics, inspire the changes in our language, impose their aesthetic preferences, and dominate post-industrial imagery and the consumer system. Basic institutions, such as the family, are also out of place in these adolescent generations.

Agustin Laje (Author), Antonio Raluy, Antonio Zierold (Narrator)

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Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It

A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB 'MUST-READ' #1 ON COSMOPOLITAN'S 11 BEST NEW NON-FICTION BOOKS TO ADD TO YOUR TBR PILE IN 2023 CNN senior legal analyst and nationally bestselling author Elie Honig explores America’s two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the powerful— including, most notoriously, Donald Trump—manipulate the legal system to escape justice and get away with vast misdeeds. How does he get away with it? That question, more than any other, vexes observers of and participants in the American criminal justice process. How do powerful people weaponize their wealth, political power, and fame to beat the system? And how can prosecutors fight back? In Untouchable, Elie Honig exposes how the rich and powerful use the system to their own benefit, revealing how notorious figures like Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, and Bill Cosby successfully eluded justice for decades. He demonstrates how the Trump children dodged a fraud indictment. He makes clear how countless CEOs and titans of Wall Street have been let off the hook, receiving financial penalties without suffering criminal consequences. This doesn’t happen by accident. Over the four years of his administration, Donald Trump’s corruption seemed plain for all to see. The former president obstructed justice, flouted his responsibility to the Constitution, lied to the American people, and set the United States on a dark path to disunity and violence. Yet he has never been held accountable for any of his misdeeds. Why not? Untouchable holds the answer. Honig shows how Trump and others use seemingly fair institutions and practices to build empires of corruption and get away with misdeeds for which ordinary people would be sentenced to years behind bars. It’s not just that money talks, Honig makes clear, but how it can corrupt otherwise reliable institutions and blind people to the real power dynamics behind the scenes. In this vital, incisive book, Honig explains how the system allows the powerful to become untouchable, takes us inside their heads, and offers solutions for making the system more honest and fairer, ensuring true justice for all—holding everyone, no matter their status, accountable for their criminal misdeeds.

Elie Honig (Author), Elie Honig (Narrator)

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Pegasus: The Story of the World's Most Dangerous Spyware

The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created, which is threatening democracy and human rights. 'Absorbing . . . a celebration of journalism and hacking being used to unmask the bad guys' - Guardian Pegasus is widely regarded as the most powerful cyber-surveillance system on the market - available to any government that can afford its multimillion-dollar price tag. The system's creator, the NSO group, a private corporation headquartered in Israel, boasts about its ability to thwart terrorists and criminals: 'Thousands of people in Europe owe their lives to hundreds of our company employees', they declared in 2019. That may be true - but the Pegasus system doesn't just catch bad guys. Pegasus has been used by repressive regimes to spy on thousands of innocent people around the world: heads of state, diplomats, human rights defenders, lawyers, political opponents, and journalists. Virtually undetectable, the system can track a person's daily movement in real time, gain control of the device's microphones and cameras at will, and capture all videos, photos, emails, texts, and passwords - encrypted or not. Its full reach is not even known. This is the gripping story of how Pegasus was uncovered, written by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, the two intrepid reporters who revealed the scandal in collaboration with an international consortium of journalists. They received a leaked list of 50,000 mobile phone numbers, but they needed to prove NSO's involvement. After a dangerous and secretive investigation spanning the globe, their findings shook the world. Tense and compelling, Pegasus reveals how thousands of lives have been turned upside down by this unprecedented threat, and exposes the chilling new ways governments and corporations are laying waste to human rights - and silencing innocent citizens.

Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud (Author), Andrew Wehrlen, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Perry (Narrator)

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Ten Years Hard Labour

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE MILIBAND AND CORBYN YEARS, AND HOW THEY LED TO THE LABOUR LEFT'S DEMISE For 42 years, Chris Williamson was a Labour Party member. In 2010, he was elected to Parliament to represent his home town. However, in 2019, he was unceremoniously suspended from the party after being subjected to a smear campaign, and he later resigned in protest at the betrayal. In this forensic memoir - free of his Labourist clutches - Williamson provides a unique ringside view. As well as lifting the lid on the amateurish politics-by-focus groups under Ed Miliband, Williamson exposes some of the major events that created and deepened Labour's 'antisemitism crisis' under Jeremy Corbyn. In his mission to set the record straight on numerous misreported events, Williamson names and shames the individuals - on the left and the right - whom he holds responsible for delivering his former party back into the hands of New Labourism under Sir Keir Starmer. To understand the existential crisis facing socialists in Britain today, Williamson's account of recent Labour history is indispensable. 'Williamson's analysis will be contentious and his trenchant views make uncomfortable reading. But for those who want to see a socialist future, or anyone who has ever voted Labour and wants to see it do better, this is essential reading.' - Ken Loach, filmmaker 'Chris Williamson is a compelling and committed socialist and was Jeremy Corbyn's most loyal supporter in Parliament: that is why he had to be sabotaged at all costs. … This book is a fascinating account of his struggle and the way forward.' - Alexei Sayle, actor, author, stand-up comedian 'Chris Williamson's 10 Years Hard Labour is an eye-opening, and at times, infuriating, insider's account of the coordinated political assault on the British Left that took place inside a party that was once its home.' - Max Blumenthal, author, editor and founder of The Grayzone 'The Left needs an honest account and reckoning of the rise and fall of 'Corbynism' - and I hope this book is start of that much needed self-criticism and honest debate.' - Salma Yaqoob, peace activist '[Williamson] offers a searing indictment of the cannibalistic witch hunt that libelled Corbyn and others with false accusations of anti Semitism to cleanse the party of the Left. This is a necessary corrective history for British audiences and a warning for the Left in all Western democracies.' - Rania Khalek, journalist, Breakthrough News

Chris Williamson (Author), Chris Williamson (Narrator)

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The Most Dangerous President in History

President Biden is the most dangerous president in American history. Many Americans still think of Joe Biden as an average guy who supports the working class. But in reality, he has carried out a destructive agenda against our entire system of freedom. He has fully embraced the Green New Deal agenda, along with woke sexual and racial politics, leading to a more divided and poorer country. His weakness on the international stage has created a perilous world. But the danger of Biden goes much deeper than these issues that are hurting us on a daily basis. For one of the first times in US history, we have a president whose motives we cannot trust. In this book, Nick Adams exposes what the media and politicians have been hiding for nearly fifty years. He doesn’t just make the case that Biden is the most dangerous president in history—he proves it.

Nick Adams (Author), John Mclain (Narrator)

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Metapolítica

Transformación global y guerra de potencias No es ningún secreto que la civilización actual atraviesa por una crisis de proporciones inimaginables, y que en términos geopolíticos y económicos ya nada será lo que fue. La pandemia del coronavirus solo ha venido a acelerar este proceso que se desarrolló tras bambalinas desde hace años. ¿Pero hacia dónde se dirige el mundo? Daniel Estulin, a través de esta excelente investigación, nos muestra lo que las élites globales han conspirado y planeado desde las sombras para imponer el nuevo orden mundial. Los enfrentamientos son inevitables y cada uno de estos jugadores pretende mejorar su posición. ¿Qué resultará del enfrentamiento entre Estados Unidos y China? ¿Qué planes tienen el mundo islámico y Rusia para volver a ser jugadores preponderantes? ¿Acaso las nuevas élites alternativas buscan romper con la hegemonía de la Internacional Financiera? ¿Qué escenarios le esperan a América Latina? Cualquiera que desee entender las profundas implicaciones de los tiempos que atravesamos debe, con urgencia, leer este libro para tomar cierta ventaja del terremoto geopolítico que está por venir.

Daniel Estulin (Author), Alejandro Ivarias (Narrator)

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Against the Great Reset: Eighteen Theses Contra the New World Order

In June 2020, prominent business and political leaders gathered for the fiftieth annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, under the rubric of 'The Great Reset.' In the words of WEF founder Klaus Schwab, the Great Reset is a 'unique window of opportunity' afforded by the worldwide COVID-19 panic to build 'a new social contract' ushering in a utopian era of economic, social, and environmental justice. But beneath their lofty and inspiring words, what are their actual plans? In this timely and necessary book, Michael Walsh has gathered trenchant critical perspectives on the Great Reset from eighteen eminent writers and journalists from around the world. Victor Davis Hanson places the WEF's prescriptions and goals in historical context and shows how American politicians justify destructive policies. Michael Anton explains the socialist history of woke capitalism. James Poulos looks at how Big Tech acts as informal government censors. John Tierney lays out the lack of accountability for the unjustified panic over the virus. David Goldman confronts the WEF's ideas for a fourth industrial revolution with China's commitment to being the leader of a post-western world. And there are many more. Find out what the Great Resetters ultimately have in store for you, and join the intellectual resistance-before it's too late.

Michael Walsh (Author), John Mclain (Narrator)

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Suppressing the Truth in Dallas: Conspiracy, Cover-Up, and International Complications in the JFK As

From the author of the #1 NYT bestseller I Heard You Paint Houses / The Irishman Featuring the eyewitness testimony of Earlene Roberts and Victor RobertsonWith this book, “Dallas” is now completely solved, by a professional and rational analysis. Charles Brandt, who handled over fifty-six homicides as the chief deputy attorney general of Delaware, in charge of all homicides and a private homicide defense attorney in the 1970s, has now used his hands-on professional experience in murder investigation and his analytic skills to conclusively solve every secret of the homicides of JFK, Officer Tippit, and Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas in 1963. As well, Brandt proves that “but for” the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Mafia would not have authorized any of these 1963 murders that form the basis of Suppressing the Truth in Dallas. Brandt solves the mysteries of Dallas for all time and exposes all the motives of those, such as Chief Justice Earl Warren, who intentionally attempted to suppress the truth.

Charles Brandt (Author), Adam Grupper (Narrator)

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Virtual Searches: Regulating the Covert World of Technological Policing

A host of technologies-including digital cameras, drones, facial recognition devices, night-vision binoculars, automated license plate readers, GPS, geofencing, DNA matching, datamining, and artificial intelligence-have enabled police to carry out much of their work without leaving the office or squad car, in ways that do not easily fit the traditional physical search and seizure model envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. Virtual Searches develops a useful typology for sorting through this bewildering array of old, new, and soon-to-arrive policing techniques. It then lays out a framework for regulating their use that expands the Fourth Amendment's privacy protections without blindly imposing its warrant requirement, and that prioritizes democratic over judicial policymaking. The coherent regulatory regime developed in Virtual Searches ensures that police are held accountable for their use of technology without denying them the increased efficiency it provides in their efforts to protect the public. Whether policing agencies are pursuing an identified suspect, constructing profiles of likely perpetrators, trying to find matches with crime scene evidence, collecting data to help with these tasks, or using private companies to do so, this book provides a template for ensuring their actions are constitutionally legitimate and responsive to the polity.

Christopher Slobogin (Author), Peter Lerman (Narrator)

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All In: How we build a country that works

‘A persuasive manifesto for a better Britain.’ Observer Book of the Day Britain is in crisis. This timely book by one of the stars of frontline politics shows a way out. In this brilliant and accessible intervention, Lisa Nandy reveals how Britain can leave behind the mess in which we find ourselves. All In charts a course towards a fairer, more equal, more prosperous country by drawing on the greatest asset we have – each other. Rapid global changes, political division and economic crisis have left Britain reeling. For decades, large swathes of the country have been shut out, condemned to low productivity, underinvestment and managed decline, and stripped of their voice. With most major cities now beset with high housing costs, air pollution and congestion, even the ‘winners’ are losing. All In shows how, by handing power and resources to people with a stake in the outcome, Britain can draw on the talent, assets and potential in every part of the country and start firing on all cylinders again. Finding strength rather than fear in our differences, it reimagines the relationship between people and government so that all of us can play our part in meeting the challenges of our age and rebuilding Britain the only way that works – together. Lucid, clear-eyed and hopeful, this book sets out how we restore values, energy and direction to our politics and offers a glimpse of the alternative future that remains within our grasp.

Lisa Nandy (Author), Lisa Nandy (Narrator)

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