Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republicans. Clay Cane lays out how Black Republicanism has been mangled by opportunists who are apologists for racism.
After the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism devolve from revolutionaries like Frederick Douglass to the puppets in the Trump era?
Whether it's radical conservatives like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott or Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, they are consistently viral news and continuously upholding egregious laws at the expense of their Black brethren. Black faces in high places who provide cover for explicit bigotry are one of the greatest threats to the liberation of Black and brown people. By studying these figures and their tactics, Cane exposes the grift and lays out a plan to emancipate our future.
Science and politics have collaborated throughout human history and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic management to climate change.
Leading policy analyst Geoff Mulgan here calls attention to the growing frictions caused by the expanding-and unsolicited-authority being heaped upon science. As science increasingly competes with politics, a defined plan of cooperation is urgently needed.
Mulgan outlines science and politics as two distinct, imperfect forms of collective intelligence. Whereas science is ordered around what we know and what is, politics engages what we feel and what matters. Politics functions because it recognizes the limits of power, the need for delegation and expert advice. The intellectual logic of science, on the other hand, focuses on detail and depth, struggling to place its knowledge in wider contexts. The crux of the matter, Mulgan argues, is how can we ensure that crucial decisions taken in democracies are both well informed and legitimate?
Rooted in understanding that science and politics are not just fields of ideas but also fields of action, this book proposes ways to ensure that the two work effectively together.
Today, gun control is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics. However, before the 1960s, positions on firearms rights did not necessarily map onto partisan affiliation. What explains this drastic shift?
Patrick J. Charles charts the rise of gun rights activism from the early twentieth century through the 1980 presidential election, pinpointing the role of the 1968 Gun Control Act. Gun rights advocates had lobbied legislators for decades, but they had cast firearms control as a local issue. After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 spurred congressional proposals to regulate firearms, gun rights advocates found common cause with states' rights proponents opposed to civil rights legislation. Politicians including Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan recognized the potential of gun control as a wedge issue, and gun rights became increasingly tied to the Republican Party.
Charles offers new insight into the evolution of the gun rights movement and how politicians responded to anti-gun control hardliners. He examines in detail how the National Rifle Association reinvented itself as well as how other advocacy groups challenged the NRA's political monopoly. Offering a deep dive into the politicization of gun rights, Vote Gun reveals the origins of the acrimonious divisions that persist to this day.
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As we delve into the depths of this surveillance state, our aim is to unravel the origins, motivations, and consequences of the omnipresent gaze that capitalism has cast upon us. In this introduction, we set the stage for a thought-provoking odyssey through the realms of technology, power, and the delicate balance between security and privacy.
We begin by peeling back the layers of the surveillance state, examining its historical roots and the ideological foundations that have allowed it to thrive. From Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon to the digital panopticism of the 21st century, we trace the evolution of surveillance mechanisms and their integration into the very core of our societal structures.
Capitalism, as an economic system, has not only embraced but also symbiotically intertwined itself with surveillance. In this chapter, we explore the complex relationship between capitalism and the surveillance economy. How did the pursuit of profit become inseparable from the collection and exploitation of personal data? What are the implications for individuals and society at large?
Join us as we embark on a captivating journey through the intersection of economic interests and the ever-watchful eyes of the surveillance apparatus.
As we turn the pages of 'Surveillance State of Capitalism,' prepare to confront the uncomfortable truths and challenging questions that arise when capitalism and surveillance converge. The narrative unfolds, inviting you to critically examine the landscape of detection and control that defines our modern reality.
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Tumba Más Peligrosa Del Mundo
¡Descubre los secretos enterrados y sumérgete en la historia más intrigante y peligrosa jamás contada! No te pierdas la oportunidad de adquirir el libro que desentraña los misterios de la tumba más temida y enigmática del mundo. ¡Haz clic ahora y embárcate en una aventura literaria que te llevará a las profundidades de la historia y la intriga! ¡No esperes más para desvelar los secretos guardados en las sombras de la tumba más peligrosa!
En las remotas tierras donde la historia se entreteje con la leyenda, yace la tumba más peligrosa del mundo, un sepulcro envuelto en misterio y sombras que ha desafiado la curiosidad humana durante siglos. Sus murmullos silenciosos han intrigado a arqueólogos, historiadores y aventureros por igual, desafiándolos a descubrir sus secretos ocultos en los pliegues del tiempo. Esta tumba ancestral, envuelta en mitos y leyendas, se erige como una puerta al pasado, cuyos secretos oscuros prometen desvelar verdades asombrosas y peligrosas.
Las crónicas que rodean esta sepultura mortal son tan cautivadoras como inquietantes. Se dice que los intrépidos exploradores que se aventuran en sus profundidades corren el riesgo de desencadenar fuerzas sobrenaturales y despertar a antiguas maldiciones que han acechado a lo largo de los siglos. Cada inscripción en las paredes de esta tumba cuenta la historia de un imperio olvidado y eventos que han quedado sepultados en la oscuridad de la historia. La maraña de símbolos y jeroglíficos pinta un cuadro intrigante de civilizaciones perdidas y rituales ancestrales que desafían la comprensión humana.
Interested in World War II but short on time for lengthy books? Join The History Journals for an hourly exploration of various war facets. In this edition, delve into Operation Valkyrie, the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
When Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1930s Germany, opposition to his global ambitions began forming among conspiratorial groups within the German army as early as 1938. These resistance efforts aimed to prevent Hitler from launching a worldwide conflict.
The story of the German Resistance is a seldom-heard tale, but the bravery of the conspirators, despite their inability to halt Hitler initially, is nothing short of heroic. While Hitler's military machine triumphed in the early years of World War II, the Allies' growing strength, especially after the American entry into the war in 1941, made an assassination attempt on Hitler plausible.
By 1944, Operation Valkyrie and Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg brought Hitler within striking distance of assassination. In "The Hitler Conspiracies," explore this remarkable plot that came close to ending Hitler's reign of terror, revealing the courage of those willing to risk their lives for humanity within his own ranks.
Picking up where the New York Times bestseller Betrayal left off, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image-and the wreckage he's left in his wake.
Packed with new reporting, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party tracks Trump's improbable journey from disgraced and defeated former president to the dominant force, yet again, in the Republican Party.
From his exile in Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump has become more extreme, vengeful, and divorced from reality than he was on January 6, 2021. His meddling damaged the GOP's electoral prospects for third consecutive election in 2022. His legal troubles are mounting. Yet he's re-emerged as the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Jonathan Karl has known Donald Trump since his days as a New York Post reporter in the 1990s, and he covered every day of Trump's administration as ABC News's chief White House correspondent. No one is in a better position to detail the former president's quest for retribution and provide a glimpse at what the GOP would be signing up for if it once again chooses him as its standard bearer.
In 1964, Ronald Reagan told Americans it was "a time for choosing." Sixty years later, Republicans have their own choice to make: Are they tired of winning?
Political rumors and misinformation pollute the political landscape. This is not a recent phenomenon; before the currently rampant and unfounded rumors about a stolen election and vote-rigging, there were other rumors that continued to spread even after they were thoroughly debunked, including doubts about 9/11 (an 'inside job') and the furor over President Obama's birthplace and birth certificate. If misinformation crowds out the truth, how can Americans communicate with one another about important issues? In this book, Adam Berinsky examines why political rumors exist and persist despite their unsubstantiated and refuted claims, who is most likely to believe them, and how to combat them.
Drawing on original survey and experimental data, Berinsky shows that a tendency toward conspiratorial thinking and vehement partisan attachment fuel belief in rumors. Berinsky argues that in fighting misinformation, it is as important to target the undecided and the uncertain as it is the true believers. In a world where most people don't pay attention to politics, political leaders are often guilty of disseminating false information-and failing to correct it when it is proven wrong. Berinsky suggests that we should focus on the messenger as much as the message. Just as important as how misinformation is debunked is who does the debunking.
The explosive new book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, Endgame a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy.
An unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to great lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family.
Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor – and dismantled the protective shield around it. With an institution long plagued by incidents involving antiquated ideas around race, class and money, the monarchy and those who prop it up are now exposed and at odds with a rapidly modernizing world.
Relying on his vast experience as a royal reporter and over a decade of conversations and interviews with current and former Palace staff, trusted friends of the royals and even the family members themselves, Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil to show what the monarchy must change in order to survive.
This is the monarchy’s endgame. Do they have what it takes to save it?
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