Political Advocacy Audiobooks | Politics

[Spanish] - Que Fue La Inquisición Española ?

La Inquisición española o Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición fue una institución fundada en 1478 por los Reyes Católicos para mantener la ortodoxia católica en sus reinos. La Inquisición española tiene precedentes en instituciones similares existentes en Europa desde el siglo xii, especialmente la fundada en Francia en el año 1184. La Inquisición española estaba bajo el control directo de la monarquía. Su abolición fue aprobada por Napoleón mediante los decretos de Chamartín de diciembre de 1808, pero no se abolió definitivamente hasta el 15 de julio de 1834, durante la Regencia de María Cristina de Borbón, encuadrada en el inicio del reinado de Isabel II. La Inquisición, como tribunal eclesiástico, solo tenía competencia sobre cristianos bautizados. Durante la mayor parte de su historia, sin embargo, al no existir libertad de culto ni en España ni en sus territorios dependientes, su jurisdicción se extendió a la práctica totalidad de los súbditos del rey de España. La inquisición sin embargo, desde la creación de los tribunales americanos, nunca tuvo jurisdicción sobre los indígenas. El rey de España ordenaba 'que los inquisidores nunca procediesen contra los indios, sino contra los cristianos viejos y sus descendientes y las otras personas contra quien en estos reinos de España se suele proceder'.

Onofre Quezada (Author), Anonimo, Onofre Quezada (Narrator)

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Secret Leviathan: Secrecy and State Capacity under Soviet Communism

The Soviet Union was one of the most secretive states that ever existed. Defended by a complex apparatus of rules and checks administered by the secret police, the Soviet state had seemingly unprecedented capabilities based on its near monopoly of productive capital, monolithic authority, and secretive decision making. But behind the scenes, Soviet secrecy was double-edged: it raised transaction costs, incentivized indecision, compromised the effectiveness of government officials, eroded citizens' trust in institutions and in each other, and led to a secretive society and an uninformed elite. The result is what this book calls the secrecy/capacity tradeoff: a bargain in which the Soviet state accepted the reduction of state capacity as the cost of ensuring its own survival. This book is the first comprehensive history of Soviet secrecy in the English language. Harrison combines quantitative and qualitative evidence to evaluate the impact of secrecy on Soviet state capacity from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Based on multiple years of research in once-secret Soviet-era archives, this book addresses two gaps in history and social science: the core role of secrecy in building and stabilizing the communist states of the twentieth century; and the corrosive effects of secrecy on the capabilities of authoritarian states.

Mark Harrison (Author), Michael Page (Narrator)

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To Build a Black Future: The Radical Politics of Joy, Pain, and Care

This audiobook narrated by Landon Woodson shares how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and care When #BlackLivesMatter emerged in 2013, it animated the most consequential Black-led mobilization since the civil rights and Black power era. Today, the hashtag turned rallying cry is but one expression of a radical reorientation toward Black politics, protest, and political thought. To Build a Black Future examines the spirit and significance of this insurgency, offering a revelatory account of a new political culture-responsive to pain, suffused with joy, and premised on care-emergent from the centuries-long arc of Black rebellion, a tradition that traces back to the Black slave. Drawing on his own experiences as an activist and organizer, Christopher Paul Harris takes readers inside the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) to chart the propulsive trajectory of Black politics and thought from the Middle Passage to the present historical moment. Carefully attending to the social forces that produce Black struggle and the contradictions that arise within it, Harris illustrates how M4BL gives voice to an abolitionist praxis that bridges the past, present, and future, outlining a political project at once directed inward to the Black community while issuing an outward challenge to the world. Essential reading for the age of #BlackLivesMatter, this visionary and provocative book reveals how the radical politics of joy, pain, and care, in sharp contrast to liberal political thought, can build a Black future that transcends ideology and pushes the boundaries of our political imagination.

Christopher Paul Harris (Author), Landon Woodson (Narrator)

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The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought

This audiobook narrated by Diontae Black gives a powerful account of what a group of nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American activists, intellectuals, and artists can teach us about democracy Could the African American political tradition save American democracy? African Americans have had every reason to doubt America's democratic experiment. Yet African American activists, intellectuals, and artists who have sought to transform the United States into a racially just society have put forward some of the most original and powerful ideas about how to make America live up to its democratic ideals. In The Darkened Light of Faith, Melvin Rogers provides a bold new account of African American political thought through the works and lives of individuals who built this vital tradition, which is urgently needed today. The book reexamines how figures as diverse as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. Du Bois, Billie Holiday, and James Baldwin thought about the politics, people, character, and culture of a society that so often dominated them. Sharing a light of faith darkened but not extinguished by the tragic legacy of slavery, they resisted the conclusion that America would always be committed to white supremacy. They believed that democracy is always in the process of becoming and that they could use it to reimagine society. But they also saw that achieving racial justice wouldn't absolve us of the darkest features of our shared past, and that democracy must be measured by how skillfully we confront a history that will forever remain with us. An ambitious account of the profound ways African Americans have reimagined democracy, The Darkened Light of Faith offers invaluable lessons about how to grapple with racial injustice and make democracy work.

Melvin L. Rogers (Author), Diontae Black (Narrator)

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The Silenced Majority

If you’ve looked at this time in American history and wondered how we’ve allowed such ridiculousness to transpire…If you remember screaming at your television in disgust…If you’ve ever been ridiculed for clinging to your core beliefs…If you’ve been called extreme for being Patriotic; or for promoting hard work and moral conduct…Or, if you’ve ever been silenced on an issue because of your race, gender, or religious beliefs…then you are part of “The Silenced Majority.” “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” You want to speak out, but you don’t have time to research every political issue adequately. If you don’t listen to the news you are uninformed. If you do listen to the news, you are misinformed. “The Silenced Majority” is your political Cliffs Notes. You will learn about the psychological manipulation being used to propagate the emotional lies coming out of Washington. You will ascertain the truth as reflected in historical documentation and Constitutional principles. More importantly, you will discover common sense solutions to prevent the continued political division of a country. We don’t roar and you’ll never hear us coming…There’s a reason we’re called “The Silenced Majority.”

Reed Pryor (Author), Bob Westerman (Narrator)

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Qanon

Have you heard about Qanon on television or in the news recently and been curious about what it is? Are you wondering what’s behind this strange theory and want to know more about it? If so, then keep reading... This book is for you! Within this book, we are going to address the truth. And that truth can be difficult for many people to stomach. If you are someone who has always sat idly and believed everything that you read online, then you are probably precisely who should be targeted in this book. When you read through this book, you will be learning about Qanon from the perspective of believers for potential believers. As you read through this book, you will learn all about what you need. Q wants you to be informed. He wants you to know what is happening in the world around you, and he wants you to see through the blatant lies that mainstream media is trying to force-feed you. If you’re ready to learn the truth, then this book is for you and it’s time for you to get started! Within these pages, you will get truths such as: The meaning of the phrase “Where We Go One, We Go All” and why it matters What the New World Order is and why you need to care Information about how close President Trump is to Q and why people believe that they are working together Who is playing in the Qanon game and what the roles they play are How to begin to understand Q and how he posts, including learning about tripcodes, deltas, and some explanations of the most common phrases he uses How Q communicates and some of the biggest, most compelling drops of information that Q has made How to understand why Q is insistent that Obama was a shadow president and how they are trying to get control again WhatthegoalofQisandhowto get to it How far Q has reached around the world What the mainstream media is doing to combat Q

Will Tracey (Author), Matthew S. Newbold (Narrator)

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The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, C

In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later, Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist, left the safe confines of a lab in Berkeley, California, to serve as one of sixteen scientists chosen by the United Nations to unearth the physical evidence of the Rwandan genocide. Over the next four years, Koff’s grueling investigations took her across geography synonymous with some of the worst crimes of the twentieth century. The Bone Woman is Koff’s unflinching, riveting account of her seven UN missions to Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Rwanda, as she shares what she saw, how it affected her, who was prosecuted based on evidence she found, and what she learned about the world. Yet even as she recounts the hellish nature of her work and the heartbreak of the survivors, she imbues her story with purpose, humanity, and a sense of justice. A tale of science in service of human rights, The Bone Woman is, even more profoundly, a story of hope and enduring moral principles.

Clea Koff (Author), Clea Koff (Narrator)

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Share the Dream™: Audio Bible Studies: Shining a Light in a Divided World through Six Principles of

EMBRACE A LIFE OF LOVE FOR ALL HUMANITY Share the Dream™ is a six-session audio Bible study based on the life and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. You will look at six biblical principles that shaped Dr. King's life and motivated him to speak on behalf of African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement: love, conscience, freedom, justice, perseverance, and hope. The best way to Share the Dream™ is to follow in Dr. King's footsteps and embrace his vision. You can help a new generation better understand, live, experience, and ultimately form a community around the unifying principles at the heart of the dream to which Dr. King dedicated his life. Sessions and run times: - Love (24:00) - Conscience (16:00) - Justice (17:30) - Freedom (14:30) - Perseverance (15:00) - Hope (17:00) The Audio Bible Studies series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, this audio Bible study includes high-quality, live audio sessions from the author that cover important Bible-based topics. These sessions will reflect the ambiance of the unique recording locations, immersing the listener into the teaching. While not required for the audio experience, these studies are designed to partner with the coordinating study guide, sold separately.

Chris Broussard, Matthew Daniels (Author), Chris Broussard, Matthew Daniels (Narrator)

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24/7 Politics: Cable Television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News

As television began to overtake the political landscape in the 1960s, network broadcast companies, bolstered by powerful lobbying interests, dominated screens across the nation. Yet over the next three decades, the expansion of a different technology, cable, changed all of this. 24/7 Politics tells the story of how the cable industry worked with political leaders to create an entirely new approach to television, one that tethered politics to profits. In this timely and provocative book, Kathryn Cramer Brownell argues that cable television itself is not to blame for today's rampant polarization and scandal politics-the intentional restructuring of television as a political institution is. She describes how cable innovations took on network broadcasting using market forces, giving rise to a more decentralized media world. Brownell shows how cable became an unstoppable medium for political communication that prioritized cult followings and loyalty to individual brands, fundamentally reshaped party politics, and, in the process, sowed the seeds of democratic upheaval. 24/7 Politics reveals how cable TV created new possibilities for antiestablishment voices and opened a pathway to political prominence for seemingly unlikely figures like Donald Trump by playing to narrow audiences and cultivating division instead of common ground.

Kathryn Cramer Brownell (Author), Patricia Shade (Narrator)

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Bravehearts of Bharat: Vignettes from Indian History

Fifteen Brave Men and Women of Bharat who Never Succumbed to the Challenges of Invaders But were Lost and Forgotten in the Annals of History. These are the stories of those Bravehearts who Fought to Protect their Rights, Faith and Freedom.History has always been the handmaiden of the victor. 'Until the lions have their own storytellers,' said Chinua Achebe, 'the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter!' Exploring the lives, times and works of the fifteen long-forgotten and mostly neglected unsung heroes and heroines of our past, this book brings to light the contribution of the warriors who not only donned armour and burst forth into the battlefield but also kept the flame of hope alive under adverse circumstances.Narrating the tales of valour and success that India, as a nation and civilization, has borne witness to in its long and tumultuous past, the book opens a window to the stories of select men and women who valiantly fought against invaders for their rights, faith and freedom.Rajarshi Bhagyachandra Jai Singh of Manipur, Lalitaditya Muktapida of Kashmir, Chand Bibi of Ahmednagar, Lachit Barphukan of Assam, Begum Hazrat Mahal of Awadh, Rani Abbakka Chowta of Ullal, Martanda Varma of Travancore, Rani Rudrama Devi of Warangal, Rani Naiki Devi of Gujarat and Banda Singh Bahadur are some of the 'bravehearts' who fought to uphold the tradition and culture of their land.Pacy and unputdownable, Bravehearts of Bharat chronicles the stories of courage, determination and victory, which largely remained untold and therefore unknown for a long time.

Vikram Sampath (Author), Anuj Datta (Narrator)

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Walls of Words: How Boundaries Define  Free Speech

Delve into the intricate dance of free speech in the United States. 'Walls of Words' is not just another book about the First Amendment; it is a deep dive into the intricate boundaries that define our freedom of expression. With a rich blend of history, jurisprudence, and real-world examples, this book paints a comprehensive picture of how speech has been shaped, celebrated, and suppressed since the founding of America. Ever wondered about the intentions of the Founding Fathers when they penned the First Amendment? Or how landmark cases over the centuries have redefined its interpretation? From the early American media's struggles with censorship to the rise of digital platforms, discover the evolution of speech boundaries and the forces that have constantly sought to redraw them. But it doesn't stop there. In today's digital age, speech boundaries are more complex than ever. Dive into the thorny issues of cyberbullying, doxing, and the rise of disinformation. Understand when speech crosses the line into crime, from threats and extortion to false advertising and copyright infringement. And for those moments when you find yourself walking on the eggshells of culturally sensitive speech, this book offers guidance on navigating those murky waters. Moreover, in a world where the line between private censorship and public responsibility is increasingly blurred, 'Walls of Words' challenges readers to reflect on the ethical implications of speech boundaries. How do we balance tolerance with limitation? What role do private entities play in shaping the discourse? And as technology continues to transform the landscape of expression, what challenges lie ahead for the future of free speech? 'Walls of Words' promises an enlightening journey through the ever-evolving wall of words that defines our collective responsibility to uphold the spirit of free speech.

Thomas T. Taylor (Author), Jack Pemberton (Narrator)

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Another Man's War: The True Story of One Man's Battle to Save Children in the Sudan

A gun-toting preacher, a rebel army led by a madman, and entire villages slaughtered just because they were in the way. In Another Man's War, follow Sam Childer's remarkable transformation from violent thug to a man of faith, and his ongoing battle to save children in one of the world's most lawless areas. Photos are included in the audiobook companion PDF download. "Another Man's War is about true terrorism . . . against more than 200,000 children in northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. Sam Childers-a fighter and a preacher (some call him a mercenary)-tirelessly leads a small militia into the jungle, daring to fight against a vicious army outnumbering him one thousand to one. One man can make a huge difference. Sam Childers certainly does." ?Peter Fonda, actor/filmmaker, best known as star of Easy Rider "The Reverend Sam Childers has been a very close friend to the government of South Sudan for many years and is a trusted friend." ?President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan "The Reverend Sam Childers is a long time devoted friend to our government and his courageous work is supported by us." ?President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda "Sam Childers is one of those rare men [who is] willing to do literally whatever it takes to promote the message of Jesus Christ and save children from the tyranny of evil men." ?John Rich, lead singer and songwriter, Big & Rich

Sam Childers (Author), Bob Souer (Narrator)

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