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Este libro explica la irritacion que las grandes marcas suscitan en amplios sectores de la sociedad. Pero, ademas, nos invita a un itinerario fascinante: desde las lujosas tiendas de ropa de las grandes urbes a ciertos talleres indonesios en los que el trabajo equivale a degradacion; desde los grandes centros comerciales estadounidenses hasta las sedes [...]
After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. Since the triumph of Castro, politicians and historians have accused the left there of rejecting democracy, embracing communist totalitarianism, and prompting both revolutionary violence and a right-wing backlash. Through unprecedented archival research and gripping personal testimonies, Greg Grandin [...]
This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of activists and students.In March 1987 a radical coalition of queer activists converged on Wall Street—their target, ‘Business, Big Business, Business as Usual!!!’ It was ACT UP’s first demonstration. In November 1999 a radical coalition of environmental, labor, anarchist, queer, and human rights [...]
“It’s hard to imagine any American reading this book and not seeing his country in a new, and deeply troubling, light.”–The New York Times Book ReviewThe United States has repeatedly asserted its right to intervene militarily against “failed states” around the globe. In this much-anticipated follow-up to his international bestseller Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky [...]
Noted political commentator Laura Flanders investigates the state of American politics from the bottom upWith her trademark wit and indefatigable reporting, Laura Flanders, host of RadioNation and bestselling author of Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, reveals as only she can the state of progressive America today. All over the country, grassroots organizations are making [...]
Left Turn Only is a history, analysis and how-to manual of the modern Progressive Movement, written by a participant and observer, Brad Parker, with additions from leading Progressive organizers. The book concludes with an in-depth discussion of Progressive Economics. The Internet has upended the top-down paradigm of the past and replaced it with a bottom-up [...]
The Goldstone Report is one of the most controversial UN reports ever published. It alleges that both Israel and Hamas committed atrocities during Israel’s 2009 incursion into Gaza, with Israel aiming to “punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population.” This characterization incited an uproar in Israel and abroad. Unfortunately, the controversy surrounding the findings supplanted [...]
Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, “propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state,” and the mass media is the primary [...]
Toxic debt, rising job losses, collapsing commodity prices and expanding poverty. How can we rein in these beasts unleashed by the free market economy? People First Economics takes a long, hard look at the mess globalized capitalism is in, and shifts the focus back to where it belongs – putting the needs of people and [...]
La doctrina del shock es la historia no oficial del libre mercado. Desde Chile hasta Rusia, desde Sudáfrica hasta Canadá la implantación del libre mercado responde a un programa de ingeniería social y económica que Naomi Klein identifica como «capitalismo del desastre». Tras una investigación de cuatro años, Klein explora el mito según el cual [...]
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