Political science

  • The vast right-wing conspiracy's dossier on hillary clinton

    Creator

    Carpenter, Amanda B.

    Abstract

    She is the darling of the Manhattan elite, the hope of the national Democratic Party, the MVP of the pro-choice feminist movement, the rock star of the Hollywood Left, and the favorite of the liberal media. Luckily, over here at the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, we've been keeping a file on her. Written in the style and format of the New York Times bestseller The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, this expose is full of fresh reporting, devastating quotes, scandalous stories, funny sidebars, and forgotten but telling incidents from Hillary Clinton's past.

    Publisher (Source)

    Washington, D.C.

    Regnery Publishing

    Not specified
  • Game Over How Politics Has Turned The Sports World Upside Down

    Creator

    Zirin, Dave

    Abstract

    Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it "rule number one of the jockocracy": sports and politics just don't mix. But in Game Over, celebrated alt-sportswriter Dave Zirin proves once and for all that politics has breached the modern sports arena with a vengeance.

    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    The New Press

    Not specified
  • Vision and Communism Viktor Koretsky and Dissident Public Visual Culture

    Abstract

    In the last thirty years of the Soviet Communist project, Viktor Koretsky's art struggled to solve an enduring riddle: how to ensure or restore Communism's moral health through the production of a distinctively Communist vision. In this sense Koretsky's art demonstrates what an "avant-garde late Communist art" would have looked like if we had ever seen it mature. Most striking of all, Koretsky was pioneering the visual languages of Benetton and MTV at a time when the iconography of interracial togetherness was still only a vague rumor on Madison Avenue.

    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    The New Press

    Not specified
  • Fatal Invention How Science, Politics, And Big Business Re-Create Race In The Twenty-First Century

    Creator

    Roberts, Dorothy

    Abstract

    This groundbreaking book by the acclaimed Dorothy Roberts examines how the myth of biological concept of race-revived by purportedly cutting-edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA databases-continues to undermine a just society and promote inequality in a supposedly "post-racial" era. Named one of the ten best black nonfiction books 2011 by AFRO.com, Fatal Invention offers a timely and "provocative analysis" (Nature) of race, science, and politics by one of the nation's leading legal scholars and social critics.

    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    The New Press

    Not specified
  • Hegemony how-to a roadmap for radicals

    Creator

    Smucker, Jonathan

    Abstract

    A guide to political struggle for a generation that is deeply ambivalent about power. While many activists gravitate toward mere self-expression and identity-affirming rituals at the expense of serious political intervention, Smucker provides an apologia for leadership, organization, and collective power, a moral argument for its cultivation, and a discussion of dilemmas that movements must navigate in order to succeed.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    AK Press

    Not specified
  • Spying On Democracy Government Surveillance, Corporate Power And Public Resistance

    Creator

    Boghosian, Heidi

    Abstract

    "Everyone of us is under the omniscient magnifying glass of the government and corporate spies... . How do we respond to this smog of surveillance' Start by reading Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance by Heidi Boghosian"--Bill Moyers "With ex-CIA staffer Edward Snowden's leaks about National Security Agency surveillance in the headlines, Heidi Boghosian's Spying on Democracy: Government Surveillance, Corporate Power, and Public Resistance feels especially timely.

    Publisher (Source)

    San Francisco, CA

    City Lights Books

    Not specified
  • Against the fascist creep

    Creator

    Ross, Alexander Reid

    Abstract

    US society is notoriously complacent when it comes to the rise of fascist tendencies. When Dylann Roof murdered nine black parishioners in a Charleston church, media emphasis remained superficial. Familiar narratives of insane lone wolves and Confederate flags masked the organizations that inspired Roof's act and their connections to politicians at the local, state, and federal levels throughout the South-groups like the Council of Conservative Citizens (formerly the White Citizens Council).

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    AK Press

    Not specified
  • Iraqigirl diary of a teenage girl in iraq

    Creator

    IraqiGirl

    Abstract

    I feel that I have been sleeping all my life and I have woken up and opened my eyes to the world. A beautiful world! But impossible to live in. These are the words of fifteen-year-old Hadiya, blogging from the city of Mosul, Iraq, to let the world know what life is really like as the military occupation of her country unfolds. In many ways, her life is familiar. She worries about exams and enjoys watching Friends during the rare hours that the electricity in her neighborhood is running.

    Publisher (Source)

    Chicago

    Haymarket Books

    Not specified
  • Drinking Molotov Cocktails With Gandhi

    Creator

    Boyle, Mark

    Abstract

    More than ever, people are longing for deep and meaningful change. Another world is not only possible; it is essential. Yet despite our creative and determined efforts to attain social justice and ecological sustainability, our global crises continue to deepen. In Drinking Molotov Cocktails with Gandhi, best-selling author Mark Boyle argues that our political and economic system has brought us to the brink of climate catastrophe, ransacking ecosystems and unraveling communities for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many.

    Publisher (Source)

    Gabriola Island, B.C.

    New Society Publishers

    Not specified
  • Open Networks, Closed Regimes The Impact Of The Internet On Authoritarian Rule

    Creator

    Kalathil, Shanthi

    Abstract

    As the Internet diffuses across the globe, many have come to believe that the technology poses an insurmountable threat to authoritarian rule. Grounded in the Internet's early libertarian culture and predicated on anecdotes pulled from diverse political climates, this conventional wisdom has informed the views of policymakers, business leaders, and media pundits alike. Yet few studies have sought to systematically analyze the exact ways in which Internet use may lay the basis for political change.

    Publisher (Source)

    Washington, D.C.

    Brookings Institution Press

    Not specified