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With Share This! both regular folks of a progressive bent and committed activists can learn how to go beyond swapping movie reviews and vacation photos (not that there's anything wrong with that). At the moment, the same kinds of people who dominate the dialog off-line are dominating it online, and things will never change if that doesn't change. Progressives need to get on social networks and share their stories, join conversations, connect with others - and not just others exactly like themselves.

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When it comes to the problem of illegal immigration, divisive rhetoric has shut out the voice of reason and common sense. Polarization has resulted in two extreme views--either open the borders wide and allow the free movement of people and goods, or close the borders and prevent people from coming in. The solution is somewhere in the middle . . . if we are willing to listen to one another.From Cameroonian to American Citizen: A Journey of Faith, chronicles the long and arduous journey of one man who immigrated legally and believes that the cost of allowing America's present immigration ...

"Morality sees further than intellect” is a famous quotation from nineteenth century English historian, James Anthony Froude. But what is morally right and wrong? Today’s culture seems to have lost its moorings and is adrift in a sea of subjective morality. Robert Welch, the founder of The John Birch Society, was very fond of Froude’s quotation about morality and intellect. Back in 1970, compiled what he considered were the essential elements of the moral code of Western civilization — elements that freedom-loving Americans have embraced as part of their responsibility to ensure ...

Would you like to remove all illegal immigrants who are hostile to this nation? The Answer is the Citizens Defense Force. Would you like to know that are elections are absolutely honest, without any possible fraud? The Answer is the Citizens Defense Force. Would you like to put an end to all riots and vandalism in our cities, forever? The Answer…is…again…the Citizens Defense Force. The Citizens Defense Force is the ultimate answer to all of the serious problems in our nation. We must create such Citizens Defense Forces in every major city. In this book you will find all the practical ...

In 1994 The Grand Jury of Yuba County played politics hooking up with a right-wing militia group with an axe to grind against a fine wine sipping fine arts loving yuppie cult situated in the middle of red-neck foothill country by taking control of the grand jury process to blast the local planning and building department and by publishing an explosive defamatory Grand Jury Report with the intention of changing the outcome of the county election and stirring up the citizenry and making news throughout California. The fiasco that ensued started a lawsuit that ended up changing state law to ...

Glücklich sein geht nur zu zweit. Ist das wahr oder auch nur einer von diesen falschen Glaubenssätzen? Als der Journalist Felix Lill nach Tokio zog und seine Freundin mit ihm Schluss machte, stellte er fest: Single zu sein steht in Japan dem Leben zu zweit in nichts nach. Er erzählt, wie er die Vorstellung von einer Zweierbeziehung als einzigem Weg zum Glück überwand und was danach kam. Mit gut recherchierten Fakten zeigt er, wie und warum die Zukunft nicht nur in Japan zusehends den Singles gehört.

Als Max Schrems von Facebook alle über ihn vorliegenden Daten verlangte, bekam er 1.200 A4-Seiten, darauf auch viele von ihm gelöschte Informationen. Mit seinem daraufhin angestrengten Verfahren gegen Facebook wurde er zum international beachteten David, der gegen die Goliaths des Internets antritt. Er erklärt in Kämpf um deine Daten den Datenwahnsinn so einfach wie Jamie Oliver das Kochen: Wie Konzerne ihre Kunden durchleuchten, auch ohne dass diese ihre Daten offenlegen. Wie aus harmlosen Daten neue, hoch persönliche Informationen oder sogar unsere zukünftigen Gedanken hochgerechnet werden.

Ruprecht Polenz tritt rechtsextremen Schwurblern und Demokratieverächtern seit Jahren energisch entgegen, weil er glaubt, dass auch seine neun Enkel das Glück haben sollen, in einer Demokratie zu leben. Er ist einer der erfahrensten Influencer im Dienst von Freiheit und Vielfalt in Deutschland, seine engagierten Posts in den sozialen Medien werden täglich tausendfach kommentiert. In seinem kurzen, Mut machenden Buch ruft er uns zu: Es reicht heute nicht mehr, die Demokratie als gegeben hinzunehmen – tut etwas, um sie zu verteidigen! Das Vertrauen in unsere Demokratie ist erschüttert.

As citizens of this great nation, the Bahamas, we have many questions to answer, not only about economic growth and sustenance but about the moral and social dilemma in which we find ourselves. Our country is in a crisis, entangled in a morass of immense crime, violence, and moral and spiritual decadence. How much longer can we survive on this path? How should nations spiraling out of control be governed? What is our role as citizens in reconstructing our nation? How to Reconstruct a Nation takes an in-depth look at the political dynamics in the Bahamas. Included are reform ideas in the ...

Everyone is talking about inequality in America. Thomas Piketty’s recent book Capital in the Twenty-First Century is a best-seller. However, Piketty proposes only one solution, increased estate taxes, that will be difficult to get through Congress. This book provides concrete ways to change the country to make it more equal, many of which have bipartisan support in Congress. Inequality in America has reached the flash point: we are entering a new era in the United States where our children are poorer than we are. Young adults are burdened with college loans, overpriced real estate and a ...

As citizens of two kingdoms, Christians face the unique challenge of determining where their allegiance should lie. Do believers pledge allegiance to one nation or to one God above all nations? The Church finds itself in a similar crisis. Is the mission of the Church to reform politics or to redeem people? In this book covering Romans 13:1-7, Stephen clarifies the believer's responsibility as a dual-citizen of heaven and earth. He also examines the difficult relationship between Church and State, encouraging the Church to focus more on saving Americans than saving America.

The Life in the UK test (also referred to as the British citizenship test) is a prerequisite of indefinite leave to remain status or being granted full British citizenship. This book is the perfect preparation for the test, and it is great for confidence building.

How to Lead When No One Folls is a rebuke of a failed system of political leadership and an admonishment to the Black community to demand more of its leaders, and more importantly, itself. Jerry Maynard has fought for the Black community as a lawyer, politician, and pastor, and has seen the good and bad of it all. This book is a manifesto invoked by his passion for equality and empowerment.

Wie soziale Herkunft über Chancen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt entscheidet. Natalya Nepomnyashcha ist soziale Aufsteigerin und Gründerin von »Netzwerk Chancen«. In ihrem Hörbuch erzählt sie offen von ihrem zähen Weg nach oben. Sie berichtet, wie sie aufgrund ihrer Hartz-IV-Herkunft immer wieder diskriminiert wurde – bis ihr nach vielen Jahren der Karrieredurchbruch gelang. Heute fördert sie selbst über 2.000 Erwachsene auf ihrem beruflichen Weg. Nepomnyashcha zeigt, wie stark unsere Gesellschaft davon profitiert, wenn Menschen unterschiedlicher sozialer Herkünfte auf allen Ebenen zusammenarbeiten.

A Peace Deal is coming in Ukraine. And a big price tag is coming with it. In this book, we look behind the scene at a Peace Deal being negotiated right now in October of 2022, along with the sticker shock price tag that is going to be the price for peace.

Strikes across the country. A prime minister resigning after just forty-four days. Accusations of bullying in the House of Commons. Our politics and our democracy appear to be fundamentally broken. But that doesn’t mean that all hope is lost. Things can get better. There are solutions out there to the complex web of failure in which we’re currently entangled. Politics, But Better will look at the very fabric of our system and what improvements can be made.

Die Autorin Ellen Key (1849-1926) war eine schwedische Reformpädagogin und Schriftstellerin. Sie entwickelte einen ausgeprägten Freiheits- und Gerechtigkeitssinn. Im Jahr 1869 erschienen erste Artikel von ihr in einer damals sehr renommierten Frauenzeitschrift, obwohl Ellen Key erst 20 Jahre alt war. Ab 1875 unterwies sie an einer Art Volkshochschule junge Damen in Geschichte und Literatur. Ihr Engagement für Frauen- und Kinderrechte verstärkte sich. Sie sprach häufig vor Arbeiter- und Frauenvereinen.

Can a multiparty system work in the United States? Americans have a hundred flavors of ice cream to choose from, and demand new models of everything each year. Yet why do they only have two political parties to choose from? For six decades, reform after reform has made it easier to vote in the United States, but voter turnout has barely budged. What might get more people vote? • What if there were more than two political parties to choose from? • What if America shifted away from plurality voting and its zero sum game? • What would happen if America shifted to proportional voting, ...

The Twentieth Century was widely known the “American Century.” The United States of America led the world economically, militarily, and even morally. Her families and communities were strong, her currency was sound, and her military was second to none. But as the new century opens, America staggers from one crisis to another and her leaders squabble rather than lead. Her enemies openly mock her around the world and brazenly attack her vital interests. At home, her citizens are divided against one another more than they have been in generations. The culture war rages and every passing ...