Election Reform

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.

An instant New York Times bestseller: An acclaimed legal scholar’s “important” (New York Times) and “fascinating” (Economist) exposé of how the Supreme Court uses unsigned and unexplained orders to change the law behind closed doors. The Supreme Court has always had the authority to...

Bloomsbury presents What If Reform Wins, written and read by Peter Chappell. *This audiobook includes an exclusive conversation between the author and journalist John Merrick* 'Farage is Britain's new prime minister. Nirvana or nightmare? Whatever our reaction, we all need to take this scenario...

'Immensely readable ... Lamb's assessment is cool and considered: a thoughtful overview of the conclave's fruit in Leo's first year, and the challenges he faces. The author's gifts for rendering complexity digestible are on full display: American Hope is the most thorough and insightful overview...

A fascinating examination of the intriguing and thought-provoking similarities between the President of the USA, Donald J. Trump and the founder of the EDL and UK political activist Tommy Robinson, these startling similarities revealing hidden truths and revelations. In this non-partisan and no-holds-barred review and psychoanalysis, which explores topics such as education, childhoods, egos, cover-ups and clashes with courts and law enforcement, the reader is left believing Tommy and Donald were somehow separated at birth due to both, in so many ways, having identical personality traits and...

How to Lose a Country is a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don’t march fully-formed into government; they creep. Award-winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran identifies the early warning signs of this phenomenon, sprouting up across the world from Eastern Europe to...

"People have been arguing against the Electoral College from the beginning. But no one, at least in recent years, has laid out the case as comprehensively and as readably as Jesse Wegman does in 'Let the People Pick the President.'" -- The New York Times Book Review This program is read by the...

The Bridge to Equality: Selma’s Bloody March and the Battle for Voting Rights What does it take to change the course of history? In 1965, a small group of courageous individuals in Selma, Alabama, sparked a revolution that would forever alter the landscape of American democracy. The battle for voting rights—once a distant dream—was about to become a reality. Selma was more than a city. It was the epicenter of a struggle that demanded the nation’s attention. The images of peaceful protesters being brutally attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge shook the world, forcing a country built ...

Paul Keating was one of the most forceful, controversial, and consequential leaders in modern Australian political history. From Bankstown to Blaxland, from the Treasury benches to the Lodge, Keating helped reshape the country’s economy, Labor’s identity, and Australia’s sense of itself. As Treasurer under Bob Hawke, he was central to the reforms that floated the Australian dollar, opened the financial system, reshaped taxation, and forced Australia out of the protected habits of the postwar order. Those reforms made the country more competitive and more exposed, more modern and more ...

Red. Blue. Enough. Voter Discretion Advised is a political wake-up call—three books in one, all pointing to the same truth: Americans aren’t divided. They’re disillusioned. In this combined volume, author MICHAEL TAYLOR explores: The conservative movement’s identity crisis (The Conservative Companion) The Democratic Party’s ideological transformation (The Shift) The rise of the politically homeless, independent, and unaffiliated majority (None of the Above) Over 51% of Americans now identify as politically independent. Yet the system—and the media—pretend it’s still a two-...

A short, urgent and illuminating book about the rise of the far right in Britain, and what we can do to stop it. Read by Rory Kinnear (Black Mirror, James Bond, Toxic Town) 'READ THIS BOOK!' - JAMES O'BRIEN 'A LUCID PRIMER ON HOW TO RESIST THE APPEASEMENT OF REFORM' -TLS The far right is now...

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In a divided America, the biggest solvable problem fueling political extremism and dysfunction is hiding in plain sight: party primaries. The Primary Solution is the “thought-provoking” (Arnold Schwarzenegger) answer the country needs. Congress has become an unproductive and unaccountable...

**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction** This is the definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before. 'Powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political...

The definitive, landmark biography of Bernie Sanders, the democratic socialist whose singular vision revolutionized American politics, by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Bernie Sanders is the godfather of one the most potent contemporary mass movements in America. As a populist insurgency...

A Braver, Safer, More Responsible, Deglobalised and Honourable World. Introducing Small State Conservative Socialism, a revolutionary new form of true democracy that will end corruption, crime, lawlessness, riots and demonstrations, illegal immigration, poverty, home repossessions, war and political extremism. It should be possible to please all voters. And now it is. Small State Conservative Socialism means: More Democracy ✓ Less Crime ✓ More People Power ✓ Less Corruption ✓ More Peace and Order ✓ Less Extremism ✓ More Responsibility ✓ Less Taxation ✓ Chapters include: ...

As the 2020 presidential campaign begins to take shape, there is widespread distrust of the fairness and accuracy of American elections. In this timely and accessible book, Richard L. Hasen uses riveting stories illustrating four factors increasing the mistrust. Voter suppression has escalated as a Republican tool aimed to depress turnout of likely Democratic voters, fueling suspicion. Pockets of incompetence in election administration, often in large cities controlled by Democrats, have created an opening to claims of unfairness.

NEW EXTENDED EDITON Whether or not you want Nigel Farage to be the next prime minister this book is essential reading as it explains step by step how Farage could shock the world by winning the next general election. Brexit, most said, was impossible. Farage becoming an MP, most said, was impossible. Farage becoming PM, most think, is impossible—but only because they haven’t read this book. Chapters include: How to End ALL Crime in the UK within 12 Months How Prime Minister Farage Ended Illegal Immigration in Less Than 30 Minutes The Only Thing That Could Have Prevented the Invasion of ...

The period January 2020 to January 2021 proved tumultuous for humanity. Pandemic, volatile political climate, calls for social justice. Thirteen Months presents how all this affected the lives of a diverse group of men and women. Characters from the author's earlier books reappear in this story. We see how they manage to survive extraordinary circumstances.

In contrast to the anxiety surrounding our voting system, with stories about voter suppression and manipulation, there are actually quite a few positive initiatives toward voting rights reform. Professor Joshua A. Douglas, an expert on our electoral system, examines these encouraging developments in this inspiring book about how regular Americans are working to take back their democracy, one community at a time.