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Dr. Juan Negrin Lopez (18921956) was a man of immense talent,
energy, and socialist convictions who served the Spanish people in
different capacities: as a physiologist of international reputation
and as chairman of the medical faculty of the Complutense
University in Madrid during the 1920s; as an active member of the
Parliamentary wing of the Socialist Party, 19311936; during the
Civil War as Minister of Finance in the Popular Front government
led by Francisco Largo Caballero (September 1936May 1937); and as
Prime Minister from late May until March 1939. In all these roles
he was highly competent: improving the laboratories and
experimental methods in physiology, obtaining scholarships for
students, suggesting subjects for doctoral theses, encouraging his
students to learn foreign languages and read scientific literature
in the original, and also to think of public health as a national,
public responsibility. As Minister of Finance he conceived of
Spains relatively large gold reserve as the only means by which the
Republic could buy the quality of modern arms that were being
supplied to General Franco by Hitler and Mussolini. In European
politics of the mid-1930s he understood much better than did the
English, French, and United States political classes that Nazism
and Fascism were a much greater threat to European democracy than
was Soviet Communism. But the appeasement policy culminating in the
Munich Pact of September 29, 1938 sealed the fate of the Spanish
Republic as well as that of the Republic of Czechoslovakia. From
1940 onward Negrin was reviled in Franco Spain for having
supposedly delivered the Republic into the hands of the Communists;
many republican and socialist exiles also rejected him for
continuing his Numantian policy of resistance when, after Munich,
the military possibilities of the Republic were truly hopeless.
Gabriel Jackson sets out to understand the moral and political
thinking of Dr. Negrin of those who supported him to the end and of
those who felt that the last months of the war merely prolonged the
suffering of the population. Published in association with the
Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies
An incredibly important and powerful look at how our culture treats
the pain and suffering of women in medical and social contexts. A
polemic on the state of women's health and healthcare. One in ten
women worldwide have endometriosis, yet it is funded at 5% of the
rate of diabetes; women are half as likely to be treated for a
heart attack as men and twice as likely to die six months after
discharge; over half of women who are eventually diagnosed with an
autoimmune disease will be told they are hypochondriacs or have a
mental illness. These are just a few of the shocking statistics
explored in this book. Fourteen years after being diagnosed with
endometriosis, Gabrielle Jackson couldn't believe how little had
changed in the treatment and knowledge of the disease. In 2015, her
personal story kick-started a worldwide investigation into the
disease by the Guardian; thousands of women got in touch to tell
their own stories and many more read and shared the material. What
began as one issue led Jackson to explore how women - historically
and through to the present day - are under-served by the systems
that should keep them happy, healthy and informed about their
bodies. Pain and Prejudice is a vital testament to how social
taboos and medical ignorance keep women sick and in anguish. The
stark reality is that women's pain is not taken as seriously as
men's. Women are more likely to be disbelieved and denied treatment
than men, even though women are far more likely to be suffering
from chronic pain. In a potent blend of polemic and memoir, Jackson
confronts the private concerns and questions women face regarding
their health and medical treatment. Pain and Prejudice, finally,
explains how we got here, and where we need to go next.
There is an exciting move of God coming where the youth will be
used to bring a compelling reformation. Christ is looking for young
warriors, armed and ready to wage war over this generation. Arise
young soldier, and be prepared to have your heart changed, as well
as the heart of your generation transformed Not Another Teen Rally
presents essential key elements in how to change your generation.
Topics include: .What teen rallies do and don't do .How to be a
Christian youth in a world gone wrong .Effective prayer .Lifestyle
evangelism .Starting an effective campus club .Keeping your faith
strong through college and into the workplace .Defending your
values from a Biblical perspective Now is the time to change your
world for Christ Rise up and defend the truth by understanding
biblical principles and effectively communicating them.
Transformation must start on a individual level and that individual
is you Gabrielle Jackson is a college student in California
majoring in public policy. After nine years of Christian school,
she transferred to a public high school for the opportunity to
stand for her faith. God moved on her heart to organize See You At
The Pole at her school. She helped start a campus Christian club
which effectively witnessed to their school by hosting interactive
discussions, evangelism outreaches, and Bible distribution. God
also put it on her heart to create an informational guide for
students to witness to their peers. This project is known as
Generation Truth and encompasses various topics teens face.
Gabrielle is the assistant tennis coach at her former high school
and enjoys interacting with the youth. God has impressed upon
Gabrielle to effectively communicate her passion for this
generation through a handbook which would train and equip students
to stand for their faith. This is that book.
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