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Democracy is being destroyed. This is a crisis that expresses itself in the rising authoritarianism visible in divisive and exclusionary politics, populist political parties and movements, increased distrust in fact-based information and news, and the withering accountability of state institutions. What is less obvious is that the sources of the democratic rot are integral to the systemic crisis generated by neoliberal capitalism, which assigns economic metrics to all aspects of life. In other words, the crisis of democracy is the political crisis of neoliberal capitalism. Over the last four decades, democracy has radically shifted to a market democracy in which all aspects of human, non-human and planetary life are commodified, with corporations becoming more powerful than states and their citizens.
Volume six of the Democratic Marxism series focuses on how decades of neoliberal capitalism have eroded the global democratic project and how, in the process, authoritarian politics are gaining ground. Scholars and activists from the left focus on four country cases – India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States of America – in which the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled and highlighted the pre-existing crisis. They interrogate issues of politics, ecology, state security, media, access to information and political parties, and affirm the need to reclaim and re-build an expansive and inclusive democracy.
Destroying Democracy is an invaluable resource for the general public, activists, scholars and students who are interested in understanding the threats to democracy and the rising tide of authoritarianism in the global global South and global North.
This delightful memoir of Mike Williams life and times will stir
many memories. Cranwellians of the late 1950s and early 60s engaged
in their jet conversion to Vampires will recall a good looking and
sympathetic instructor who had the time and sense to make this
testing time a pleasure rather than a trial. Mike stood out then as
a man with charm and style. Throughout his career, Mike retained
that charm and easy going approach which made him so popular in the
Royal Air Force, with the other services and in the civilian world.
But behind that aura lay a great professionalism and strength of
character, so necessary for a test pilot, the operations floor at
the Ministry of Defence and Station Commander at the Central Flying
School. Without that inner core of steel, it is unlikely he would
have continued to fly after the loss of one eye, and in the process
become something of a legend. Looking through his Record of
Service, from 1954 Initial Training at Kirton Lindsey to his
retirement as Deputy Commandant at Cranwell 1984, one is struck by
the number of bases no longer in being with the RAF. Kirton
Lindsey, Middleton St George, Chivenor, Stradishall, Waterbeach,
Little Rissington, Aden, Manby-all of them in their day lively,
important stations and ones which had a profound influence on the
many young men and women who spent time there. The ghosts of those
days peep out from the pages of this book. They bear witness to
just how great the changes have been to the RAF and how much
smaller it is today. It would be easy to suggest that the era Mike
Williams describes was more fun, more varied and more interesting
than the essentially UK based service of today despite the fact
that the RAF has been almost permanently on operations abroad since
1991. In reality, the world has changed and the armed services have
had to change with it. But young men and women still join the
military for much the same reason as did Mike, and they still get
the satisfaction from achievements in the air and on the ground as
did he. What I hope those of the modern generation who read this
book will learn is that professionalism can accommodate
graciousness and charm, a life outside the service without in any
way compromising excellence.
Fantasy adventure directed by Sam Raimi. Acting as a prequel to the much-loved classic 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939), the film explores how the titular hero, Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a largely unsuccessful circus magician in Kansas, may have found his way to the Land of Oz and his early days in the magical realm. Seeing his new home as a world of opportunity, Oz firmly believes his luck has changed for the better when he is introduced to three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who suggest that he is destined for greatness beyond his imagination.
However, before Oscar can realise his true potential, he must journey through Oz and come face-to-face with the problems that haunt the fantastic land.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Buon'Idea is an invaluable, time-saving resource that will help you
to cover many of the objectives of the Framework for Modern Foreign
Languages. Designed with the non-specialist teacher in mind,
Buon'Idea provides key vocabulary, word and picture matching cards,
activity sheets and puzzle pages for 20 popular topics. Use the
suggestions given or develop your own games with these flexible
sheets. Italian has never been this easy - just choose your game,
copy the sheets and play Sentence building sheets for each topic
provide top tips for extending the vocabulary. Use them and soon
your pupils will soon be happily conversing in Italian with
confidence. The topics included in this book are: I numeri, The
numbers; I giorni della settimana, The days of the week; I mesi
dell'anno, The months of the year; La mia famiglia, My family; I
colori, The colours; I miei animali, My pets; In classe, In the
classroom; La scuola, School subjects; Buon appetito, Food; Il
meteo, The weather; Il corpo, The body; I passatempi, Hobbies; I
vestiti, Clothes; In citta, In the town; La mia casa, My house;
Buon Natale, Happy Christmas; San Valentino, Valentine's Day;
Carnevale, Shrove Tuesday; Buona Pasqua, Happy Easter; Halloween,
Halloween.
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Saying It (Book)
Mieke Bal, Michelle Williams Gamaker, Renate Farro; Edited by Stefan van der Lecq
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NIV Study Bible, Fully Revised Edition, Personal Size, Leathersoft, Navy/Blue, Red Letter, Comfort Print (Leather / fine binding)
Kenneth L. Barker, Mark L. Strauss, Jeannine K. Brown, Craig L. Blomberg, Michael Williams
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Pragmatists have traditionally been enemies of representationalism
but friends of naturalism, when naturalism is understood to pertain
to human subjects, in the sense of Hume and Nietzsche. In this
volume Huw Price presents his distinctive version of this
traditional combination, as delivered in his Rene Descartes
Lectures at Tilburg University in 2008. Price contrasts his view
with other contemporary forms of philosophical naturalism,
comparing it with other pragmatist and neo-pragmatist views such as
those of Robert Brandom and Simon Blackburn. Linking their
different 'expressivist' programmes, Price argues for a radical
global expressivism that combines key elements from both. With Paul
Horwich and Michael Williams, Brandom and Blackburn respond to
Price in new essays. Price replies in the closing essay,
emphasising links between his views and those of Wilfrid Sellars.
The volume will be of great interest to advanced students of
philosophy of language and metaphysics.
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NIV Study Bible, Fully Revised Edition, Personal Size, Leathersoft, Brown/Blue, Red Letter, Comfort Print (Leather / fine binding)
Kenneth L. Barker, Mark L. Strauss, Jeannine K. Brown, Craig L. Blomberg, Michael Williams
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Starting with a young man losing consciousness and collapsing in a
mall while walking toward his wife, a chain reaction is manifested.
With each life that is affected, there is an elderly woman named
Mae Nell Harris who is coincidentally placed in their lives to help
them through her wisdom. With the unknowingly assistance from a man
who seems to appear and vanish when tragedy strikes, the lives
affected are challenged to trust a stranger when they don't know
what else to do. But whatever they choose, their lives about to
change.
A look back from a future in which racism is no more--inspiring us
to start taking positive action today "It's the year 2050... and
racism has ended." Could this really be our future? If so, what has
to happen now to achieve such a radical change? In How We Ended
Racism, Justin Michael Williams and Shelly Tygielski reveal a path
for real and lasting global impact--not just talking about it,
studying it, or making small steps, but actually ending racism in
one generation. Williams and Tygielski draw from a wide array of
scientific studies, as well as their practical successes in
teaching a multitude of diverse groups across perceived "divides,"
to show us how to shift our perspective and enact lasting change in
our families, workplaces, communities, and beyond. Here they
provide solid answers to the questions future generations will ask
about this pivotal time in history, by laying out the eight
conditions that needed to arise in humanity to realize this
possibility, covering: - How was it possible? The research on
large-scale social change that showed racism could end - What were
the first steps? Overcoming doubt, owning our emotions, and
committing to truth - What were the biggest challenges? Shadow
work, big conversations, and forgiveness - Which tools actually
worked? The field-tested methods that allowed us to heal and
connect - Who ended racism? How we--each of us--helped our culture
evolve to make racism a thing of the past "You don't fix racism,"
say the authors. "You don't fight it. You don't make it better. You
end it. We learned how to bridge any political or ideological
divide--inviting liberals, conservatives, and everyone in between
to cocreate a future worth fighting for." Here is a guide that
dares to envision a world beyond typical diversity, equity, and
inclusion work while providing tools and action steps to create a
liberated future--so that our descendants can look back at this era
as the time when we decided to end racism for the good of all.
Singing is their passion! Miracle and Luzuko from the Eastern Cape;
Thato and Kagiso from the North West: one thing brings them
together in Cape Town - their determination to pursue their musical
dreams. Studying in a new big city is not easy when news from home
is bad, costs are high and competitors want you to fail. But the
lights of the stage and the applause of the audience keep them
singing...
Love, if left to the hand of an artist becomes a thing of beauty.
But love, if left to the imagination of a poet becomes the
embodiment of humanity. Michael William Worley
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