If human rights are considered the most essential quality of human existence, then this book represents a lifetime devoted to the fight for those rights Ai WeiweiIn three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch conducted investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses and pressured offending governments to stop them.
'Charman writes with intelligence and generosity, and sprinkles her history with details that are enraging, provocative and, frequently, amusing' New StatesmanMotherhood is a political state.
'Glorious' Guardian'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable' SPECTATORIn his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the Diggers, William Morris and Extinction Rebellion protestors.
The essential new book about Britain s 'frontierlands', the abandoned and neglected places that provide opportunities for business and communities, and how they can help us face the challenges of climate change.
'A brilliant and challenging book' GORDON BROWNFrom the founder of Britain's leading antifascist organisation, HOPE not hate, this is an urgent call to resist the forces of extremism on the march in Western societies - and how to go about it.
The real political mission of Malcolm X, and why it needs resurrecting now 100 years after his birth Malcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood.
Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards, Christopher Bland Prize and The People's Book PrizeA Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction BookThe captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.
The inside story of the campaign that rocked the United Kingdom to its foundations, and the implications of the Scottish independence movement for the future of British politics.
A rich, thought-provoking collection of essays, critiques and interviews from the influential author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love There must be a revolution in the way we see, the way we look'In a collection of essays, critiques and interviews, bell hooks responds to the ongoing dialogues about producing, exhibiting and criticising art and aesthetics in a world increasingly concerned with identity politics.
A fascinating and comprehensive history, 'Demanding the Impossible' is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the present day.
An extraordinary work of historical imagination from the double Booker Prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, now a major TV series, this is Hilary Mantel's epic novel of the French Revolution.
The bestselling author of 'Maharanis' recreates the lives of six remarkable women who, in a time of violent revolution, leapt at the chance to exercise their considerable charm, intelligence and acumen, and make their mark on history.
A New York Times Notable BookBest Books of 2021: TIME, SmithsonianNew York Times Book Review * Editors' ChoiceA radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the country's leading scholars of policing and mass incarcerationBetween 1964 and 1972, the United States endured domestic violence on a scale not seen since the Civil War.
Este documento ocasional ofrece un analisis empirico y teorico que replantea la transformacion de conflictos a partir de la experiencia de dialogo en comunidades campesinas e indigenas de Colombia, evidenciando la importancia de integrar saberes locales y estrategias de mediacion en un proceso continuo.
El Acto Legislativo 01 de 2025 marco un hito para Colombia: reformo el articulo 65 de la Constitucion Politica para incluir el derecho humano a la alimentacion adecuada, un avance celebrado por muchos sectores.
"e;Ante las violencias y conflictos cotidianos, en no pocas ocasiones se da un debate al respecto de la utilidad de recurrir o no a la policia y a los tribunales.
El presente libro se desarrolla en el marco del Giro Corporal 2018, y reune las producciones y los debates de un grupo de investigadores que compartieron sus experiencias en la mesa tematica "e;Practicas y narrativas corporales de transformacion de la victimizacion generada por el conflicto armado en Colombia"e;, cuyos ejes centrales fueron: 1.
En 1940, Marc Bloch, uno de los mayores historiadores franceses, escribio La extrana derrota, una intervencion que dejaba al desnudo lo que entonces era un tabu: la colaboracion con el nazismo de los intelectuales, dirigentes y parte de la sociedad de su pais.
LOS ENGRANAJES OCULTOS DE LAS ONG Vivimos en un mundo marcado por guerras y catastrofes, pero cada dia surge una llama de esperanza en forma de iniciativas solidarias.
Este texto es un llamado a la justicia transicional para que su objeto de analisis parta de las realidades locales y lugares desde donde se desarrollan las practicas de las comunidades, que se confrontan con los marcos y conceptos hegemonicos de la transicion, ya que en su cotidianidad tejen interpretaciones propias sobre la violencia, la justicia, la verdad y el sufrimiento colectivo, proceso denominado como resignificacion.
Este libro se refiere a un trance politico vivido en Chile entre 2022 y 2023, denominado "e;segundo proceso constituyente"e;, desde su gestacion hasta su rechazo en un plebiscito "e;de salida"e;.
Por detras de las representaciones de la modernidad del tan alabado Paris burgues, puede observarse la presencia de otra modernidad, que germina en el horizonte obrero de la primera mitad del siglo XIX y florece de un momento a otro durante las primaveras de 1848 y 1871.
Historia del hecho religioso, historia de la prensa evangelica, historia intelectual del presbiterianismo, historia de la sociabilidad religiosa, este libro da cuenta de las tacticas y estrategias evangelicas para hacerse un lugar en un pais y un periodo caracterizado por la hegemonia del poder letrado.
Este libro aborda la condicion subjetiva del excombatiente paramilitar del Frente Sur Andaquies en Caqueta, con el proposito de comprender las experiencias construidas a partir de su incorporacion, militancia y transicion a la vida civil.
