Political activism / Political engagement

Decades after the first multicultural reforms were introduced in Latin America, Afrodescendant people from the region are still disproportionately impoverished, underserved, policed, and incarcerated.

Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization breaks new ground by describing the global economy and its effects from the perspective of an integrated theology of "e;the earth as primary revelation"e; and the institutional powers of this world.

British labour history has been one of the dominating areas of historical research in the last sixty years and this book, written in honour of Professor Chris Wrigley, offers a collection of essays written by leading British labour historians of that subject including Ken Brown, Malcolm Chase and Matthew Worley.

In British political discourse the idea that in the 1970s trade unions 'ran the country' has become a truism, a folk mythology invoked against the twin perils of socialism and strikes.

Today's social and political climate often pits conservative or traditional Christianity against "e;progressive"e; Christianity.

The diaspora of scholars exiled from Russia in 1922 offered something vital for both Russian Orthodoxy and for ecumenical dialogue.

This book examines the phenomenon of the independent politician, believed to be extinct in most political systems.

What is friendship?

As we approach the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we have a chance to see more clearly how they were a turning point in America's relationship with the world.

Bat, Ball & Bible chronicles the collision of moral and social forces in the argument over upholding New York State’s blue laws, meant to restrict social activities and maintain Sunday’s traditional standing as a day of religious observation.

When people look back at the 2016 Election, they will use many words to describe it.

Worker protests in post-communist Romania and Ukraine is a book about strategies of trade unions confronting employers in difficult conditions.

After the September 11, 2001 attacks the United States went to war.

Are all governments--east and west, Muslim and secular, authoritarian and constitutional, Republican and Democratic--fundamentally the same, all of them under the extraordinary, growing power of "e;technique"e; and bureaucracy?

The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of increased globalization.

They are Americans, and they are mujahideen.

In the post-9/11 world, the possibility of energy infrastructure-terrorism-the use of weapons to cause devastating damage to the energy industrial sector and cause cascading effects-is very real.

With more than 2 million members, MoveOn is at the cutting edge of a new model for political activism.

In this gripping, firsthand account, Daniel Green tells the story of U.

In December 2014, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) released a 500+ page executive summary of a 6,000 page study of the CIA's detention and interrogation of al Qa'ida terrorists.

On October 23, 1983, nearly simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.

Since its inception, al Qaeda has aspired to create a safe haven in Yemen,where it has operated against U.

Beginning with the Communist Saur Revolution of 1978 and continuing through Gen.

A classic of faith-based activism-updated for a new generation.

Pope Paul VI's notion of "e;integral human development,"e; which was endorsed by his successors including Pope Francis, broke with the modern project of purely economic and technological development, resulting in an original understanding of development.

The suicide bombings carried out in London in 2005 by British Muslims revealed an enormous fifth column of Islamist terrorists and their sympathizers.

Introduced in 1998 by the Department of Defense, the concept of information operations (IO) proposed to revolutionize the ways in which warfare, diplomacy, and business were conducted.

An "e;excellent biography"e; of General Washington's aide-de-camp, a daring soldier who advocated freeing slaves who served in the Continental Army (Journal of Military History).

"e;A unique, compelling read.

In what we tell ourselves is an age of reason, we are behaving increasingly irrationally.

In a time of political turmoil, how should we pray?

Politics and Religion: The Basics provides a concise introduction to the complex interactions between politics and religion in both domestic and international contexts.

There have been numerous attempts to engage the United Nations in a meaningful campaign against state-supported and other terrorist activities.

That American forces should torture prisoners in their "e;war"e; on terror is disturbing, but more shocking still is that the highest officials of the Bush-Cheney administration planned, authorized, encouraged, and concealed these war crimes.

Despite the wake-up call of September 11, 2001, terrorism remains a dire threat to the security of all civilized nations, making it imperative for leaders to develop better national, regional, and global strategies to counter its many forms.

FBI operative Raymond W.

This book analyzes how the Iraqi city of Fallujah became registered as a setting for military heroics in American memory.

IN this illuminating Broadside, former Attorney General Michael B.

How is it that the person who created and defined the field of Black Studies and drafted Dr.

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The tenth edition of this respected textbook provides a fresh perspective and a crisp introduction to congressional politics.

As potential targets, such as military facilities, symbols of democracy, government buildings, and infrastructure are "e;hardened"e; against possible terrorist attack, terrorists will shift to softer targets: churches, schools, malls, mass entertainment centers, high-rise apartments, transportation centers, and energy facilities.

What would cause an otherwise intelligent, well-educated, and, by all accounts, privileged Californian to forgo an easy life in the United States to struggle for survival in a land of strife and mortal danger?

The church in the United States faces a dilemma: How is it possible for Christ's followers to worship faithfully in a nationalistic environment where religion and politics enjoy a vigorous affiliation while the separation of church and state is celebrated as the standard for the relationship between nation and faith?

When Politics Meets Religion presents a fresh exploration of the relationship between religion and politics worldwide.

On January 26, 1993, a young Palestinian man named Abdel Nasser Zaben was arrested and incarcerated in New York City for kidnapping and robbery.

Empowered by the Brand New Congress initiative in 2018, evangelical pastor and progressive Republican Robb Ryerse embarked on a long-shot, grassroots congressional campaign against Steve Womack, one of the most powerful Republican incumbents in Washington, DC.

One failure of 9/11 that has not received the attention it deserves is the inadequacy of the U.

Terrorism is often depicted as something new and totally alien, a phantom enemy that cannot be understood.

In offering a comprehensive explanation of how militant Islamists have hijacked the Islamic religion, Aboul-Enein provides a realistic description of the militant threat, which is far different and distinct from Islamist political discourse and the wider religion of Islam.