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Title: [German] - Die Zukunft der Demokratie - Auf dem Punkt (Ungekürzt)

Author: Herfried Münkler

Narrator: Patrick Imhof

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Release date: October 13, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Demokratie und Rechtsstaat sind bedroht: durch Autokraten wie Putin von außen, die fürchten, auch für sie könnte das Streben der Bevölkerung nach politischer Selbstbestimmung gefährlich werden; durch Autokraten im Inneren, die auf einer Welle populistischer Erregung ins Amt kommen und den Rechtsstaat aushöhlen; durch eine lethargische und politisch gleichgültige Bürgerschaft, die zwar seit längerem in einer Demokratie angelangt ist, sich nun aber an dieser langweilt und nicht mehr engagiert. Die Welle der Demokratisierung, die 1989 losgebrochen ist, ist verebbt. Inzwischen gibt es weltweit wieder mehr autokratische Regime als Demokratien. Wohin steuern wir, und können wir die Zukunft der Demokratie lenken? Erhellend wie präzise analysiert Herfried Münkler die Bedrohungen der Demokratie, um daraus Reformvorschläge und Lösungsstrategien für ihre Zukunft zu entwickeln.

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Title: AI Chat GPT Elections 2024

Author: Michael Mathiesen

Narrator: Michael Mathiesen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Release date: October 12, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

AI Chat GPT Elections 2024 - Orac for President is a journey through Human-AI collaboration and is a futuristic book that explores the possibilities and challenges of a world where AI language models can collaborate with humans to create meaningful dialogues on complex issues such as politics and social justice. This book is a compilation of conversations between a human and Orac, an intelligent and intuitive AI language model, discussing the potential of AI-assisted decision-making, ethical concerns, and the role of technology in shaping our worldviews. The reader will witness the evolution of the relationship between human and AI, highlighting the possibilities and limitations of this relationship in creating a more just and equitable society. The collaboration between Orac and myself also delves into the concept of Real Democracy and the potential amendments to the Constitution required to make it a reality. From discussions around voting rights and accessible education, to equitable healthcare and a universal basic income, the reader will find compelling arguments and perspectives around the ways in which technology and AI can support a more inclusive and democratic society. Through the lens of Real Democracy, the book offers a path towards progress and social change, encouraging readers to think critically about how technology and AI can be harnessed for the greater good of humanity. We come to many revolutionary ideas about how to use this amazing new technology to improve the highly flawed and antiquated system of making our laws by sending representatives - who pledge to represent their constituents in Washington D.C., but somehow take decades to deliver on any real solutions to problems and in fact create more problems than they solve.  Orac realizes there is a better way by using the power of the Internet in a Real Democracy where money cannot block truly popular legislation and new ideas but he needs to be President to get this done.

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Title: [German] - Unter Wahnsinnigen: Warum wir das Böse brauchen

Author: Florian Schroeder

Narrator: Florian Schroeder

Format: Abridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Release date: October 12, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

UM UNS HERUM TOBT DER WAHNSiNN. ›Unter Wahnsinnigen‹ ist eine Zustandsbeschreibung unserer Zeit. Wie gerne würden wir leicht in Freund und Feind trennen, liken oder bashen. Aber so einfach ist der Mensch nicht. Schroeder folgt seinem Drang und seiner Neugier, das Böse zu verstehen. Auf dem Pfad des Bösen trifft er einen Holocaust-Leugner im Gefängnis, begegnet einem Sexualstraftäter auf seinem Weg nach draußen, erlebt einen Mann, der ein Doppelleben geführt hat, ist mit der Letzten Generation unterwegs und besucht NATO-Soldaten in Litauen, die sich auf den Krieg vorbereiten. Seine Recherchen führen ihn zu Psychologen und Kriminologen, zu den Tätern und Opfern, zu Philosophen und Aktivisten – und immer wieder zu sich selbst und seiner eigenen Geschichte. Er trifft einen Teil von jener Kraft, die nur das Gute will und so das Böse schafft. Florian Schroeder besucht die Abgründe dieser Welt und zeigt, dass sie nur unser Spiegel sind, in dem wir uns selbst erkennen können – wenn wir es wollen. Die Wahnsinnigen sind wir alle.

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Title: [Spanish] - El sistema y la madre que lo parió. Las trampas y mentiras del discurso políticamente correcto

Author: Javi Cabello

Narrator: Miguel Coll

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Release date: October 11, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Un libro imprescindible de @ciudadanoalternativo. ¿Crees que pagas muchos impuestos? ¿Te indignas cada vez que haces la declaración de la renta? ¿Te preocupa la posibilidad de cobrar una pensión ridícula en el futuro? ¿Te has planteado abrir un negocio y te acojona la burocracia? ¿Te inquieta qué pasará cuando recibas la herencia de tus familiares? ¿Es verdad que nuestros impuestos van para sanidad y educación? ¿Te sientes impotente cada vez que pides cita en la seguridad social? ¿Crees que España es un país de funcionarios? Si al contestar estas preguntas te empiezas a poner de mala leche, este libro te interesa. En El sistema y la madre que lo parió, Javi Cabello, más conocido como Ciudadano Alternativo, lanza una llamada a la acción colectiva, pone patas arriba la cultura de lo políticamente correcto y se rebela contra el estado del bienestar que prometen los que mandan. Mediante cotidianos e indignantes casos prácticos y reflexiones cargadas de datos inapelables, ironía y sentido común, te descubrirá los entresijos del sistema, te demostrará que nada es gratis y te empujará a dudar de los principios regidos por el discurso único que pocos se atreven a poner en el centro del debate. Un texto que cuestiona y tira por tierra las verdades oficiales que sostienen al establishment. «Por lo que he explicado hasta aquí, y por la certeza de que nuestros líderes políticos no cambiarán de rumbo por mucho que nos lo prometan, es por lo que no me da miedo proclamar, aunque escueza, que tenemos la obligación moral de eludir —que no evadir— el máximo número de impuestos posible. Viva España». «Frente a las proclamas populistas, recuerda siempre que un político, un Gobierno o un Estado no puede entregar nada a sus ciudadanos que no les haya sido previamente extraído a esos mismos ciudadanos. Así que desconfía de aquellos que mezclen lo público con lo gratis, porque o no son muy inteligentes o se están riendo de ti».

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Title: [Spanish] - Biografías breves - Martin Luther King

Author: Luis Machado

Narrator: Varios Narradores

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Release date: October 10, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Martin Luther King (hijo) sigue siendo un faro en la lucha por la igualdad y contra el racismo. Se había formado como pastor metodista, había estudiado sociología y teología, pero iba a dejar su huella como uno de los líderes más notorios del movimiento por los derechos civiles, el movimiento que buscaba terminar con la brutal discriminación impuesta a la gente negra en Estados Unidos. Inclinado a una visión no violenta de la desobediencia civil, el Reverendo King tuvo un rol crucial en varios pasajes de esa historia: el boicot a los autobuses segregados, el famosísimo (y tergiversado) discurso 'yo tengo un sueño...', sus polémicas y acercamientos con Malcolm X, su oposición a la guerra de Vietnam que le valió amenazas y persecuciones. Martin Luther King fue asesinado en 1968 mientras organizaba la llamada Campaña de los Pobres, bajo circunstancias que todavía generan controversia,. Su vida sigue inspirando a multitud de personas que bregan por la justicia alrededor de mundo. Este audiolibro está narrado en español latino - -

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Title: Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up

Author: Rand Paul

Narrator: Joe Louis

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 45 minutes

Release date: October 10, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 4

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Senator Rand Paul was on to Anthony Fauci from the start. Wielding previously unimaginable power, Fauci misled the country about the origins of the Covid pandemic and shut down scientific dissent. One of the few leaders who dared to challenge "America’s Doctor" was Senator Rand Paul, himself a physician. Deception is his indictment of the catastrophic failures of the public health bureaucracy during the pandemic. Senator Paul presents the evidence that: - The Covid virus was likely the product of gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab in China—research funded in part by the U.S. government. - Taxpayer dollars for that research were deceptively funneled to Wuhan without the required regulatory review. - Fauci and his scientific yes-men knew from day one about Covid’s origin and tried to cover it up. - Fauci and his allies ruthlessly attacked everyone—including highly qualified scientists—who threatened to reveal the truth about the pandemic. Why? Hundreds of millions of dollars of grants and unreported royalties were at stake, and heads would roll if the truth got out. It almost worked. At Fauci’s insistence, the government imposed needlessly extreme lockdowns on Americans at the cost of immense personal and economic destruction. Covid-19 was deadly, but the real killer was the coverup, led by America’s most durable medical bureaucrat—a man for whom the truth was too often expendable. Senator Paul makes a powerful case that funding dangerous bioengineering in a totalitarian country is madness. If we don’t heed this warning, the next pandemic could be far worse.

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Title: The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

Author: Ali Velshi

Narrator: Joe Knezevich, Ali Velshi

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 16 minutes

Release date: October 10, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Edited and introduced by MSNBC’s Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging documents brought by the Department of Justice and the Fulton County (GA) and Manhattan (NY) district attorneys—a riveting and shocking narrative of the former president’s alleged crimes and conspiracies. “Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power…”  So reads the compelling introduction to the Department of Justice’s second indictment against Donald Trump—one of four criminal cases brought against the former president. Purposely crafted as narratives to be read by the public, these documents are among the most consequential in American history, forcing the country to grapple with the critical question: does justice apply to the most powerful? Edited and with an introduction by MSNBC host Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects all the charging documents against Trump and his co-defendants, providing critical insight on a decisive moment in our history. It is required reading as the country faces a pivotal reckoning—both in our justice system and at the ballot box. United States of America v. Donald J. Trump: 4 felony counts for conspiring to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election results United States of America v. Donald J. Trump, et al: 40 felony counts for mishandling of classified documents The State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump, et al.: 13 felony counts for leading a “criminal organization” that conspired to overturn Georgia’s election People of the State of New York v. Trump: 34 felony counts concerning hush money payments made before the 2016 U.S. presidential election Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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Title: Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States

Author: Zoe Baker

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Release date: October 10, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

An expansive and accessible account of anarchism as a theory of practice. Means and Ends is a new overview of the revolutionary strategy of anarchism in Europe and the United States between 1868 and 1939. Zoe Baker clearly and accessibly explains the ideas that historical anarchists developed in order to change the world. This includes their views on direct action, revolution, organization, state socialism, reforms, and trade unions. Throughout, she demonstrates that the reasons anarchists gave for supporting or opposing particular strategies were grounded in a theoretical framework—a theory of practice—which maintained that, as people engage in activity, they simultaneously change the world and themselves. This theoretical framework was the foundation for the anarchist commitment to the unity of means and ends: the means that revolutionaries propose to achieve social change have to involve forms of activity which transform people into individuals who are capable of, and driven to, both overthrow capitalism and the state and build a free society. The consistent heart of anarchism was the idea that anarchist ends can only be achieved through anarchist means. Cutting through misconceptions and historical inaccuracies, Baker draws upon a vast assortment of examples to show how this simple premise underpinned anarchist attempts to put theory into action.

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Title: The War of Return

Author: Adi Schwartz, Einat Wilf

Narrator: Einat Wilf

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Release date: October 6, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 8

Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 6

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Two prominent Israeli liberals argue that for the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to end with peace, Palestinians must come to terms with the fact that there will be no 'right of return.' In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their descendants are still registered as refugees, with many living in refugee camps. This group?unlike countless others that were displaced in the aftermath of World War II and other conflicts?has remained unsettled, demanding to settle in the state of Israel. Their belief in a 'right of return' is one of the largest obstacles to successful diplomacy and lasting peace in the region. In The War of Return, Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf?both liberal Israelis supportive of a two-state solution?reveal the origins of the idea of a right of return, and explain how UNRWA - the very agency charged with finding a solution for the refugees - gave in to Palestinian, Arab and international political pressure to create a permanent “refugee” problem. They argue that this Palestinian demand for a “right of return” has no legal or moral basis and make an impassioned plea for the US, the UN, and the EU to recognize this fact, for the good of Israelis and Palestinians alike. A runaway bestseller in Israel, the first English translation of The War of Return is certain to spark lively debate throughout America and abroad.

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Title: [German] - Die große Vertrauenskrise - Ein Bewältigungskompass (Ungekürzte Autorenlesung)

Author: Sascha Lobo

Narrator: Sascha Lobo

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Release date: October 5, 2023

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Das Vertrauen der Europäer in die demokratische Politik ist zerrüttet. Institutionen, die im 20. Jahrhundert zu den wichtigsten Vertrauensträgern gehörten, werden von vielen infrage gestellt. Woran liegt das? Was bedeutet das für unsere Gesellschaft? Und wie können wir damit umgehen? In den vergangenen Jahren hat sich ein dramatischer gesellschaftlicher Wandel vollzogen. Viele Menschen stehen nicht nur der Politik, sondern auch großen Konzernen, Medien und sogar der Wissenschaft mit Skepsis gegenüber. Ereignisse wie der russische Überfall auf die Ukraine oder die Pandemie haben zu einer Vertiefung dieses Trends geführt. Und sie haben Frontverläufe eines tiefgreifenden Misstrauens sichtbar gemacht, das in persönlichen Beziehungen eingesickert ist. Sogar im engsten Kollegen-, Freundes- und Familienkreis sind Risse entstanden. Sascha Lobo zeigt, dass die große Vertrauenskrise Symptom viel tiefergreifender Veränderungen ist. Erst, wer diese versteht, erkennt, warum Vertrauen zerbrochen ist - und nicht mehr wie in der Vergangenheit hergestellt werden kann. Vertrauen aber ist die Grundlage unseres Zusammenlebens. Was also tun? Wir können die Aufgaben der Gegenwart und Zukunft nur meistern, wenn wir neues Vertrauen entwickeln. Die Grundlage dafür ist ein Bewältigungskompass, der es möglich macht, die Welt besser zu verstehen. Er dient zur Orientierung in Politik, Medien, Wirtschaft oder Wissenschaft. Und er zeigt Richtungen an, die uns bei der Bewältigung des Alltags helfen können.