Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/580560 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Of Greed and Glory: In Pursuit of Freedom for All Author: Deborah G. Plant Narrator: Emana Rachelle, Desmond Manny Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 32 minutes Release date: January 9, 2024 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A ground-breaking, personal exploration of America’s obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times–bestselling Barracoon. Freedom and equality are the watchwords of American democracy. But like justice, freedom and equality are meaningless when there is no corresponding practical application of the ideals they represent. Physical, bodily liberty is fundamental to every American’s personal sovereignty. And yet, millions of Americans—including author Deborah Plant’s brother, whose life sentence at Angola Prison reveals a shocking current parallel to her academic work on the history of slavery in America—are deprived of these basic freedoms every day. In her studies of Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah Plant became fascinated by Hurston’s explanation for the atrocities of the international slave trade. In her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, Hurston wrote: “But the inescapable fact that stuck in my craw, was: my people had sold me and the white people had bought me. . . . It impressed upon me the universal nature of greed and glory.” We look the other way when the basic human rights of marginalized and stigmatized groups are violated and desecrated, not realizing that only the practice of justice everywhere secures justice, for any of us, anywhere. An active vigilance is required of those who would be and remain free; with Of Greed and Glory, Deborah Plant reveals the many ways in which slavery continues in America today and charts our collective course toward personal sovereignty for all. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590076 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Sobre el anarquismo Author: Alejandro Gibert Abós (translator), Noam Chomsky Narrator: Arturo Mercado Jr. Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 12 minutes Release date: June 14, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Con el espectro de la anarquía invocado por la derecha para sembrar el miedo, nunca ha sido más urgente una explicación convincente de la filosofía política conocida como anarquismo. Sobre el anarquismo arroja una luz muy necesaria sobre los fundamentos del pensamiento de Chomsky, específicamente su constante cuestionamiento de la legitimidad del poder atrincherado. El libro reúne algunos de sus ensayos y entrevistas, para proporcionar una breve y accesible introducción a su visión distintivamente optimista del anarquismo. Refutando la noción del mismo como una idea fija, Chomsky sugiere que se trata de una tradición viva y en evolución. Disputa las acostumbradas líneas divisorias entre anarquismo y socialismo, y hace hincapié en el poder de la acción colectiva, en lugar de la individualista. Profundamente relevante para nuestro tiempo, este libro desafía, provoca e inspira, y es un referente para los activistas políticos y cualquier persona interesada en profundizar su comprensión del anarquismo o del pensamiento de Chomsky. Conocido por su brillante disección de la política exterior norteamericana, el capitalismo de Estado y los medios de comunicación dominantes, Chomsky sigue siendo un formidable crítico sin remordimientos de la autoridad establecida y, quizás, el anarquista más famoso del mundo. Este audiolibro incluye una entrevista con el autor, en la que evalúa en retrospectiva sus escritos sobre el anarquismo hasta la fecha. 'El más importante de los pensadores contemporáneos.'—The New York Times 'Hay muchos Noam Chomsky. Está el Chomsky científico que revolucionó la lingüística moderna con el desarrollo del concepto de gramática transformacional y generativa. Y está el Chomsky activista político, el crítico del poder, uno de los referentes de la intelectualidad de la izquierda mundial que no deja pasar una oportunidad para denunciar las deficiencias democráticas de la sociedad estadounidense o de su política exterior o la manipulación de los medios de comunicación por parte de las corporaciones.'—Le Monde diplomatique 'La humildad de Noam Chomsky es el antídoto que precisa el purismo derrotista de tantos anarquistas actuales.'—Nathan Schneider 'Frente a actual deshumanización, o deshumanizada uniformidad, frente a los nuevos tipos de dominio y explotación, frente a la destrucción de derechos y libertades, el padre del estructuralismo apela a la igualdad, a la solidaridad y a la humanidad del anarquismo utópico.'—Juan Bolea, El periódico de Aragón

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584113 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Fire on the Levee: The Murder of Henry Glover and the Search for Justice after Hurricane Katrina Author: Jared Fishman Narrator: Robert Petkoff Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 40 minutes Release date: April 25, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “A riveting tale told with care and expertise.” —David Simon, creator of The Wire The former federal prosecutor and founder of Justice Innovation Lab tells the story of his struggle to unravel the cover-up of a police shooting, and subsequent incineration of the shooting victim, in Hurricane Katrina–era New Orleans. In 2009, Jared Fishman was a young prosecutor working on low-level civil rights cases in the Justice Department when a file landed on his desk. That folder contained two items: a story from The Nation magazine examining a mysterious death in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and an autopsy report for a man named Henry Glover, whose charred remains were found in a burned-out car two weeks after the storm. The autopsy report, bafflingly, listed no cause of death. But according to The Nation story, a gravely wounded Glover had last been seen in a car driven by a New Orleans police officer. Intrigued despite the lack of evidence, Fishman set out to learn what happened to Glover. He flew to New Orleans and teamed up with a rookie FBI agent, and together they started to track down anyone with information about what had happened to Glover on that day. Fire on the Levee tells the story of a young idealistic prosecutor determined to bring the truth to light. The case would lead to major reforms in the New Orleans Police Department and ultimately change our understanding of race, policing and justice in post-Katrina New Orleans and beyond. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587558 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The State of Us: The good news and the bad news about our society Author: Jon Snow Narrator: Jon Snow Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: March 2, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: It is rare in history that so many nations in the developed world are in crisis at the same time. There has been a disintegration of trust in political leaders and in the media that holds them to account. For all the progress humankind has made, for all the inventions and new technologies, our society is being undermined by inequality. We should care not simply because of its impact on productivity and growth, but because it's wrong. It's wrong that some don't have enough money to eat whilst others fly wagyu beef halfway across the planet for a couple of amusing mouthfuls. It's wrong that there are council residents unable to safely escape their homes if they catch fire. To fix it, we must begin by seeking out the truth about our world. In The State of Us, Jon Snow traces how the life of the nation has changed across his five-decade career, from getting thrown out of university for protesting apartheid to interviewing every prime minister since Margaret Thatcher. In doing so, he shows how the greatest problems at home and abroad so often come down to inequality and an unwillingness to confront it. But that is not our fate. Despite the challenges, Snow has witnessed profound social progress. In this passionate rallying cry, he argues that at its best, journalism reflects not just who we are now, but who we can be. We've had enough of division; the future is for us.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575813 to listen full audiobooks. Title: An Affirming Flame: Meditations on Life and Politics Author: Roger Cohen Narrator: Mark Deakins, Roger Cohen Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 38 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: “For more than forty years Roger Cohen has ventured to every corner of the earth to chronicle the great upheavals of our age, but he’s never lost sight of what really matters: love, hope, and all the mysteries of the human heart. Here, in this collection of columns that will take you from the streets of Kyiv to an execution chamber in Alabama, you can read him at his best.”—Dexter Filkins, best-selling author of The Forever War A collection of the finest New York Times columns written by Roger Cohen over more than a decade, accompanied by an original, twenty-thousand-word essay on the state of the world The countless readers who followed Roger Cohen’s column and mourned its end responded above all to what they saw as the marriage in his writing of head and heart. That tenor permeates An Affirming Flame. During his twelve years as a columnist, Cohen aimed to hold power to account at home and abroad, in the name of freedom, decency, pluralism, and the importance of truth and dissent in open societies. He watched with alarm as the outside threat of 9/11 morphed into the internal threat of January 6. This time, the assailants were not jihadi terrorists; they were American white supremacists and seditionists convinced of American decadence but unable to see that they personified it. The threat to American democracy is clear. Cohen dissects this ominous American fracture. He explores themes of displacement, belonging, and his own imperiled craft of journalism. His examination of the rising tide of authoritarian rule takes him to China, and in Kyiv he sees the devastating impact of Vladimir Putin's Russian nationalism. With its trenchant consideration of the plight of refugees, COVID-19, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the war in Afghanistan, Cohen's writing reflects his belief in the unquenchable human quest for dignity. He captures the fight to defend America’s openness, democratic institutions, and ideals against the rising tide of retrogression, division, and assault on truth. This struggle, as Cohen writes, is also the world’s. It is inseparable from the battle to save humanity from the creeping autocracy of the twenty-first century. As he writes, “On lies is tyranny built.”

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Case for Cancel Culture: How This Democratic Tool Works to Liberate Us All Author: Ernest Owens Narrator: Ernest Owens Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 16 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program is read by the author. 'A necessary discourse about power and control, and who ultimately has a voice versus whose is often stifled.' —Preston D. Mitchum, LGBTQIA attorney, activist, and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University The first major case for cancel culture as a fundamental means of democratic expression throughout history, and timely necessity aimed at combating systems of oppression. “ is canceled.” Chances are, you’ve heard this a lot lately. What might’ve once been a niche digital term has been legitimized in the discourse of presidents, politicians, and lawmakers. But what really is cancel culture? Blacklisting celebrities? Censorship? Until now, this has been the general consensus in the media. But it’s time to raise the bar on our definition— to think of cancel culture less as scandal or suppression, and more as an essential means of democratic expression and accountability. The Case for Cancel Culture does just that. This cultural critique from award-winning journalist Ernest Owens offers a fresh progressive lens in favor of cancel culture as a tool for activism and change. Using examples from politics, pop culture, and his own personal experience, Owens helps readers reflect on and learn the long history of canceling (spoiler: the Boston Tea Party was cancel culture); how the left and right uniquely equip it as part of their political toolkits; how intersections of society wield it for justice; and ultimately how it levels the playing field for the everyday person’s voice to matter. Why should we care? Because in a world where protest and free speech are being challenged by the most powerful institutions, those without power deserve to understand the nuance and importance of this democratic tool available to them. Readers will walk away from this first-of-its-kind exploration not despising cancel culture but embracing it as a form of democratic expression that’s always been leading the charge in liberating us all. 'An important tool for all times, and for anyone looking to learn how to have the difficult but necessary conversations about race, injustice, inequality, and oppression.' —Dawn Ennis, award-winning journalist, advocate, and university professor A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/587682 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Declassification Engine: What History Reveals About America's Top Secrets Author: Matthew Connelly Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 55 minutes Release date: February 14, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE • Every day, thousands of new secrets are created by the United States government. What is all this secrecy really for? And whom does it benefit? “A brilliant, deeply unsettling look at the history and inner workings of ‘the dark state'.... At a time when federal agencies are increasingly classifying or destroying documents with historical significance, this book could not be more important.” —Eric Schlosser, New York Times best-selling author of Command and Control Before World War II, transparent government was a proud tradition in the United States. In all but the most serious of circumstances, classification, covert operations, and spying were considered deeply un-American. But after the war, the power to decide what could be kept secret proved too tempting to give up. Since then, we have radically departed from that open tradition, allowing intelligence agencies, black sites, and classified laboratories to grow unchecked. Officials insist that only secrecy can keep us safe, but its true costs have gone unacknowledged for too long. Using the latest techniques in data science, historian Matthew Connelly analyzes a vast trove of state secrets to unearth not only what the government really did not want us to know but also why they didn’t want us to know it. Culling this research and carefully examining a series of pivotal moments in recent history, from Pearl Harbor to drone warfare, Connelly sheds light on the drivers of state secrecy— especially incompetence and criminality—and how rampant overclassification makes it impossible to protect truly vital information. What results is an astonishing study of power: of the greed it enables, of the negligence it protects, and of what we lose as citizens when our leaders cannot be held to account. A crucial examination of the self-defeating nature of secrecy and the dire state of our nation’s archives, The Declassification Engine is a powerful reminder of the importance of preserving the past so that we may secure our future.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/584508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Author: Siddharth Kara Narrator: Peter Ganim Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 21 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: This program includes an author's note read by the author. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation—and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt. To uncover the truth about brutal mining practices, Kara investigated militia-controlled mining areas, traced the supply chain of child-mined cobalt from toxic pit to consumer-facing tech giants, and gathered shocking testimonies of people who endure immense suffering and even die mining cobalt. Cobalt is an essential component to every lithium-ion rechargeable battery made today, the batteries that power our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and electric vehicles. Roughly 75 percent of the world’s supply of cobalt is mined in the Congo, often by peasants and children in sub-human conditions. Billions of people in the world cannot conduct their daily lives without participating in a human rights and environmental catastrophe in the Congo. In this stark and crucial audiobook, Kara argues that we must all care about what is happening in the Congo—because we are all implicated. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/574465 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices Author: Kristin Ann Hass Narrator: Nadia Marshall Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 36 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A field guide to the memorials, museums, and practices that commemorate white supremacy in the United States—and how to reimagine a more deeply shared cultural infrastructure for the future Cultural infrastructure has been designed to maintain structures of inequality, and while it doesn’t seem to be explicitly about race, it often is. Blunt Instruments helps readers identify, contextualize, and name elements of our everyday landscapes and cultural practices that are designed to seem benign or natural but which, in fact, work tirelessly to tell us vital stories about who we are, how we came to be, and who belongs. Examining landmark moments such as the erection of the first American museum and Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling pledge of allegiance, historian Kristin Hass explores the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure, such as: · the American Museum of Natural History · the Bridge to Freedom in Selma · the Washington Monument · Mount Auburn Cemetery · Kehinde Wiley’s 2019 sculpture Rumors of War · the Victory Highway · the Alamo Cenotaph With sharp analysis and a broad lens, Hass makes the undeniable case that understanding what cultural infrastructure is, and the deep and broad impact that it has, is essential to understanding how structures of inequity are maintained and how they might be dismantled.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/575662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love Author: Mike Pompeo Narrator: Rick Adamson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 19 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 24, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.89 of Total 18 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 10 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spearheaded the Trump Administration’s most significant foreign policy breakthroughs. Now, he reveals how he did it, and how it could happen again. As the only four-year national security member of President Trump’s Cabinet, he worked to impose crushing pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran, avert a nuclear crisis with North Korea, deliver unmatched support for Israel, and bring peace to the Middle East. Drawing on his commitment to America’s founding principles and his Christian faith, his efforts to promote religious freedom around the world were unequaled in American diplomatic history. Most importantly, he led a much-needed generational transformation of America's relationship with China. Blending remarkable and often humorous stories of his interactions with world leaders and unmatched analysis of geopolitics, Never Give an Inch tells of how Pompeo helped the Trump Administration craft the America First approach that upended Washington's wisdom—and made him America’s enemies’ worst nightmare. It is a raw account of what it took to deliver winning outcomes, including answers to questions like: --Why Trump thought his Secretary of State was too tough on China --What he said to Kim Jong-un that set him apart from other American negotiators --How Mike Pence could have lost his spot on the 2020 ticket --Who still has him high on their list of enemies A road map of the trends and players shaping the world today, Never Give an Inch is more than a historical review of the Trump Administration's greatest victories. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the challenges of the future. And it is an inspirational story of leadership through dangerous times that will leave you with a greater appreciation for America.