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Title: Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Expanded Second Edition

Author: Cece Mcdonald

Narrator: Adi Cabral

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Release date: September 27, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Pathologized, terrorized, and confined, trans/gender non-conforming and queer folks have always struggled against the prison industrial complex. Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith bring together current and former prisoners, activists, and academics for a new understanding of how race, gender, ability, and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of captivity. Through a politic of gender self-determination, this collection argues that trans/ queer liberation and prison abolition must be grown together. From rioting against police violence and critiquing hate crimes legislation, to prisoners demanding access to HIV medications, and far beyond, Captive Genders is a challenge for us all to join the struggle. This expanded second edition includes a new foreword from CeCe McDonald and essays by Chelsea Manning, Kalaniopua Young, and Janetta Louise Johnson and Toshio Meronek.

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Title: Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence

Author: Joanna Bourke

Narrator: Zehra Jane Naqvi

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 16 minutes

Release date: September 26, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Looking across time and the globe, a critical history of sexual violence—what causes it and how we overcome it. Disgrace is the first truly global history of sexual violence. The book explores how sexual violence varies widely across time and place, from nineteenth-century peasant women in Ireland who were abducted as a way of forcing marriage, to date-raped high-school students in twentieth-century America, and from girls and women violated by Russian soldiers in 1945 to Dalit women raped by men of higher castes today. It delves into the factors that facilitate violence—including institutions, ideologies, and practices—but also gives voice to survivors and activists, drawing inspiration from their struggles. Ultimately, Joanna Bourke intends to forge a transnational feminism that will promote a more harmonious, equal, and rape—and violence-free world.

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Title: [Spanish] - La regresión educativa: La hostilidad de la 4y contra la ilustración

Author: Gilberto Guevara Niebla

Narrator: Patricia Durán, Humberto Solórzano

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Release date: September 22, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Esta obra reúne 14 ensayos que analizan críticamente la política educativa del actual gobierno. Aparecen, así, los oscuros balances de la reforma al artículo 3° constitucional, el surgimiento de las universidades Benito Juárez, el nuevo esquema de becas, los recortes en la SEP, el aumento de la desigualdad, el golpe de la pandemia y la asfixia de la austeridad… Entre diciembre de 2018 y julio de 2019 fui subsecretario de Educación Básica. Pero desde mi posición privilegiada fui testigo del impacto brutal de la política de austeridad. También comprobé el estilo autoritario de Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “La educación de México experimenta un retroceso. El gobierno federal actual eliminó la reformaeducativa de 2013, pero no produjo un nuevo proyecto; en cambio, puso en práctica políticas que dañan la oferta educativa. El presidente volvió la espalda a la educación persiguiendo un objetivo político, en el sentido populista, mezquino, del término.”

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Title: [Spanish] - Dinero para la cultura

Author: Gabriel Zaid

Narrator: Diego Santana

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 34 minutes

Release date: September 22, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Uno de los mayores poetas y ensayistas vivos de este país reúne en su nuevo libro todo lo que ha investigado, reflexionado y escrito sobre la cultura, entendida ésta como el gran ejercicio de la libertad humana y el origen y la culminación del desarrollo. Hay cinco fuentes de financiamiento para la cultura: el sacrificio personal, la familia, los mecenas, el Estado y el mercado. Todas tienen consecuencias felices o lamentables, que el autor señala en general y en numerosos casos concretos, de manera crítica y también proponiendo soluciones. Lo mejor es que todas convivan en la animación y dispersión de imprentas, librerías, editoriales, revistas, cafés, tertulias, salones, academias; teatros, grupos de músicos, cantantes y danzantes; galerías, talleres de arquitectos, pintores, escultores y orfebres; microempresas de discos, radio, cine y televisión; páginas web. Las influencias dominantes del siglo XX (Marx, Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Chaplin, Le Corbusier) nacieron de la libertad creadora de personas que trabajaban por su cuenta (en su casa, su consultorio, su estudio, su taller). Influyeron por la importancia de su obra, no por su posición como profesores, investigadores, clérigos, funcionarios o ejecutivos. La cultura libre (anárquica, fragmentada, diversa y dispersa) no parece una institución, pero lo es. Desde el Renacimiento, su animación ha sido el centro sin centro de la cultura moderna. Merece público, aplausos y dinero.

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Title: [Spanish] - Somos la revolución

Author: Joshua Wong, Jason Y. Ng

Narrator: Miguel Coll

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Release date: September 22, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Un manifiesto necesario para una democracia global. Una impactante historia al estilo David y Goliat sobre un joven activista de Hong Kong, quien con tan solo veintidós años está sacudiendo e inspirando al mundo entero. A los catorce años Joshua Wong ya hizo historia. Mientras los adultos guardaban silencio, Joshua escenificó la primera protesta de estudiantes en Hong Kong en contra del sistema de educación nacional, y ganó. Desde entonces, Joshua ha fundado Demosisto, ha liderado la Revolución de los Paraguas y ha encabezado las protestas contra la ley de extradición en las que han participado, tomando las calles de Hong Kong, 1,7 millones de personas, un cuarto de la población total del país. Sus acciones han provocado la atención del mundo entero, una nominación al Premio Nobel de la Paz y más de cien días de prisión. Esta es la historia de Joshua contada por vez primera, directamente desde la primera línea del activismo. Recopilando sus cartas escritas en la prisión y sus reflexiones personales, Somos la revolución es el grito a la guerra de Joshua para que todos nos levantemos y luchemos por nuestras libertades. Este libro está narrado en castellano. - Joshua Wong nació en 1996. Ha sido nombrado por TIME, Fortune y Forbes como uno de los líderes más influyentes de la actualidad. En 2018 fue nominado al Premio Nobel de la Paz por su papel como líder en la Revolución de los Paraguas. Es el secretario general de Demosisto, una organización pro-democracia que fundó en el año 2016 y que defiende la auto-determinación para Hong Kong. Joshua saltó a la escena política en 2011, con tan solo catorce años, cuando fundó Escolarismo, ganando las protestas contra las fuerzas del sistema chino de educación nacional en Hong Kong. Ha sido arrestado por el Estado chino en varias ocasiones por sus protestas y su activismo y ha sido encarcelado durante más de cien días. Ha sido objeto de dos documentales.

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Title: Rebel: How to Overthrow the Emerging Oligarchy

Author: Douglas Carswell

Narrator: Mike Read

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Release date: September 22, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Politics has never been more unpredictable. Radical populists and insurgents have turned politics-as-usual on its head. 'Rebel' explores how we got here, where we are heading and what we can do about it. Douglas Carswell argues that these insurgencies are a reaction against the emergence of a political and economic oligarchy that has subverted our democracy and stifled our market system. 'Politics,' he writes, 'is a cartel. Like the economy, it is rigged in the interests of a few.' This leaves our liberal, democratic order – the mechanism that has allowed a historically unprecedented proportion of humanity to flourish – facing a twin assault: oligarchs on the one hand, radical populists on the other. In the face of these twin threats, Carswell mounts a robust defence of the liberal, democratic order. Drawing on his first-hand experience in taking on – and beating – the established political parties, he proposes a profound reform of politics and capitalism to free us from the cartels, listing the practical steps needed to make this revolutionary change happen. - Douglas Carswell grew up in Uganda. Elected to Parliament four times, for two different parties, he ended up as an independent MP. He stood down from Parliament in 2017, having accomplished what he went into politics to achieve. He is the author of 'The Plan: Twelve Months to Renew Britain' (with Daniel Hannan) and 'The End of Politics and the Birth of iDemocracy'.

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Title: The Khalistan Conspiracy: A Former R&AW Officer Unravels the Path to 1984

Author: G.B.S. Sidhu

Narrator: Adwait Karambelkar

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Release date: September 21, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

The author, a former Special Secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) of the Cabinet Secretariat, examines a series of interconnected events that led to the rise of the Khalistan movement, Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 and the anti-Sikh violence unleashed thereafter. With a timeline that moves from seven years before to a decade after 1984, the book strives to answer critical questions that continue to linger till today. The narrative moves from Punjab to Canada, the US, Europe and Delhi, looking to sift the truth from political obfuscation and opportunism, examining the role that the ruling party allegedly played, and the heart-rending violence that devoured thousands of innocent lives in its aftermath.

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Title: The Virus and the Host: Protect Yourself from Infectious Disease by Reducing Toxicity, Improving Immunity, and Minimizing Chronic Illness

Author: Chris Chlebowski

Narrator: Nolan Chase

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 45 minutes

Release date: September 21, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

There will almost certainly be more pandemics in our future. Yet, during the coronavirus crisis, not a single major public-health official took the simple step of telling Americans what we all need to hear: robust good health?healthy immunity, low inflammation, low toxic burden, and freedom from stealth infection and chronic disease?is our best defense against infectious viral disease. The way our bodies interact with infectious disease is complicated?both a function of the “germ” and the “terrain”?the virus and the host. In The Virus and the Host, Dr. Chlebowski succinctly describes emerging science on the virome and how toxic exposure, chronic inflammation, infections, and chronic diseases interact and predispose us to poor outcomes from acute viral infection. He then clearly outlines the tools needed for better health, including these: -The best nutrients to supercharge your immunity -How to harness the power of botanical medicine -How to detoxify simply and safely at home -Valuable information on simple treatment and recommended diagnostic tests for given conditions As we move forward from the tragedy of COVID-19, it is essential that we come together to learn from our mistakes and work hard?and work together?to prevent a similar crisis in the future. When the next pandemic hits, we need to be better prepared. Now is the time to do something, and it is the best investment we can make so that when the next one hits we can keep our loved ones and ourselves safe and healthy. THIS AUDIOBOOK MAY INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. AUDIOBOOKS.COM ENCOURAGES YOU TO SEEK UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM YOUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT.

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Title: Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It

Author: Nancy Fraser

Narrator: Kate Udall

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Release date: September 20, 2022

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

A trenchant look at contemporary capitalism's insatiable appetite—and a rallying cry for everyone who wants to stop it from devouring our world Capital is currently cannibalizing every sphere of life—guzzling wealth from nature and racialized populations, sucking up our ability to care for each other, and gutting the practice of politics. In this tightly argued and urgent volume, leading Marxist feminist theorist Nancy Fraser charts the voracious appetite of capital, tracking it from crisis point to crisis point, from ecological devastation to the collapse of democracy, from racial violence to the devaluing of care work. These crisis points all come to a head in Covid-19, which Fraser argues can help us envision the resistance we need to end the feeding frenzy. What we need, she argues, is a wide-ranging socialist movement that can recognize the rapaciousness of capital—and starve it to death.

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Title: The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change

Author: Geoff Dembicki

Narrator: Steve Menasche

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Release date: September 20, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1

Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics

Publisher's Summary:

Burning fossil fuels will cause catastrophic global warming: this is what top American oil executives were told by scientists in 1959. But they ignored that warning. Instead, they developed one of the biggest, most polluting oil sources in the world—the oil sands in Alberta, Canada. As investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki reveals in this explosive book, the decades-long conspiracy to keep the oil sands flowing into the US would turn out to be one of the biggest reasons for the world's failure to stop the climate crisis. In The Petroleum Papers, Dembicki draws from confidential oil industry documents to uncover for the first time how companies like Exxon, Koch Industries, and Shell built a global right-wing echo chamber to protect oil sands profits—a misinformation campaign that continues to this day. He also tells the high-stakes stories of people fighting back: a Seattle lawyer who brought down Big Tobacco and is now going after Big Oil, a Filipina activist whose family drowned in a climate disaster, and a former Exxon engineer pushed out for asking hard questions. With experts now warning we have less than a decade to get global emissions under control, The Petroleum Papers provides a step-by-step account of how we got to this precipice—and the politicians and companies who deserve our blame.