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  • Fragile Freedoms

    The Global Struggle for Human Rights

    Edited by Steven Lecce, Neil McArthur, Arthur Schafer ...
    This book is based upon a lecture series inaugurating the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights that took place in Winnipeg, Canada between September 2013 and May 2014. Fragile Freedoms brings together some of the most influential contemporary thinkers on the theory and practice of human rights. The first two chapters, by Anthony Grayling and Steven Pinker, are primarily historical: they trace the ... Read more

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  • MLK: An American Legacy

    Bearing the Cross, Protest at Selma, and The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr.

    by David J. Garrow ...
    **Three meticulously researched works—including Pulitzer Prize winner Bearing the Cross—spanning the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.This collection from professor and historian David J. Garrow provides a multidimensional and fascinating portrait of Martin Luther King Jr., and his mission to upend deeply entrenched prejudices in society, and enact legal change that would achieve ... Read more

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  • How Did We Get Into This Mess?

    Politics, Equality, Nature

    by George Monbiot ...
    **“A primal account of an unstifled world.” —Bill McKibben“A dazzling command of science and relentless faith . . .” —Naomi KleinA wide-ranging collection of essays from leading environmental commentator on how politics and big business threaten our daily lives, our society, and the planet**Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without ... Read more

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  • A Call to Conscience

    The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Edited by Clayborne Carson, Kris Shepard ...
    A collection of the most essential speeches from the renowned social activist and key civil rights figure.This companion volume to A Knock At Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. includes the text of his most well-known oration, "I Have a Dream", his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, and Beyond Vietnam, a powerful plea to end the ongoing conflict. ... Read more

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  • Please Stop Helping Us

    How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed

    by Jason L. Riley ...
    Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price a disproportionate number of blacks out of the labor ... Read more

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  • Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society

    The Civilization of War

    Edited by Alessandro Dal Lago, Salvatore Palidda ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security
    A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project.This book is an examination of the effect of contemporary wars (such as the 'War on Terror') on civil life ... Read more

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  • Bill of Wrongs

    The Executive Branch's Assault on America's Fundamental Rights

    by Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose ...
    Throughout her long career of “afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted,” the cause closest to Molly Ivins’s heart was working to protect the freedoms we all value. Sadly, today we’re living in a time when dissent is equated with giving aid to terrorists, when any of us can be held in prison without even knowing the charges against us, and when our constitutional rights are being ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Stranger Among Friends

    by David Mixner ...
    "From my fear of coming out to coming on strong in the struggle for human rights, this is my American journey, the story of an outsider on the inside, a gay man proudly committed to a life of standing up for freedom."President Clinton and I were born three days apart. We had both dreamed of serving our country. There was one difference: He could pursue his dream, while I felt I could not. The ... Read more

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  • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

    Cases, Materials, and Commentary

    by Sarah Joseph, Melissa Castan ...
    Now in its third edition, this book is the authoritative text on one of the world's most important human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Covenant is of universal relevance. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1966 and in force from 1976, it commits the signatories and parties to respect the civil and political freedoms and rights of individuals. ... Read more

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  • "In a Single Garment of Destiny"

    A Global Vision of Justice

    by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ...
    Series Book 8 - King Legacy
    A renowned King scholar pulls from the archives to present a one-of-a-kind collection that captures Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s global vision—revealing how his fight for human rights extended far beyond the U.S.Includes speeches, sermons, and previously unavailable materials.Too many people continue to think of Dr. King only as “a southern civil rights leader” or “an American Gandhi,” thus ... Read more

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  • Liberator Daniel O'Connell

    The Life and Death of Daniel O'Connell, 1830-1847

    by Patrick M. Geoghegan ...
    In this sequel to his critically acclaimed King Dan, Patrick Geoghegan examines the latter part of O'Connell's life and career. Daniel O'Connell, often referred to as The Liberator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. One of the most remarkable historical figures in Irish history, he campaigned for Catholic Emancipation, including the right for Catholics to sit in ... Read more

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  • Sons of Mississippi

    A Story of Race and Its Legacy

    by Paul Hendrickson ...
    They stand as unselfconscious as if the photograph were being taken at a church picnic and not during one of the pitched battles of the civil rights struggle. None of them knows that the image will appear in Life magazineor that it will become an icon of its era. The year is 1962, and these seven white Mississippi lawmen have gathered to stop James Meredith from integrating the University of ... Read more

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