Social rättvisa

Böcker i denna genre belyser samhällets djupaste ojämlikheter och de modiga individer som arbetar för att åtgärda dem genom protest, politik och gräsrotsrörelser. Dessa kraftfulla verk granskar systemiska hinder kring ras, klass, kön och mänskliga rättigheter samtidigt som de erbjuder ramverk för att skapa meningsfull social förändring och bygga mer rättvisa samhällen.

Social rättvisa Boksammanfattningar

Fake Law

av The Secret Barrister • 2020

The legal myths Britain believes aren't random. They were built to weaken your access to justice.

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🇬🇧 Uk Legal System ⚖️ Access To Justice 🛡️ Human Rights Law 🔍 Criminal Justice 📰 Media And Law

Fake Law

The legal myths Britain believes aren't random. They were built to weaken your access to justice.

av The Secret Barrister 2020 372 sidor

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🇬🇧 Uk Legal System ⚖️ Access To Justice 🛡️ Human Rights Law 🔍 Criminal Justice 📰 Media And Law

Girl on Girl

av Sophie Gilbert • 2025

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

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📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

Girl on Girl

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

av Sophie Gilbert 2025 352 sidor

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📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

A Brief History of Misogyny

av Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

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🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

av Jack Holland 2006 336 sidor

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🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

Peaks and Valleys

av Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

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🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

Peaks and Valleys

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

av Spencer Johnson 2009 112 sidor

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🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🌱 Reclaiming Identity

The Sexual Politics of Meat

av Carol J. Adams • 1990

How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.

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🍃 Ecofeminism 📚 Feminist Theory 🐾 Animal Ethics 🍽️ Food Politics 🐄 Critical Animal Studies

The Sexual Politics of Meat

How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.

av Carol J. Adams 1990 272 sidor

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🍃 Ecofeminism 📚 Feminist Theory 🐾 Animal Ethics 🍽️ Food Politics 🐄 Critical Animal Studies

Boys Don't Cry

av Malorie Blackman • 2010

On exam results day, his ex arrives with a baby he never knew existed, then disappears.

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🍼 Teen Parenthood 🏳️‍🌈 Hate Crime Survival 💪 Challenging Masculinity 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 👥 Sibling Bond

Boys Don't Cry

On exam results day, his ex arrives with a baby he never knew existed, then disappears.

av Malorie Blackman 2010 302 sidor

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🍼 Teen Parenthood 🏳️‍🌈 Hate Crime Survival 💪 Challenging Masculinity 🇬🇧 Contemporary London 👥 Sibling Bond

Enrique's Journey

av Sonia Nazario • 2005

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

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🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration 💔 Family Separation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Enrique's Journey

A boy crosses Mexico atop freight trains, chasing the mother who left when he was five.

av Sonia Nazario 2005 294 sidor

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🌍 Immigration Stories 🌎 Central America 👦 Child Migration 💔 Family Separation 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Reading with Patrick

av Michelle Kuo • 2017

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

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🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

Reading with Patrick

Her student was in jail for murder. She returned to the Delta with books.

av Michelle Kuo 2017 296 sidor

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🏫 Educational Inequality ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🤝 Teacher-Student Relationship 🌾 Rural Poverty 🍎 Memoir Of Teaching

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

av Jane Jacobs • 1961

Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.

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🏙️ Urban Planning 🏚️ Urban Renewal 🚶 Street Life 🌆 New Urbanism 🏘️ Urban Density

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Slums with low crime and safe sidewalks: the invisible logic cities follow when planners look away.

av Jane Jacobs 1961 472 sidor

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🏙️ Urban Planning 🏚️ Urban Renewal 🚶 Street Life 🌆 New Urbanism 🏘️ Urban Density

The Conquest of Bread

av Pyotr Kropotkin • 1892

Plenty exists for everyone. The state and the wage are the only things in the way.

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🏴 Anarchist Communism 🖤 Classical Anarchism 💸 Critique Of Wage Labor 🤲 Distribution By Need ✊ Revolutionary Theory

The Conquest of Bread

Plenty exists for everyone. The state and the wage are the only things in the way.

av Pyotr Kropotkin 1892 224 sidor

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🏴 Anarchist Communism 🖤 Classical Anarchism 💸 Critique Of Wage Labor 🤲 Distribution By Need ✊ Revolutionary Theory

How to Kill a City

av Peter Moskowitz • 2017

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

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🏗️ Gentrification 🏠 Housing Policy 🧱 Racial Capitalism 🏛️ Neoliberal Urbanism 📈 Real Estate Speculation

How to Kill a City

Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.

av Peter Moskowitz 2017 272 sidor

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🏗️ Gentrification 🏠 Housing Policy 🧱 Racial Capitalism 🏛️ Neoliberal Urbanism 📈 Real Estate Speculation

Living a Feminist Life

av Sara Ahmed • 2017

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

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📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

Living a Feminist Life

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

av Sara Ahmed 2017 312 sidor

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📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

The Cross and the Switchblade

av David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

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🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Cross and the Switchblade

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

av David Wilkerson 1963 176 sidor

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🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

Right Thing. Right Now

av Ryan Holiday • 2024

Justice is a Stoic practice: integrity, forgiveness, and the courage to never look away.

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🧭 Personal Integrity 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice

Right Thing. Right Now

Justice is a Stoic practice: integrity, forgiveness, and the courage to never look away.

av Ryan Holiday 2024 368 sidor

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🏛️ Modern Stoicism ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✊ Nonviolent Resistance 🧭 Personal Integrity 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice

Requiem for the American Dream

av Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

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⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

av Noam Chomsky 2017 192 sidor

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⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Wicked

av Gregory Maguire • 1995

A green woman fights Oz's corrupt Wizard and becomes the realm's most despised villain.

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🔮 Villain Origin Story 📖 Revisionist Fairy Tale 🏰 Magical University 🤝 Unlikely Roommates 🖤 Dark Fantasy

Wicked

A green woman fights Oz's corrupt Wizard and becomes the realm's most despised villain.

av Gregory Maguire 1995 406 sidor

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🔮 Villain Origin Story 📖 Revisionist Fairy Tale 🏰 Magical University 🤝 Unlikely Roommates 🖤 Dark Fantasy

Rules for Radicals

av Saul D. Alinsky • 1971

A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.

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🏘️ Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Activism ♟️ Political Tactics ⚖️ Power Dynamics 📋 Activist Handbook

Rules for Radicals

A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.

av Saul D. Alinsky 1971 196 sidor

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🏘️ Community Organizing 🌱 Grassroots Activism ♟️ Political Tactics ⚖️ Power Dynamics 📋 Activist Handbook

The Exponential Age

av Azeem Azhar • 2021

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

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🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

The Exponential Age

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

av Azeem Azhar 2021 403 sidor

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🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

What Are Biblical Values?

av John J. Collins • 2019

The Bible never condemns slavery. Its values contradict. A scholar examines what it actually says.

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📖 Biblical Studies ✝️ Christian Ethics 🔍 Historical Criticism 📝 Biblical Interpretation ⚖️ Biblical Authority

What Are Biblical Values?

The Bible never condemns slavery. Its values contradict. A scholar examines what it actually says.

av John J. Collins 2019 296 sidor

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📖 Biblical Studies ✝️ Christian Ethics 🔍 Historical Criticism 📝 Biblical Interpretation ⚖️ Biblical Authority

Identity and Violence

av Amartya Sen • 2006

The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.

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🆔 Identity Politics 🌍 Multiculturalism 🔓 Anti-Essentialism 🗳️ Deliberative Democracy 📚 Postcolonial Theory

Identity and Violence

The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.

av Amartya Sen 2006 224 sidor

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🆔 Identity Politics 🌍 Multiculturalism 🔓 Anti-Essentialism 🗳️ Deliberative Democracy 📚 Postcolonial Theory

Desert Flower

av Waris Dirie • 1998

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

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🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

Desert Flower

At thirteen she fled a forced marriage into the desert. Ahead: London, runways, and the UN.

av Waris Dirie 1998 240 sidor

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🏕️ Somalian Memoir 🚫 Female Genital Mutilation 💍 Child Marriage 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👠 Model Memoirs

High Conflict

av Amanda Ripley • 2021

Why some disagreements turn into unending feuds, and the specific technique that breaks the cycle.

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🤝 Conflict Resolution 🧠 Social Psychology 🚩 Cognitive Biases 👥 Group Dynamics 👂 Active Listening

High Conflict

Why some disagreements turn into unending feuds, and the specific technique that breaks the cycle.

av Amanda Ripley 2021 368 sidor

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🤝 Conflict Resolution 🧠 Social Psychology 🚩 Cognitive Biases 👥 Group Dynamics 👂 Active Listening

Invisible Women

av Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

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📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Invisible Women

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

av Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 sidor

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📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Speechless

av Michael J. Knowles • 2021

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

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🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

Speechless

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

av Michael J. Knowles 2021 383 sidor

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🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

Who Owns England?

av Guy Shrubsole • 2019

The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.

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🏠 Land Ownership 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land ✊ Land Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Wealth Inequality

Who Owns England?

The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.

av Guy Shrubsole 2019

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🏠 Land Ownership 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land ✊ Land Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Wealth Inequality

Sex Object

av Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

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👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Sex Object

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

av Jessica Valenti 2016 172 sidor

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👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

av Christopher Lasch • 1995

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

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🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

av Christopher Lasch 1995 276 sidor

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🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

Combatting Cult Mind Control

av Steven Hassan • 1988

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

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🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform 🔓 Deprogramming 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cult Families

Combatting Cult Mind Control

Cults prey on the capable, not the weak. A former member's method for getting someone out.

av Steven Hassan 1988 256 sidor

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🔒 High-Control Groups 🕊️ Cult Recovery 🧠 Thought Reform 🔓 Deprogramming 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cult Families

The Road to Freedom

av Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Road to Freedom

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

av Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024 384 sidor

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

Social Justice Fallacies

av Thomas Sowell • 2023

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

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📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

Social Justice Fallacies

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

av Thomas Sowell 2023 225 sidor

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📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

No Fixed Address

av Susin Nielsen • 2018

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

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🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets 👥 Friendship Trio ✨ Quirky Narrator

No Fixed Address

A twelve-year-old trivia whiz hides his homelessness, but a game show could unravel his secret.

av Susin Nielsen 2018 288 sidor

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🚐 Hidden Homelessness 🧠 Parental Depression 🤫 Family Secrets 👥 Friendship Trio ✨ Quirky Narrator

Internment

av Samira Ahmed • 2019

A Muslim teen writes from inside an internment camp, risking all to expose the truth.

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🏚️ Dystopian America 📹 Surveillance State ❤️ Interfaith Romance ✍️ Writing As Resistance ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

Internment

A Muslim teen writes from inside an internment camp, risking all to expose the truth.

av Samira Ahmed 2019 386 sidor

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🏚️ Dystopian America 📹 Surveillance State ❤️ Interfaith Romance ✍️ Writing As Resistance ✊ Nonviolent Resistance

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

av Bob Joseph • 2018

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

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🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools 🤝 Truth And Reconciliation 🔒 Assimilation Policy

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.

av Bob Joseph 2018 160 sidor

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🍁 Canadian History 📜 Indigenous Policy 🏫 Residential Schools 🤝 Truth And Reconciliation 🔒 Assimilation Policy

Limitarianism

av Ingrid Robeyns • 2023

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

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💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Limitarianism

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

av Ingrid Robeyns 2023 322 sidor

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💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

How the World Works

av Noam Chomsky • 2011

The declassified reason the US overthrows democracies has nothing to do with freedom.

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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🏛️ Political Economy 🎯 Interventionism 📺 Media Critique 🏢 Corporate Power

How the World Works

The declassified reason the US overthrows democracies has nothing to do with freedom.

av Noam Chomsky 2011 416 sidor

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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🏛️ Political Economy 🎯 Interventionism 📺 Media Critique 🏢 Corporate Power

Palaces for the People

av Eric Klinenberg • 2018

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

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🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

Palaces for the People

Stronger than seawalls: the shared spaces that hold communities together when everything breaks.

av Eric Klinenberg 2018 288 sidor

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🏙️ Public Space 🧱 Placemaking 🤝 Social Capital 💪 Community Resilience 📚 Libraries And Community

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

av Yanis Varoufakis • 2013

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

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🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

av Yanis Varoufakis 2013 224 sidor

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🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Race After Technology

av Ruha Benjamin • 2019

Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.

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🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📖 Critical Race Theory 🛠️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Data Justice 👁️ Racial Surveillance

Race After Technology

Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.

av Ruha Benjamin 2019 285 sidor

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🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📖 Critical Race Theory 🛠️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Data Justice 👁️ Racial Surveillance

The Beautiful Tree

av Dharampal • 1983

Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.

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🏛️ Colonial Education 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 📚 Caste And Education 🇬🇧 British Raj Education 🌍 Cultural Imperialism

The Beautiful Tree

Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.

av Dharampal 1983 436 sidor

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🏛️ Colonial Education 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 📚 Caste And Education 🇬🇧 British Raj Education 🌍 Cultural Imperialism

Invisible Doctrine

av George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

av George Monbiot 2024 224 sidor

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Permanent Record

av Edward Snowden • 2019

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

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🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

Permanent Record

He helped build the hidden architecture of mass surveillance. Then he blew it wide open.

av Edward Snowden 2019 339 sidor

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🕵️ Mass Surveillance 📣 Whistleblowing 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Intelligence Agencies 💾 Data Permanence

We Real Cool

av bell hooks • 2003

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

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🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

We Real Cool

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

av bell hooks 2003 184 sidor

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🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

Hitler's American Model

av James Q. Whitman • 2017

The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.

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📜 Legal History ⚖️ Race And Law 🏛️ Institutional Racism 🔬 Racial Classification 🏚️ Jim Crow Era

Hitler's American Model

The Nuremberg Laws had an American blueprint. Nazi lawyers studied Jim Crow and found their model.

av James Q. Whitman 2017 208 sidor

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📜 Legal History ⚖️ Race And Law 🏛️ Institutional Racism 🔬 Racial Classification 🏚️ Jim Crow Era

Slow Down

av Kōhei Saitō • 2020

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

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🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Slow Down

Capitalism cannot go green. Marx's late notebooks show he understood why, and what must replace it.

av Kōhei Saitō 2020 273 sidor

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🔻 Degrowth 🌍 Ecological Economics 📕 Marxist Ecology 🔄 Post-Capitalism ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The End of Poverty

av Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2005

One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.

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📈 Development Economics 🪤 Poverty Traps 🦟 Disease Burden 💰 Foreign Aid 🌐 Multilateralism

The End of Poverty

One billion people stuck below a dollar a day: the traps, the diagnosis, the way out.

av Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005 464 sidor

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📈 Development Economics 🪤 Poverty Traps 🦟 Disease Burden 💰 Foreign Aid 🌐 Multilateralism

The Hidden Wealth of Nations

av Gabriel Zucman • 2015

Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.

3.95

1 000+

🏝️ Tax Havens 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕵️ Tax Evasion 🔒 Financial Secrecy 🌐 Global Finance

The Hidden Wealth of Nations

Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.

av Gabriel Zucman 2015 129 sidor

3.95

1 000+ betyg

🏝️ Tax Havens 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕵️ Tax Evasion 🔒 Financial Secrecy 🌐 Global Finance

Jesus and the Disinherited

av Howard Thurman • 1996

The church preaches a gospel for the powerful. Jesus offered a strategy for the oppressed.

4.51

7 000+

🕊️ Liberation Theology ⛪ Black Church Tradition ✊ Spiritual Resistance 🧠 Psychology Of Oppression 📜 Historical Jesus

Jesus and the Disinherited

The church preaches a gospel for the powerful. Jesus offered a strategy for the oppressed.

av Howard Thurman 1996 102 sidor

4.51

7 000+ betyg

🕊️ Liberation Theology ⛪ Black Church Tradition ✊ Spiritual Resistance 🧠 Psychology Of Oppression 📜 Historical Jesus

Damned Lies and Statistics

av Joel Best • 1998

Every statistic conceals a choice: what to count, what to ignore, and whose agenda it serves.

3.72

500+

📊 Statistical Literacy 📰 Media Criticism 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🔍 Data Skepticism 🧠 Critical Thinking

Damned Lies and Statistics

Every statistic conceals a choice: what to count, what to ignore, and whose agenda it serves.

av Joel Best 1998 224 sidor

3.72

500+ betyg

📊 Statistical Literacy 📰 Media Criticism 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🔍 Data Skepticism 🧠 Critical Thinking

Liberalism and Its Discontents

av Francis Fukuyama • 2022

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

3.90

3 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

Liberalism and Its Discontents

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

av Francis Fukuyama 2022 190 sidor

3.90

3 000+ betyg

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

America's Original Sin

av Jim Wallis • 2016

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

4.07

1 000+

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

America's Original Sin

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

av Jim Wallis 2016 238 sidor

4.07

1 000+ betyg

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

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