Politik

"[Sowell's] take on how culture, geography, politics and social factors affect how societies progress"or don't"will rile those addicted to political correctness but leave everyone else wiser."-Forbes

How identity politics failed one particular identity.

From one of the world's most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current American political crisis and recommendations for how to mend a divided country.

Those who control the world's commanding economic heights, buttressed by the theories of mainstream economists, presume that capitalism is a self-contained and self-generating system. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this pathbreaking book-winner of the Paul A. Baran-Paul M. Sweezy Memorial Award

ንዓንደብርሃን ወልደጊዮርጊስ፡ ስለ'ዛ ብቑዕ መግለጺ እዋናዊ ፖለቲካዊ ኲነታት ኣብ ኤርትራ እተስንቕ ጥራይ ዘይኰነ፡ እንተላይ ብዛዕባ መጻኢ ናይታ ምጭውቲ ሃገሩ ኣገደስቲ ሕቶታት እተልዕል፡ ዚለዓለ ክብሪ ዚሓዘለ ትሕዝቶ ዘለዋን ኣዝያ ሓባሪትን መጽሓፉ ዮሃና እብሎ። ኣብቲ ነዊሕ ተመክሮኡ ከም ተጋዳላይ፡ ከም ላዕለዋይ መንግስታዊ ኣገልጋሊ፡ ከም ኣምባሳደርን ኣብቲ ሃብታም ተመክሮኡ ናይ ኣፍሪቃን ብምምርኳስ፡ ብውሕልነትን ጽፈትን'ዩ ጽሒፉዋ። ነፍሲ ወከፍ ሃገር ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ናይ ገዛእ ርእሳ መጻኢ ኪትውስን ኪትክእል ኣለዋ። ሓርነት፡ ሓላፍነት፡ ቍጽጽር ኣብ ልዕሊ መጻኢ ዕድላ፡ ምሕዝነት፣ እዚኣቶም እቶም ወሰንቲ ሓሳባት ናይ'ቲ ሰሳንነት መስርሕ ልምዓት ንምርግጋጽ ዚሕግዝ ሓድሽ ራእይ ንኣህጕራዊ ምትሕግጋዝ ኢዮም። እቲ ህጹጽ ኣድላዪነት ምፍጣር ደሞክራስያዊ መንግስቲ ድማ ኣብ መላእ'ዛ መጽሓፍ ይንጸባረቕ። ብቑዕ ምሕደራ፡ ኣኽብሮት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፡ መትከላት ደሞክራሲን ግዝኣተ-ሕግን ሰረት ናይታ መጽሓፍ ዘንጽፉ ኣገደስቲ ኣድማሳዊ ክብርታት ኢዮም። ዓንደብርሃን ሓደ ካብቶም ንልዝብ፡ ጽገናን ለውጥን ክፉታት ዚዀኑ ሰብ ራእይ ኢዩ። ኤርትራ ኣብ ቃራና መንገዲ ነቲ ንኤርትራን ኣፍሪቃን ዘጋጥመን ዘሎ ብድሆታት ንምርዳእ እትሕግዝ መፍትሕ ኢያ። ነቲ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ እናበኣሰ ዚኸይድን ነታ ክፍለዓለም ዓትዒቱ ሒዙ ንድሕሪት ዚጐትትን ዘሎ፡ ዚተሓላለኸን ብዛዕብኡ ውሑድ መረዳእታ ዘሎን ቅልውላው ንምልላይ ዓይኒ እትኸፍት ኢያ። እዛ መጽሓፍ'ዚኣ፡ ነቲ ዞባ ንምርዳእ ድልዱል ምርምራዊ መሰረት ተንጽፍ፡ ንዚዀነ ንኣፍሪቃ ዚበለጸ መጻኢ ኪሃንጽ ዚደሊ ድማ ዓቢ መበገሲ ነቚጣ ተጣጥሕ። ስለ'ዛ ኣብ ኵሎም ኣፍቀርቲ ኣፍሪቃ ቦታኣ እትሕዝ ኣዝያ ክብርቲ መጽሓፉ ዮሃና እብሎ። ሉዊ ሚሸልኣባል ፓርላማ ኤውሮጳ፣ ኤውሮጳዊ ኮሚሽነር ልምዓትን ሰብኣዊ ሓገዝን (2004-2009)፣ ሚኒስተር ወጻኢ ጕዳያት በልጁም (1999-2004)

Two modern classics in one volume.

What if our understanding of Israel/Palestine has been wrong all along?

By making a daily drawing since Boris Johnson was elected prime minister in December 2019. Jolie Goodman has made a visual record of the pandemic. This selection are her Covid Drawings in 2020.

'A thrilling, stirring story, well told' Daily Telegraph'Gripping... Garrett's chief strength is her ability to relight the lamps of the past so that they glow anew' The Times'Extraordinary' Jewish ChronicleTHE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF THE SECRET JEWISH COMMANDOS WHO HELPED DEFEAT THE NAZIS DURING WW2June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the entire European continent. In desperation, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff form an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of Jewish refugees from Germany and Austria who escaped to Britain just before the War. Many have lost their families, their homes - their whole worlds. And now, in the crucial final battles against the Nazis, they will stop at nothing to defeat them. Trained in counterintelligence and advanced combat, this top secret unit becomes known as X Troop. Some simply call them a suicide squad.Drawing on extensive original research, including interviews with the last surviving members, Leah Garrett follows this unique band of brothers from Europe to England and back again, with stops at British internment camps, the beaches of Normandy, the battlefields of Italy and Holland, and the hellscape of Terezin concentration camp - the scene of one of the most dramatic, untold rescues of the war. For the first time, X Troop tells the astonishing story of these secret shock troops and their devastating blows against the Nazis.

In a sweeping narrative spanning 400 years, Ian Dunt tells the story of the liberal ideas that underpin our democracies.

Ian Williams examines the extraordinary rise of the Chinese surveillance state, how information is controlled and how it affects the population. The book also considers the wider implications for all of us, and how we are all tracked, monitored and followed with every click, view and search we make.

This edited volume makes an impassioned and informed case for the central place of Palestine in socialist organizing and of socialism in the struggle to free Palestine.

A nest of espionage. A break for the border. A race to survive.The Allies are desperate to stop neutral Turkey supplying vital materials to the Nazis - materials which could help them win the war. But then a British agent makes a fatal mistake, and disappears in Istanbul. In England, detective turned spy Richard Prince - back from a clandestine mission in Nazi-occupied Europe - is hunting for his lost son. Before long he is drawn into a dangerous follow-up operation, posing as a journalist in Turkey. The mission soon goes wrong. Out of touch with London and stranded hundreds of miles behind enemy lines, Prince will have to find evidence of the Turks secret trade with the Nazis, as well as a way out. Chances of survival? Low. Chance of completing his mission? Prince will do whatever it takes. An astounding WWII espionage thriller from a modern master of the genre, Sea of Spies is a triumph, perfect for fans of Alan Furst, John le Carre and Robert Harris.

Find the truth; risk everything. A gripping WWII spy novel full of intrigue and peril from a modern master.1942: A German spy comes ashore on a desolate stretch of Lincolnshire beach. But he is hunted down by a young detective, Richard Prince. The secret services have need of a man like him...In occupied Europe, Denmark is a hotbed of problems for British intelligence. Rumours of a war-ending weapon being developed by the Germans are rife.Sent to Copenhagen, Prince is soon caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Dodging Gestapo agents, SS muscle and the danger of betrayal, his survival - and the war effort - hangs in the balance.Gripping and intense, Prince of Spies is the first in a new espionage series that will delight fans of Alan Furst, Philip Kerr and John le Carré.

Through the arc of her own life, Harris communicates a vision of shared struggle, purpose, and values and grapples with complex issues that affect America and the world at large, from health care and the new economy to immigration, national security, the opioid crisis, and accelerating inequality.

Interactive Journal based on The Sunday Times bestselling Me and White Supremacy

Law, Human rights, Public international law

These impossibly cheerful essays on the routine horrors of the present era explain everything from the resurgence of measles to the fiasco of the US presidency.