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No One Asked You. by Leitman, Ruth,film director.; Winstead, Lizz,actor.; Collective Eye Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Lizz WinsteadOriginally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2023.Comedian, disruptor-extraordinaire Lizz Winstead and her team Abortion Access Front crisscross the U.S. to support abortion clinic staff and bust stigma. Pop culture icons and next-gen comics fuel this six-year road film activating small-town folks to rebuild vandalized clinics, exposing wrongdoer politicians, domestic terrorists, and media neglect as the race to the bottom ensues. A bold call to action reminds us that when the patriarchy burns down, joy will prevail.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; Abortion.; Women's rights.; Political activists.;
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Battleground Georgia. by Kyi, Daresha,film director.; MSNBC Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MSNBC Films in 2024.Passionate voter engagement, followed by the fury of those who spread and believed "the big lie" were dominant narratives of the U.S. elections of 2020. Ahead of the 2024 election cycle, in this installment of the Turning Point series, BATTLEGROUND GEORGIA becomes the lens through which to view the history of racist voter suppression, the power of grass roots organizing and the tension between old institutions and new ways of thinking about what a vibrant democracy could be.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Enthnology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; Racism.; Suffrage.;
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No one man should have all that power : how Rasputins manipulate the world / by Barshad, Amos,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders--he's interested in the scheming advisors, the dark figures who wield power in the shadows. And, as Barshad shows in 'No One Man Should Have All That Power', the natural habitat of these manipulators is not only political backrooms. It's anywhere power dynamics exist--from Hollywood to drug cartels, from recording studios to the NFL.In this wildly entertaining, wide-ranging, and insightful exploration of the phenomenon, Barshad takes readers into the lives of more than a dozen of these notorious figures, explores how they got there and how they wielded control, what led to their downfall or staved it off, and what lessons we can take from them [...]"--from dust jacket.
Subjects: Power (Social sciences); Influence (Psychology); Manipulative behavior.; Consultants.; Political consultants.; Political corruption.; Business consultants.;
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Praying for Armageddon. by Rowley, Michael,film director.; Hessen Schei, Tonje,film director.; Journeyman Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Journeyman Pictures in 2024.With close quarters journalism, this feature documentary embeds with American believers who prepare for The Holy War, and exposes how powerful megachurch pastors call for the 'final battle' that they believe will trigger the Second Coming of Christ. A deep dive into power and policy, PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON unveils how politicians driven by faith embrace Israel as the key to their prophetic vision for the end of days. At any cost.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Philosophy and religion.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; United States--Politics and government.; Christianity.; Israel.;
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The vaccine race : science, politics, and the human costs of defeating disease / by Wadman, Meredith.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: MMR vaccine; Vaccines; Human experimentation in medicine;
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South Korea's Adoption Reckoning. by Moftah, Lora,film director.; PBS (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by PBS in 2024.The Associated Press examines allegations of fraud and abuse in South Korea’s historic foreign adoption boom. SOUTH KOREA'S ADOPTION RECKONING investigates cases of falsified records and identities among the adoptions of 200,000 children to the U.S. and other countries over decades.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Asians.; Foreign study.; Sociology.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Korea (South).; Children.; Adoption.; Korea.; Fraud.;
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Motherland : A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. by Ioffe, Julia.;
In 'Motherland', award-winning journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women; HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union;
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Book and Dagger How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II [electronic resource] : by Graham, Elyse.aut; cloudLibrary;
The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today’s CIA, was quickly formed—and, in an effort to fill its ranks with experts, the OSS turned to academia for recruits. Suddenly, literature professors, librarians, and historians were training to perform undercover operations and investigative work—and these surprising spies would go on to profoundly shape both the course of the war and our cultural institutions with their efforts. In Book and Dagger, Elyse Graham draws on personal histories, letters, and declassified OSS files to tell the story of a small but connected group of humanities scholars turned spies. Among them are Joseph Curtiss, a literature professor who hunted down German spies and turned them into double agents; Sherman Kent, a smart-mouthed history professor who rose to become the head of analysis for all of Europe and Africa; and Adele Kibre, an archivist who was sent to Stockholm to secretly acquire documents for the OSS. These unforgettable characters would ultimately help lay the foundations of modern intelligence and transform American higher education when they returned after the war. Thrillingly paced and rigorously researched, Book and Dagger is an inspiring and gripping true story about a group of academics who helped beat the Nazis—a tale that reveals the indelible power of the humanities to change the world.
Subjects: Electronic books.; 20th Century; Historical; World War II; Intelligence & Espionage; Germany;
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The revenge of power : how autocrats are reinventing politics for the 21st century / by Naím, Moisés,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Moisés Naím's The Revenge of Power is an urgent, thrilling, and original look at the future of democracy. It illuminates one of the most important battles of our time: the future of freedom and how to contain and defeat the autocrats mushrooming around the world. In his New York Times bestselling book The End of Power, Moisés Naím examined power-diluting forces. In The Revenge of Power, Naím turns to the trends, conditions, and behaviors that are contributing to the concentration of power, and to the clash between those the forces that weaken power and those that strengthen it. He concentrates on the three "P"s-populism, polarization, and post-truths. All of which are as old as time, but are combined by today's autocrats to undermine democratic life in new and frightening ways. Power has not changed. But the way people go about gaining it and using it has been transformed. The Revenge of Power connects the dots between global events and political tactics that, when taken together, show a profound and often stealthy transformation in power and politics worldwide. Using the best available data and insights taken from recent research in the social sciences, Naím reveals how, on close examination, the same set of strategies to consolidate power pop up again and again in places with vastly different political, economic, and social circumstances, and offers insights about what can be done to ensure that freedom and democracy prevail. The outcomes of these battles for power will determine if our future will be more autocratic or more democratic. These outcomes will, in turn, depend on the capacity of our democracies to survive the attacks and dirty tricks of autocratic leaders bent on weakening the checks and balances that limit their power. Naím addresses the questions at the heart of the matter: What are, in practice, those attacks and tricks? Why is power concentrating in some places while in others it is fragmenting and degrading? And the big question: What is the future of freedom?"--
Subjects: Democracy.; Polarization (Social sciences); Populism.; Power (Social sciences); Truthfulness and falsehood;
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Autocracy, Inc. : the dictators who want to run the world / by Applebaum, Anne,1964-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them. We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents. But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America. International condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don't stand a chance. The members of Autocracy, Inc, aren't linked by a unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and impunity. In this urgent treatise, which evokes George Kennan's essay calling for "containment" of the Soviet Union, Anne Applebaum calls for the democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat"--
Subjects: Democracy.; Dictatorship.; Political corruption.; Power (Social sciences);
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