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- Autocracy, Inc. The Dictators Who Want to Run the World [electronic resource] : by Applebaum, Anne.aut; Applebaum, Anne.nrt; cloudLibrary;
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: Audiobooks.; Geopolitics; Political Ideologies; 21st Century;
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- Somewhere : stories of migration by women from around the world / by Clark, Helen,1950-writer of foreword.; Harvey, Lorna Jane,1977-editor.;
Somewhere is an inspiring collection of stories about migration. Written from twenty women's perspectives, it brings a refreshing and uniting voice to this compelling and trending topic. More people are likely to be migrating now than at any other time in history, and this is set to increase as climate change and political unrest pushes even more people to relocate. The implications of migration, especially for women, are often unknown, unheard, unspoken. From the fleeing refugee to the political and economic migrant, a broad range of migration by people of many cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs is shared in this book. Identity, belonging, assimilation and alienation are some of the key topics in this sometimes sad but also joyful book. Treasures of wisdom and heartfelt honesty are found in the stories. The book will give the reader hope, encouragement, or insight into a globally relevant subject on a personal level rather than through distant, abstract news stories. Somewhere encourages open-mindedness and is filled with stories that will likely have a strong impact on the reader.- Subjects: Women immigrants; Emigration and immigration.;
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- Jezabel. by Jabes, Hernán,film director.; Chipia, Eliane,actor.; Aguero, Gabriel,actor.; Juliethe, Johanna,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Eliane Chipia, Gabriel Aguero, Johanna JulietheOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2022.In present-day Venezuela, four best friends Lolo, Cacá, Eli and Alain live a carefree lifestyle as wealthy young adults in Caracas, Venezuela. Their hedonistic relationship, full of drugs, group sex and dangerous games, comes to an abrupt end when one day Eli is brutally murdered. Still haunted by her death sixteen years later, Alain is shocked to discover that Eli’s alleged killer is not who everyone believes it to be. With the help of a journalist, Alain must confront the ghosts of his past in this erotically charged psychological thriller.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Crime.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;
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