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The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump by Clay Cane

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546430 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546430] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump Author: Clay Cane Narrator: Clay Cane Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 14 minutes Release date: January 30, 2024 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.42 of Total 12 Ratings of Narrator: 4.43 of Total 7 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: GRIFTER [grif-ter] noun1. a con or scam artist, a hustler or a sell-outAfter the Civil War, the pillars of Black Republicanism were a balanced critique of both political parties, civil rights for all Americans, reinventing an economy based on exploitation, and, most importantly, building thriving Black communities. How did Black Republicanism devolve from revolutionaries like Frederick Douglass to the puppets in the Trump era?Whether it’s radical conservatives like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott or Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, they are consistently viral news and continuously uphold egregious laws at the expense of their Black brethren. Part history and part cultural analysis, The Grift chronicles the nuanced history of Black Republicans. Clay Cane lays out how Black Republicanism has been mangled by opportunists who are apologists for racism.Black faces in high places providing cover for explicit bigotry is one of the greatest threats to the liberation of Black and brown people. By studying these figures and their tactics, Cane exposes the grift and lays out a plan to emancipate our future.

The Infinite City: Utopian Dreams on the Streets of London by Niall Kishtainy

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538501 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/538501] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Infinite City: Utopian Dreams on the Streets of London Author: Niall Kishtainy Narrator: Robin Liang Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 12 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ‘Glorious’ Guardian 'Vigorous, rigorous and eminently readable’ SPECTATOR In his soaring new book, Niall Kishtainy draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More, the Diggers, William Morris and Extinction Rebellion protestors. He introduces us to thinkers like Thomas Spence who threw coins stamped with the words ‘YOU FOOLS’ into the alleys of Holborn. To Ada Salter who was the first woman borough councillor in London and ignited the Bermondsey Revolution. To ninety-two-year-old Dolly Watson who became the queen of Claremont Road in Leytonstone during the Reclaim the Streets protests in the 1990s. These are inspiring tales of people who drew might from the city around them and fought for their ideologies in an increasingly transforming world. Beginning in the sixteenth century and stretching from the contemporary transformation of the East End docklands to the COVID lockdowns, The Infinite City shows how London’s spirit has been one of visionary imagination amid relentless change and innovation.

Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream by Alissa Quart

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544468 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/544468] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream Author: Alissa Quart Narrator: Beth Hicks Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 26 minutes Release date: March 14, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less healthy, less secure, and less fulfilled The promise that you can “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” is central to the story of the American Dream. It’s the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However, time and again we have seen how this foundational myth, with its emphasis on individual determination, brittle self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment, does not help us. Instead, as income inequality rises around us, we are left with shame and self-blame for our condition. Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart argues that at the heart of our suffering is a do-it-yourself ethos, the misplaced belief in our own independence and the conviction that we must rely on ourselves alone. Looking at a range of delusions and half solutions—from “grit” to the false Horatio Alger story to the rise of GoFundMe—Quart reveals how we have been steered away from robust social programs that would address the root causes of our problems. Meanwhile, the responsibility for survival has been shifted onto the backs of ordinary people, burdening generations with debt instead of providing the social safety net we so desperately need. Insightful, sharply argued, and characterized by Quart’s lively writing and deep reporting, and for fans of Evicted and Nickel and Dimed, Bootstrapped is a powerful examination of what ails us at a societal level and a plan for how we can free ourselves from these self-defeating narratives. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Empathy: Turning Compassion into Action by David Johnston

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540087 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540087] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Empathy: Turning Compassion into Action Author: David Johnston Narrator: David Johnston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 29 minutes Release date: February 21, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: The 28th Governor General's most personal and timely book to date: a passionate and practical guide for turning empathy into action. As the world stumbles through the most severe pandemic of the last century, threatened by teetering economies, torn by political division, separated by unequal access to resources, and wrestling with issues as diverse as racism, gender, cybercrime, and climate change, the nations that best adapt and prosper are those in which empathy is fully alive and widely active. Written for a post-pandemic world, Empathy is a book about learning to be empathetic and then turning that empathy into action. Based on the personal experiences of author David Johnston, the book explores how awakening to the transformative power of listening and caring permanently changes individuals, families, communities, and nations.   A how-to manual for a world craving kindness, Empathy offers proof of the inherent goodness of people, and shows how exercising the instinct for kindness creates societies that are both smart and caring. Through poignant stories and crisp observations, David contends that “Everyone has power over some things that other people don’t. When they learn ways to turn that power into action, they change the future dramatically.”   With clear and practical focus, Empathy looks at a host of issues that demand our attention, from education and immigration, to healthcare, the law, policing, business ethics, and criminal justice. In each of these areas, Johnston highlights the deeper understandings that have arisen during the COVID-19 crisis, with sharp emphasis on the positive and negative lessons now in crisp focus. Convinced that empathy is the fastest route to peace and progress in all their forms, David ends each short chapter with a set of practical steps the reader can take to make the world better, one deliberate action at a time.

How to Stand Up to a Dictator: Radio 4 Book of the Week by Maria Ressa

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/532670 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/532670] to listen full audiobooks. Title: How to Stand Up to a Dictator: Radio 4 Book of the Week Author: Maria Ressa Narrator: Maria Ressa Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 13 minutes Release date: November 17, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER of the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 and the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021 What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate, has landed her in trouble with the most powerful man in the country: President Duterte. Now, hounded by the state, she has 10 arrest warrants against her name, and a potential 100+ years behind bars to prepare for - while she stands trial for speaking the truth. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts, and how an invisible atom bomb has exploded online that is killing our freedoms. It maps a network of disinformation - a heinous web of cause and effect - that has netted the globe: from Duterte's drug wars, to America's Capitol Hill, to Britain's Brexit, to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare, to Facebook and Silicon Valley, to our own clicks and our own votes. Told from the frontline of the digital war, this is Maria Ressa's urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line, before it is too late. Praise for Maria Ressa: 'A personal hero of mine ... she's an important warning for the rest of us' Hillary Clinton 'Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in, but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truth' Amal Clooney 'Maria is a key voice ... she is so incredible in so many ways' Carole Cadwalladr © Maria Ressa 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022