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The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making And Unmaking Of Manmohan Singh

In 2004 Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as chief editor of the Financial Express to join Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his media adviser in UPA 1. Singh offered him the job with the words, Sitting here, I know I will be isolated from the outside world. I want you to be my eyes and ears. Tell me what you think I should know, without fear or favor. The Accidental Prime Minister is Baru’s account of what it was like to manage public opinion for Singh while giving us a riveting look at Indian politics as it happened behind the scenes. As Singh s spin doctor and trusted aide for four years, Baru observed up close Singh s often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from managing the Left to pushing through the nuclear deal. In this book he tells all and draws for the first time a revelatory picture of what it was like for Singh to work in a government that had two centers of power. Insightful, acute and packed with political gossip, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life and a superb portrait of the Manmohan Singh era.

Sanjaya Baru (Author), Suyash Mohan (Narrator)

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BBC: Brainwashing Britain

BBC: Brainwashing Britain? is a shocking expose of mass propaganda, its components, and aims. You may never look at Auntie in the same way ever again. The people of Britain are under attack. We are being brainwashed. We are being brainwashed completely, ceaselessly and cynically... So just who is doing the brainwashing? How are they doing it and for what purposes? David Sedgwick's latest book takes the reader on a disturbing journey deep into the realms of mistruth and deception to reveal, for the very first time, the many tricks and subterfuges used by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Every time we engage with BBC content, the author argues, we are exposing ourselves to a very dark art: the art of brainwashing. Wilful, deceitful and incessant, Orwellian parallels define the modern corporation and should chill the soul of all who cherish freedom and liberty. Mind control is here. This is not fiction.

David Sedgwick (Author), Philip D'arcy (Narrator)

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The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS,

The rise of international jihad and Western ultra-nationalism In the Management of Savagery, Max Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America's dealings with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America's imperial designs. Washington's secret funding of the mujahedin provoked the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. With guns and money, the United States has ever since sustained the extremists, including Osama Bin Laden, who have become its enemies. The Pentagon has trained and armed jihadist elements in Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya; it has launched military interventions to change regimes in the Middle East. In doing so, it created fertile ground for the Islamic State and brought foreign conflicts home to American soil. These failed wars abroad have made the United States more vulnerable to both terrorism as well as native ultra-nationalism. The Trump presidency is the inevitable consequence of neoconservative imperialism in the post-Cold War age. Trump's dealings in the Middle East are likely only to exacerbate the situation.

Max Blumenthal (Author), David De Vries (Narrator)

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The Case Against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent

A hard-hitting expose that shines a light on the powerful conservative forces that have waged a multi-decade battle to hijack the meaning of free speech--and how we can reclaim it. There's a critical debate taking place over one of our most treasured rights: free speech. We argue about whether it's at risk, whether college students fear it, whether neo-Nazis deserve it, and whether the government is adequately upholding it. But as P. E. Moskowitz provocatively shows in The Case Against Free Speech, the term has been defined and redefined to suit those in power, and in recent years, it has been captured by the Right to push their agenda. What's more, our investment in the First Amendment obscures an uncomfortable truth: free speech is impossible in an unequal society where a few corporations and the ultra-wealthy bankroll political movements, millions of voters are disenfranchised, and our government routinely silences critics of racism and capitalism. Weaving together history and reporting from Charlottesville, Skokie, Standing Rock, and the college campuses where student protests made national headlines, Moskowitz argues that these flash points reveal more about the state of our democracy than they do about who is allowed to say what. Our current definition of free speech replicates power while dissuading dissent, but a new ideal is emerging. In this forcefully argued, necessary corrective, Moskowitz makes the case for speech as a tool--for exposing the truth, demanding equality, and fighting for all our civil liberties.

P. E. Moskowitz, Pe Moskowitz (Author), Robin Eller (Narrator)

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The People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for

Since the demise of the USSR, the mantle of the largest planned economies in the world has been taken up by the likes of Walmart, Amazon and other multinational corporations. For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the ultimate expressions of free-market capitalism. Their remarkable success appears to vindicate the old idea that modern society is too complex to be subjected to a plan. And yet, as Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue, much of the economy of the West is centrally planned at present. Not only is planning on vast scales possible, we already have it and it works. The real question is whether planning can be democratic. Can it be transformed to work for us? An engaging, polemical romp through economic theory, computational complexity, and the history of planning, The People's Republic of Walmart revives the conversation about how society can extend democratic decision-making to all economic matters. With the advances in information technology in recent decades and the emergence of globe-straddling collective enterprises, democratic planning in the interest of all humanity is more important and closer to attainment than ever before.

Leigh Phillips, Michal Rozworski (Author), Eric Jason Martin (Narrator)

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El Vaticano vs Hitler: Como Roma condeno la Alemania Nazi, el Racismo del III Reich, la propaganda d

¿Deseas descubrir verdades olvidadas sobre la relación de Roma y el Nacional-Socialismo? ¿Ansias saber los datos precisos para defenderte de los que mienten al decir que Roma era Pro-Hitler? ¡NO BUSQUES MAS!Con la edición de este libro que hemos creado especialmente para ti podras encontrar entre otras cosas lo siguiente: 1. La poderosa sabiduría que el Papa Pio XI, difunde en su encíclica "Mit Brennender Sorge" y en la cual condena a Hitler y su propaganda Nazi. 2. Los consejos y amonestaciones que TIENES QUE LEER en donde El Espíritu Santo te enseña la importancia y valor de la doctrina Catolica y como esta se opone a Hitler y al Nazismo, y esto a través de las CONMOVEDORAS palabras de aliento que han sido estudiadas y afectuosamente guardadas y transmitidas de generación en generación por MILLONES DE PERSONAS durante MILES DE AÑOS. Algunos de los Libros Bíblicos citados incluyen: Evangelio según San Lucas, Evangelio según el Apóstol San Mateo, Evangelio según el Apóstol San Juan, Tercera Carta del Apóstol y Evangelista San Juan, escritor del Apocalipsis, Segunda Carta del Apóstol y Martir San Pedro, primer Papa, discípulo de San Pablo Apóstol, Libro de la Sabiduría,Libro del Profeta y Martir Isaías, Carta del Apóstol y Martir San Pablo a los Hebreos conversos al Catolicismo, Carta del Apóstol y Martir San Pablo al Obispo de Creta, San Tito, Libro de los Hechos de los Apóstoles, escrito por San Lucas y ¡¡MUCHOS MAS!! 3. Fuertes Condenas contra el nazismo en puntos cruciales, tal como: Condena de la idolatria dada a Hitler, condena y humillación de Hitler por parte del Papa, condena de las leyes nazis que atentaban contra el orden natural.

Pablo Claret, Papa Pio Xi (Author), Colaborador Vcrm (Narrator)

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AMERICAN POLITICS

Politics is a mess.If we want our country to survive, we have to find some solutions. Let's argue about it, apply Occam's Razor to figure out the best solutions, and get it done! If you are concerned about immigration, social programs, or freedom in general, you need to read this book. It might give you something to think about. Get this book now, and start your quest to find the answers.

Jd Lovil (Author), Laura Johnson (Narrator)

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A Practical Libertarian

Fierce independence and a 'leave me alone' attitude define the modern Libertarian and party. This does not make for good politics where coordination and national momentum is crucial. This book outlines a practical libertarianism that can coexist with the two other national parties. We can find a common, central philosophy that will capture the drive of an election-winning majority of 'We the People'.

James Tall (Author), James Tall (Narrator)

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Red State Revolt: The Teachers' Strike Wave and Working-Class Politics

Thirteen months after Trump allegedly captured the allegiance of 'the white working class,' a strike wave-the first in over four decades-rocked the United States. Inspired by the wildcat victory in West Virginia, teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and across the country walked off their jobs and shut down their schools to demand better pay for educators, more funding for students, and an end to years of austerity. Confounding all expectations, these working-class rebellions erupted in regions with Republican electorates, weak unions, and bans on public sector strikes. By mobilizing to take their destinies into their own hands, red state school workers posed a clear alternative to politics as usual. And with similar actions now gaining steam in Los Angeles, Oakland, Denver, and Virginia, there is no sign that this upsurge will be short-lived. Red State Revolt is a compelling analysis of the emergence and development of this historic strike wave, with an eye to extracting its main strategic lessons for educators, labor organizer, and radicals across the country. A former high school teacher and longtime activist, Eric Blanc embedded himself into the rank-and-file leaderships of the walkouts, where he was given access to internal organizing meetings and secret Facebook groups inaccessible to most journalists.

Eric Blanc (Author), Eric Jason Martin (Narrator)

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What's Wrong With America?

21st century America finds itself divided between two fairly extreme ideals - democrats and republicans. The two sides find it difficult to agree on much of anything, but one thing that they do agree on is that America is headed down a bad road, although they have difficulty determining a common agreement on what that bad road looks like. In his first political book, Randal Schaffer takes a look at some of the places in America where the nation can improve and strive toward the promise of the founders of becoming 'one nation'.

Randal Schaffer (Author), Randal Schaffer (Narrator)

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The Assault on American Excellence

The former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. In his tenure at Yale, Anthony Kronman has watched students march across campus to protest the names of buildings and seen colleagues resign over emails about Halloween costumes. He is no stranger to recent confrontations at American universities. But where many see only the suppression of free speech, the babying of students, and the drive to bury the imperfect parts of our history, Kronman recognizes in these on-campus clashes a threat to our democracy. As Kronman argues in The Assault on American Excellence, the founders of our nation learned over three centuries ago that in order for this country to have a robust democratic government, its citizens have to be trained to have tough skins, to make up their own minds, and to win arguments not on the basis of emotion but because their side is closer to the truth. In other words, to prepare people to choose good leaders, you need to turn them into smart fighters, people who can take hits and think clearly so they're not manipulated by demagogues. Kronman is the first to tie today's campus debates back to the history of American values, drawing on luminaries like Alexis de Tocqueville and John Adams to show how these modern controversies threaten the best of our intellectual traditions. His tone is warm and optimistic, that of a humanist and a lover of the humanities who is passionate about educating students capable of living up to the demands of a thriving democracy. Incisive and wise, The Assault on American Excellence makes the radical argument that to graduate as good citizens, college students have to be tested in a system that isn't wholly focused on being good to them.

Anthony T. Kronman (Author), Anthony T. Kronman (Narrator)

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This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto

Penguin presents the audio edition of This Land is Our Land by Suketu Mehta, read by Vikas Adam. An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City. Drawing on his family's own experience emigrating from India to Britain and America, and years of reporting around the world, Suketu Mehta subjects the worldwide anti-immigrant backlash to withering scrutiny. The West, he argues, is being destroyed not by immigrants but by the fear of immigrants. He juxtaposes the phony narratives of populist ideologues with the ordinary heroism of labourers, nannies and others, from Dubai to New York, and explains why more people are on the move today than ever before. As civil strife and climate change reshape large parts of the planet, it is little surprise that borders have become so porous. This Land is Our Land also stresses the destructive legacies of colonialism and global inequality on large swathes of the world. When today's immigrants are asked, 'Why are you here?', they can justly respond, 'We are here because you were there.' And now that they are here, as Mehta demonstrates, immigrants bring great benefits, enabling countries and communities to flourish. Impassioned, rigorous, and richly stocked with memorable stories and characters, This Land Is Our Land is a timely and necessary intervention, and literary polemic of the highest order.

Suketu Mehta (Author), Vikas Adam (Narrator)

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