Download or read book Common Sense for the 21st Century written by Roger Hallam and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brilliant, wise, profound and persuasive. Common Sense for the 21st Century will come to be recognized as a classic of political theory.”—George Monbiot, via Twitter An urgent, essential, and practical call to action from a cofounder of Extinction Rebellion What can we all do to avert catastrophe and avoid extinction? Roger Hallam has answers. In Common Sense for the 21st Century, Roger Hallam, cofounder of Extinction Rebellion, outlines how movements around the world need to come together now to start doing what works: engaging in mass civil disobedience to make real change happen. The book gives people the tools to understand not only why mass disruption, mass arrests, and mass sacrifice are necessary but also details how to carry out acts of civil disobedience effectively, respectfully and nonviolently. It bypasses contemporary political theory, and instead is inspired by Thomas Paine, the pragmatic 18th-century revolutionary whose pamphlet Common Sense sparked the American Revolution. Common Sense for the 21st Century urges us to confront the truth about climate change and argues forcefully that only a revolution of society and the state, similar to the turn that Paine urged the Americans to take into the political unknown, can save us now.
Download or read book Common Sense for the 21st Century written by Roger Hallam and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What can we do to avert catastrophe and avoid extinction? The political class won't save us. According to Roger Hallam, real change comes from ordinary people breaking the law. In Common Sense for the 21st Century, Hallam explains why mass disruption, mass arrests, and mass sacrifice are necessary and details how to carry out acts of civil disobedience effectively, respectfully and non-violently. He bypasses contemporary political theory and takes his inspiration from Thomas Paine, the pragmatic 18th century revolutionary whose pamphlet Common Sense sparked the American Revolution."-- Back cover.
Download or read book Common Sense for The Twenty First Century written by Blase Bonpane and published by Red Hen Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of George W. Bush–era observations and interviews from a former priest turned activist for peace—a Thomas Paine for modern times. Much of our current media makes us feel powerless and unconscious. These commentaries are designed to make us conscious and aware of the power we must build humane national and international polities. “Blase Bonpane is a true guerilla for peace, an exception to the rulers. From the occupation of Iraq to the war at home; from the coup in Haiti to the prisons of the U.S., Bonpane cuts through the lies to tell it like it is. For years, his commentaries have been broadcast over the airwaves of Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles. Today, in a world dominated by occupation, war and a crackdown on civil liberties and human rights, these commentaries become an essential counterbalance to the lies. Common Sense for the Twenty-First Century is evidence that the voices of the silenced majority can and must be heard.” —Amy Goodman, broadcast journalist, host of Democracy Now! “Tom Paine was a pamphleteer who proclaimed the need for revolution in 1776. Common Sense for the Twenty-First Century is based on the need for a moral revolution in our own time. This was the call made by Dr. Martin Luther King. This is the call today made by Blase Bonpane, who rejects the ancient tools of clubs, spears, guns and bombs, while promoting the non-violent tools of dialogue together with militant grass roots action. Blase believes firmly that we can have a future of international participatory democracy directed toward distributive justice.” —Martin Sheen, actor and activist
Download or read book Common Sense in the 21st Century written by Tony L. Butler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-09-13 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of Thomas Paine's eighteenth century book, Common Sense, this new little book, Common Sense in the 21st Century, was written at a time when our country desperately needs some common sense in Washington. Written in an easy to read direct to the point format, this publication was written for all Americans, not for the liberals or the conservatives, but for all. Nearly two hundred and fifty years after Thomas Paine's writing of Common Sense, America desperately needs a new common sense approach one more suited for the 21st century. Enclosed you will find some common sense approaches to campaign finance reform, legislative reform, tax reform, government regulation, heathcare, education, welfare, social security, immigration, the legal system, and more. Every great invention known to mankind has its beginning from just a single thought or idea. The author's sole intention of this writing is not fame or fortune but to provoke thought, discussion, creativity and most importantly improve our government and hopefully our society. If one, just one idea from this publication can take root, gain national recognition and create a significant actual change for the betterment of our nation then all the time and effort would have been worth it. Surely you can find one thing enclosed within the pages of this publication that you feel has legitimate merit worthy of your time and attention. Maybe together we can make a difference. Let's spread the word throughout social media until every politician, civic leader, and political journalist has read this publication. Let's make a change for the better together. We can make a difference.
Download or read book Commonsense Etiquette written by Marjabelle Young Stewart and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-12-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Reader, For the past forty years I've had the great pleasure of teaching schoolchildren, college students, businesspeople, brides- and grooms-to-be, and other Americans the simple joy of behaving with courtesy and style. With my sixteenth book I'm thrilled to be sharing with you a complete handbook for old-fashioned and effortless etiquette for the twenty-first century. Never have thoughtfulness and care been more important in our lives-- from shared conversations at the family dinner table to two-line E-mails written in haste. I hope this book helps bring the joys of graciousness, kindness, and civility to your home and your life. Yours fondly, Marjabelle Young Stewart
Download or read book Climatism written by Steve Goreham and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Is mankind destroying earth's climate? Learn the real story about climate change"--Back jacket.
Download or read book Gramsci s Common Sense written by Kate Crehan and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledged as one of the classics of twentieth-century Marxism, Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks contains a rich and nuanced theorization of class that provides insights that extend far beyond economic inequality. In Gramsci's Common Sense Kate Crehan offers new ways to understand the many forms that structural inequality can take, including in regards to race, gender, sexual orientation, and religion. Presupposing no previous knowledge of Gramsci on the part of the reader, she introduces the Prison Notebooks and provides an overview of Gramsci’s notions of subalternity, intellectuals, and common sense, putting them in relation to the work of thinkers such as Bourdieu, Arendt, Spivak, and Said. In the case studies of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements, Crehan theorizes the complex relationships between the experience of inequality, exploitation, and oppression, as well as the construction of political narratives. Gramsci's Common Sense is an accessible and concise introduction to a key Marxist thinker whose works illuminate the increasing inequality in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book The Giver written by Lois Lowry and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. This movie tie-in edition features cover art from the movie and exclusive Q&A with members of the cast, including Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites and Cameron Monaghan.
Download or read book 21st Century Common Sense written by Felton Williamson, Jr. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1/4/2012 REVISIONA tribute to the American Revolution and a recipe to regain our freedom and prosperity Our forefathers fought the Revolutionary War to rid our nation of the oppression of King George III. Now politicians have established a new form of tyranny, cronyism. Both the American Revolution and our freedom are in peril. The danger is as great today as it was when George Washington's troops crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve in 1776. "21st CENTURY COMMON SENSE” analyzes five of the 20th Century tyrants' "showcase programs", some over 100 years old. The poverty and despair caused by these programs is described and proven. These "showcase programs" have been used to punish political dissent, extort political support and reward political cronies. The final chapter identifies the greatest danger to the American Revolution and provides the recipe to regain our freedom and prosperity.The major changes in the 1/4/2021 revision of this book are the addition a Prologue, Epilogue and over 40 illustrations added to give vivid meaning to the text and enhance the reading experience.
Download or read book The Tyranny of Common Sense written by Irmgard Emmelhainz and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of the first countries to implement a neoliberal state apparatus, Mexico serves as a prime example of the effects of neoliberal structural economic reform on our sensibility. Irgmard Emmelhainz argues that, in addition to functioning as a form of politico-economic organization, neoliberalism creates particular ways of seeing and inhabiting the world. It reconfigures common sense, justifying destruction and dispossession in the name of development and promising to solve economic precarity with self-help and permanent education. Pragmatism reigns, yet in always aiming to maximize individual benefit and profit, such common sense fuels a culture of violence and erodes the distinction between life and death. Moreover, since 2018, with the election of a new Mexican president, neoliberalism has undergone what Emmelhainz calls "post-neoliberal conversion," intensifying extractavism and ushering in a novel form of moral, political, and intellectual hegemony rooted in class tensions and populism. Integrating theory with history and lived reality with art, film, and literary criticism, The Tyranny of Common Sense will appeal to academics and readers interested in the effects of neoliberalism and, now, post-neoliberalism in Mexico from a broader, global perspective. Originally published in Spanish in 2016 as La tiranía del sentido común: La reconversión neoliberal de México, the English edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to encompass a critical vision of the current regime.
Download or read book Common Sense in Chess written by Emanuel Lasker and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glenn Beck s Common Sense written by Glenn Beck and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glenn Beck, the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Reset, revisits Thomas Paine's Common Sense. In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. And they find commonsense solutions to the nation’s problems. One such American, Thomas Paine, was an ordinary man who changed the course of history by penning Common Sense, the concise 1776 masterpiece in which, through extraordinarily straightforward and indisputable arguments, he encouraged his fellow citizens to take control of America’s future—and, ultimately, her freedom. Nearly two and a half centuries later, those very freedoms once again hang in the balance. And now, Glenn Beck revisits Paine’s powerful treatise with one purpose: to galvanize Americans to see past government’s easy solutions, two-party monopoly, and illogical methods and take back our great country.
Download or read book The Rise of Common Sense Conservatism written by Antti Lepistö and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In considering the lodestars of American neoconservative thought-among them Irving Kristol, Gertrude Himmelfarb, James Q. Wilson, and Francis Fukuyama-Antti Lepistö makes a compelling case for the centrality of their conception of "the common man" in accounting for the enduring power and influence of their thought. Lepistö locates the roots of this conception in the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. Subsequently, the neoconservatives weaponized the ideas of Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, and David Hume to denounce postwar liberal elites, educational authorities, and social reformers-ultimately giving rise to a defining force in American politics: the "common sense" of "the common man.""--
Download or read book Common Sense Lifestyle for the 21st Century written by William H. Dietzel and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth century ushered in promising change. The twenty-first century promises to undo some of the good our ancestors did for us. William H. Dietzel, PhD, offers a unique in-depth glance at the policies in play in his collection of poetic essays, Common Sense Lifestyle for the Twenty-First Century. By presenting the obstacles we face-and warning of the dangers that are headed our way-the author illustrates the responsibility resting on this generation's shoulders. With an engaging discussion guide to address the big issues, Dietzel has combined his life's knowledge, observation, and experiences into a thought-provoking, life-altering discussion. What life will we leave for our children? Find out how to bequeath to your children a Common Sense Lifestyle for the Twenty-First Century.
Download or read book Cinder written by Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her 'glamour' to gain power. but long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told ... until now.
Download or read book I Am Number Four written by Pittacus Lore and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friendships and a beautiful girl are distracting to a teenager who is hiding on Earth while he waits to develop the powers he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight those who destroyed their planet.
Download or read book Common Sense written by Thomas Paine and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
