or books jun 2021 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Qualified Immunity (QI) is a legal principle which Reuters describes as 'a nearly failsafe tool to let police brutality go unpunished and deny victims their constitutional rights.' Originally intended to protect cops from being sued over good faith mistakes, courts have interpreted QI so broadly that police are shielded from accountability in all but the rarest of circumstances.Above the Law recounts 12 cases in which justice was denied because of QI. At a time when the appalling abuse committed by America's police and criminal justice system is under the spotlight as never before, this is a long overdue indictment of an outrageously unjust legal principle that must be changed.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Everything Must Change!brings together prominent commentators from around the world to present a rich and nuanced weighing of progressive possibilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In these pages you'll encounter influential voices across the left, ranging fromRoger WaterstoNoam Chomsky,Slavoj iektoSaskia Sassen.Gael García Bernal,Brian Eno, andLarry Charlesexamine the pandemic's more cultural and artistic consequences, touching on topics of love, play, comedy, dreaming, and time. Their words sit alongside analyses of the paradoxes and possibilities of debt, internationalism, and solidarity byAstra Taylor,David Graeber,Vijay Prashad, andStephanie Kelton. Burgeoning surveillance and control measures in the name of public health are a concern for many of the contributors here, includingShoshana ZuboffandEvgeny Morozov, as are the opportunities presented by the crisis for exploitation by financiers, technocrats, and the far right. Against a return to the normal and, indeed, the notion that there ever was such a thing, these conversations insist that urgent, systemic change is needed to tackle not only the pandemics arising from the human destruction of nature, but also the ceaseless debilitations of contemporary global capitalism. Contributors: Tariq Ali, David Adler, Gael García Bernal, Larry Charles, Noam Chomsky, Brian Eno, Daniel Ellsberg, Kenneth Goldsmith, David Graeber, Johann Hari, Maja Kantar, Stephanie Kelton, Stefania Maurizi, Evgeny Morozov, Maja Pelevic, Vijay Prashad , Angela Richter, Saskia Sassen, Saa Savanovic, Jeremy Scahill, Richard Sennett, John Shipton, Astra Taylor, Ece Temelkuran, Yanis Varoufakis, Roger Waters, Slavoj iek, and Shoshana Zuboff.