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Pegasus How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy

05/02/2023 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Pegasus How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy
English | eBook | Size: 689.82 MB

Featuring an introduction written and narrated by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the story of the one of the most sophisticated and invasive surveillance weapons ever created, used by governments around the world [Read more…]

DW – Taiwan A Laboratory for Democracy (2021)

22/01/2022 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

DW – Taiwan: A Laboratory for Democracy (2021)
English | Size: 797 MB
Category: Documentary

For China, it’s a renegade province that must be brought into line. [Read more…]

CH4 Unreported World – Dying for Democracy (2021)

06/06/2021 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

CH4 Unreported World – Dying for Democracy (2021)
English | Size: 714 MB
Category: Documentary

A report from Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, as young protestors risk everything to defy the military junta’s coup. [Read more…]

Zachary D. Carter – The Price of Peace Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

12/10/2020 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Zachary D. Carter – The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
English | Size: 1.23 GB
Category: AudioBook

"An important, resonant, and memorable portrait" (Jon Meacham) of world-changing economist John Maynard Keynes and the transformative ideas that outlived him "A brilliantly wrought, beautifully written life of one of the most captivating intellects of the twentieth century."–Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance At the dawn of World War I, a young academic named John Maynard Keynes hastily folded his long legs into the sidecar of his brother-in-law’s motorcycle for an odd, frantic journey that would change the course of history. [Read more…]

Blowout Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth By Rachel Maddow (MP3)

11/11/2019 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

Blowout Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth By: Rachel Maddow (MP3)
English | Size: 427.34 MB
Category: E-books

In 2010, the words "earthquake swarm" entered the lexicon in Oklahoma. That same year, a trove of Michael Jackson memorabilia – including his iconic crystal-encrusted white glove – was sold at auction for over $1 million to a guy who was, officially, just the lowly forestry minister of the tiny nation of Equatorial Guinea. And in 2014, Ukrainian revolutionaries raided the palace of their ousted president and found a zoo of peacocks, gilded toilets, and a floating restaurant modeled after a Spanish galleon. Unlikely as it might seem, there is a thread connecting these events, and Rachel Maddow follows it to its crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry.
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