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State capture : how conservative activists, big businesses, and wealthy donors reshaped the American states--and the nation / by Hertel-Fernandez, Alexander,1986-author.(CARDINAL)803365;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-342) and index."Most Americans pay little attention to the massive number of elections that occur at the state level every year. Yet cumulatively, a party's success in state-level races across the country can produce major shifts in policymaking and governance. That is precisely what has happened in the US since 2010. In a wave election that year, the Republican Party began their ascendancy in state-level elections, and by 2016 had solidified their dominance. The party now fully controls 26 state legislatures and governorships--one of the largest advantages either party has had since the New Deal. After the GOP wave, a broad swath of states began considering and enacting a near-identical set of conservative priorities--often even using the exact same text. Where did this flood of new legislation come from? How did so many states arrive at the same proposals at precisely the same time? As Alexander Hertel-Fernandez shows in the eye-opening State Capture, the answer can be found in a trio of powerful interest groups: the Koch Brothers-run Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and the State Policy Network (SPN). Drawing from an impressive evidence base, Hertel-Fernandez explains how, since the 1970s, conservative activists, wealthy donors, and big businesses constructed a right-wing "troika" of overlapping and influential lobbying groups. But it is about more than this. It also teases out how conservative-corporate mobilization has fostered epochal shifts in the American political economy: the decline of unions, party polarization, and the skyrocketing concentration of wealth. State Capture will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding contemporary American politics."The evolution of ALEC: a corporate-conservative anchor across the states. "The most dangerously effective organization": a smart ALEC is born ; Policy plagiarism: a window into ALEC's reach across the U.S. states ; An easy "A" with ALEL: ALEC's appeal for state legislators ; "A great investment": ALEC's appeal for big business -- The right-wing troika and its foes. A little help from their friends: introducing the right-wing troika ; Transforming the nation one state at a time: the right-wing troika and state policy ; "Feisty chihuahuas versus a big gorilla": why left-wing efforts to counter the troika have floundered -- Conclusion: state capture and American democracy

Subjects: Americans for Prosperity (Organization); American Legislative Exchange Council.; State Policy Network (Organization); U.S. states; State governments; Conservatism; Business and politics;

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The struggle for human rights in Latin America / by Cleary, Edward L.,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index.Beginning of the human rights era : military repression -- Human rights organizing spreads : Mexico and the theoretical frame -- Human rights after the military : settling accounts and facing issues -- Contemporary democracy and efflorescence of human rights organizing -- Contemporary societies under siege : Peru, politics and public secrets -- Transnational networking for human rights protection -- Response in the United States : challenging foreign policy."Cleary examines the origins, spread, and results of human rights movements in Latin America, and he analyzes the mark such movements have made in world politics. He shows the enormous difficulties encountered by fledgling grassroots groups which first challenged military dictatorships over the disappeared, detention, torture, and pervasive repression. He chronicles the amazingly dynamic growth of human rights organizations, affecting democratic processes in Latin America and foreign policy in the United States. This book is particularly important because it establishes, for the first time, a record of why, how, where, and when the concept of human rights--not long ago absent as a practical concept--generates so powerful a Latin American response. The alliances so formed are shown to evoke continued popular support and to effect on-going fundamental changes in Latin America. An important survey to all scholars, researchers, and students of human rights and political affairs in Latin America." --1270L

Subjects: Human rights; Human rights.;

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Counterstrike : the untold story of America's secret campaign against al Qaeda / by Schmitt, Eric,1959-(CARDINAL)396412; Shanker, Thom.(CARDINAL)396408;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: in the beginning -- Know thine enemy -- The new deterrence -- The exploitation of intelligence -- The problem of Pakistan -- Terror 2.0 -- Countering Al Qaeda's message -- The new network warfare -- The rise of home-grown extremism -- "Is Al Qaeda just Kleenex?" -- The Obama strategy -- Epilogue: "tell me how this ends".Reveals the Pentagon's covert strategy for countering terrorism that developed when initial efforts following September 11 were unsuccessful, explaining how multiple agencies have adapted Cold War practices to disrupt key jihadist networks.

Subjects: Qaida (Organization); Terrorism; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.;

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Practicing new worlds : abolition and emergent strategies / by Ritchie, Andrea J.,author.(CARDINAL)502346; brown, adrienne maree,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)355033; Gumbs, Alexis Pauline,1982-writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)853800;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Practicing New Worlds explores how principles of emergence, adaptation, iteration, resilience, transformation, interdependence, decentralization and fractalization can shape organizing toward a world without the violence of surveillance, police, prisons, jails, or cages of any kind, in which we collectively have everything we need to survive and thrive. Drawing on decades of experience as an abolitionist organizer, policy advocate, and litigator in movements for racial, gender, economic, and environmental justice and the principles articulated by adrienne maree brown in Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, Ritchie invites us to think beyond traditional legislative and policy change to create more possibilities for survival and resistance in the midst of the ongoing catastrophes of racial capitalism—and the cataclysms to come. Rooted in analysis of current abolitionist practices and interviews with on-the-ground organizers resisting state violence, building networks to support people in need of abortion care, and nurturing organizations and convergences that can grow transformative cities and movements, Practicing New Worlds takes readers on a journey of learning, unlearning, experimentation, and imagination to dream the worlds we long for into being"--

Subjects: Social change.;

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Battlefield cyber : how China and Russia are undermining our democracy and national security / by McLaughlin, Michael G.,author.(CARDINAL)872817; Holstein, William J.,author.(CARDINAL)782047;

Includes bibliographical references and index."The United States is being bombarded with cyber-attacks. From the surge in ransomware groups targeting critical infrastructure to nation states compromising the software supply chain and corporate email servers, malicious cyber activities have reached an all-time high. Russia attracts the most attention, but China is vastly more sophisticated. They have a common interest in exploiting the openness of the Internet and social media-and our democracy-to erode confidence in our institutions and to exacerbate our societal rifts to prevent us from mounting an effective response. Halting this digital aggression will require Americans to undertake sweeping changes in how we educate, organize and protect ourselves and to ask difficult questions about how vulnerable our largest technology giants are."--

Subjects: Cyberterrorism; Cyberterrorism; Information warfare; Computer networks;

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We the People: Stories from the Community Rights Movement in the United States by Linzey, Thomas.(CARDINAL)495406; Campbell, Anneke.(CARDINAL)522356;

We the People offers powerful portraits of communities across the United States that have faced threats from environmentally destructive corporate projects and responded by successfully banning those projects at a local level. We hear the inspiring voices of ordinary citizens and activists practicing a cutting-edge form of organizing developed by the nonprofit law firm, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Their methodology is an answer for the frustrations of untold numbers of activists who have been defeated time and again by corporate political power and legal entitlement. Instead of fighting against what we don't want, this book can teach us to create from the ground up what we do want, basing our vision in local control and law. This work is about finishing the American Revolution by giving up the illusion of democracy and forging a system of true self-governance. In addition, this is about recognizing in law, for the first time in history, that nature possesses legally enforceable rights of its own.

Subjects: Environmental protection; Environmental policy; Community organization;

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Start your own senior services business : your step-by-step guide to success / by Lynn, Jacquelyn.(CARDINAL)665656;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Adult day care centers; New business enterprises; Older people; Retirees;

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Becoming a citizen activist : stories, strategies, and advice for changing our world / by Licata, Nick,1947-author.(CARDINAL)411877;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206).Prologue -- 1. You Can Fight City Hall -- The Minimum Wage Story -- Elections Count -- 2. See the World as It Should Be -- Read beyond the Words -- See the Small Things That Generate the Big Things -- 3. Learn to Listen -- The Politics of Anger -- Let the Police Speak -- Women Reshape Local Government -- Out of the Closet -- Immigrant Rights -- 4. The Power Is in the Details -- The Columbia University Strike -- Students Expose Sweatshop Providers -- Ticketing Aggressive Panhandling -- Passing Paid Sick Leave -- Tracking Hate Crimes -- Networking Information -- 5. Change Is a Marathon -- Getting to Same-Sex Marriage -- Legalizing Marijuana -- 6. Get the Word Out -- Books -- Magazines -- Pamphlets -- Handouts -- Posters -- Newspapers -- Radio -- TV -- E-mail -- Facebook -- Twitter -- YouTube -- Blogs -- 7. People Tools for Organizing -- Petitions -- Opinion Polls -- Public Forums -- 8. The Servant in Public Servant -- Make Politicians Work for You -- Embrace the Critics -- Nudge, Don't Lecture -- "Being Supportive" : Is It Real? -- 9. Protest -- Assert Yourself -- Refusing to Get a Divorce -- Raising Your Fist at the Olympic Games -- Women in Black -- Stopping Coal and Oil Trains -- Shouting Them Down -- Occupy Wall Street -- The Tea Party Crashes the Party -- 10. Disrupt the Culture -- Disrupt the Status Quo, Gently -- Explore New Cultural Values : Start an Intentional Community -- Join a Parade -- Create a People's Poet Populist -- Create Cultural Districts -- 11. Take the Power and Use It -- Homeless Encampments : The Poor Take Control -- Community Land Trusts : Housing Is Not a Commodity -- Student Power -- Democracy Dies Without You.

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Licata, Nick, 1947-; Licata, Nick, 1947-; Licata, Nick, 1947-; Seattle (Wash.). City Council; Politicians; Political activists; Political participation; Social change;

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The state of conservation : rural America and the conservation-industrial complex since 1920 / by Nygren, Joshua,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the nature of governance -- Grounds for action -- The great transformation -- Grasstops development -- Paying for conservation -- In the hands of the Farm Baron -- Rude awakenings -- Ghost farms -- Notes"Throughout the twentieth century, natural resource conservation emerged as a vital force in US politics, laying the groundwork for present-day 'sustainability.' Merging environmental, agricultural, and political history, Joshua Nygren traces the political economy and ecology of agricultural conservation through the lens of the 'conservation-industrial complex.' This evolving public-private network-which united the US Department of Agriculture, Congress, local and national organizations, and the agricultural industry-guided soil and water conservation for much of the century. Contrary to the classic tales of US environmental politics and the rise and fall of the New Deal Order, Nygren emphasizes continuity. He demonstrates how the conservation policies, programs, and partnerships of the 1930s and 1940s persisted through the age of environmentalism, and their defining traits anticipated those typically associated with late-twentieth century political culture. The conservation-industrial complex promoted a development-oriented brand of conservation that aided the rise of large-scale, capital-intensive agriculture which continues today. It reshaped the physical and political landscapes of the country, leading to impressive victories and spectacular failures by privileging some environments, degrading others, and intensifying farm depopulation. In the name of environmental protection, agricultural conservation made rural America less equal." -- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Agricultural conservation; Agricultural conservation; Agricultural conservation; Agriculture; Sustainable development; Conservation of natural resources;

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Guide to internet job searching / by Dikel, Margaret F.(CARDINAL)395637; Roehm, Frances E.(CARDINAL)747878; Public Library Association.(CARDINAL)158492;

MARCIVE 12/19/071. Pounding the virtual pavement : using the Internet in your job search -- 2. Your resume on the Internet -- 3. The great job-lead banks -- 4. Jobs in business, marketing, and commercial services -- 5. Jobs in law, the social sciences, and nonprofit organizations -- 6. Job in the humanities, recreation, hospitality, and personal services -- 7. Jobs in the natural sciences, health, and medicine -- 8. Jobs in engineering, mathematics, technology, and transportation -- 9. Opportunities in government, public policy, and public service -- 10. Entry-level and summer employment, internships, and co-ops -- 11. State and local resources for the United States -- 12. International opportunities -- 13. Resources for diverse audiences -- 14. Lifelong career planning -- 15. Executive job searching online.

Subjects: Job hunting; Internet.; World Wide Web.;

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