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  • The 'Long 1970s'

    Human Rights, East-West Détente and Transnational Relations

    Edited by Poul Villaume, Rasmus Mariager, Helle Porsdam ...
    Today it is widely recognised that the 'long 1970s' was a decisive international transition period during which traditional, collective-oriented socio-economic interest and welfare policies were increasingly replaced by the more individually and neo-liberally oriented value policies of the post-industrial epoch. Seen from a distance of three decades, it is increasingly clear that these socio ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Human Rights in Europe during the Cold War

    Edited by Rasmus Mariager, Karl Molin, Kjersti Brathagen ...
    Series series Cold War History
    This book provides an overview of the establishment, dispersion and effects of human rights in Europe during the Cold War.The struggle for human rights did not begin at the end of the Second World War. For centuries, political associations, religious societies and individuals had been fighting for political freedom, religious tolerance, freedom of expression, freedom of thought and the right to ... Read more

    $91.99 CAD

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  • Cruel and Usual Punishment

    The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law

    by Nonie Darwish ...
    Nonie Darwish lived for thirty years in a majority Muslim nation. Everything about her life?family, sexuality, hygiene, business, banking, contracts, economics, politics, social issues, everything?was dictated by the Islamic law code known as Sharia.But Sharia isn't staying in majority Muslim nations. Darwish now lives in the West and brings a warning; the goal of radical Islam is to bring Sharia ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Twilight of Human Rights Law

    by Eric Posner ...
    Series series Inalienable Rights
    Countries solemnly intone their commitment to human rights, and they ratify endless international treaties and conventions designed to signal that commitment. At the same time, there has been no marked decrease in human rights violations, even as the language of human rights has become the dominant mode of international moral criticism. Well-known violators like Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan have ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • 1000 Lashes

    Because I Say What I Think

    by Raif Badawi ...
    Translated by Ahmed Danny Ramadan ...
    "Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear."— Salman RushdieRaif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger, shared his thoughts on politics, religion, and liberalism online. He was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, ten years in prison, and a fine of 1 million Saudi Riyal, over a quarter of a million U.S. dollars. This politically topical polemic gathers together Badawi’s pivotal texts. He expresses ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Resist

    Turn Protest to Power

    by Matthew Bolton ...
    'This extraordinary book is the roadmap for a new kind of effective activism' - Brian Eno'This book is for people who are angry with the ways things are and want to do something about it; for people who are frustrated with the system, or worried about the direction the country is going. Maybe they've been on a march, posted their opinions on social media, or shouted angrily at something they've ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Drone Warfare

    Killing by Remote Control

    by Medea Benjamin ...
    Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing—and most secretive—fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had a fleet of nearly 7,500, and the US Air Force now trains more drone “pilots” than bomber and fighter pilots combined. Drones are already a $5 billion business in the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Impeach the President

    The Case Against Bush and Cheney

    Edited by Dennis Loo, Peter Phillips ...
    This brilliantly argued and wonderfully written collection by twenty-two of the best political analysts in the US analyzes the extraordinary and unprecedented threat the White House and its allies present to civil liberties, civil rights, the Constitution, international law, and the future of the planet.Impeach the President unearths the stories behind election fraud in 2000 and 2004, the overt ... Read more

    $16.39 CAD

  • Kicking Ass and Saving Souls

    Story of Boy fm Baltimore Who Evolves fm Safecracking, Jewel-Heisting, Deep-Sea Diving, Ultimate-Fighting, International Playboy to a Globetrotting Humanitarian

    by David Matthews ...
    The story of a boy from Baltimore who evolves from a safecracking, jewel-heisting, deep-sea diving, ultimate-fighting, international playboy into a globetrotting humanitarian.Stefan Templeton was born a child of extremes. The son of Ebba, an aristocratic Norwegian love child, and Roye, a militant African American philosopher, Stefan spent his early years shuffling between the discipline of his ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • International Human Rights and Islamic Law

    by Mashood A. Baderin ...
    Series series Oxford Monographs in International Law
    This volume examines the important question of whether or not international human rights and Islamic law are compatible. It asks whether Muslim States can comply with international human rights law whilst adhering to Islamic law. The traditional arguments on this subject are examined and responded to from both international human rights and Islamic legal perspectives. The volume engages ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • Freedom's Battle

    The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention

    by Gary J. Bass ...
    This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom’s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by the first human rights activists in the 19th century, and shows how a newly emergent free press galvanized British, American, and French citizens to action by exposing them to distant atrocities. Wildly ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $12.99 CAD

  • Dreams of Equality

    Women on the Canadian Left, 1920-1950

    by Joan Sangster ...
    Series series Canadian Social History Series
    Canadian women on the political left in the first half of the twentieth century fought with varying degrees of commitment for women's rights. Women's dreams of equality were in part a vision of economic and class equality, though they also represented profound desires for equality with men - both within their own parties and in the larger society. In both the Communist Party of Canada and the Co ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD