50 Things You Need To Know About British History - Freedom
“Britain’s history has been an extraordinary roller-coaster ride! We’ve rolled over the world’s largest empire, come up with some of the greatest inventions, written some of the best books and we’ve got the mother of all parliaments.
In this program we go from Magna Carta to the welfare state because we, Brits, are independent bunch and you can't go taking our liberties.”
This political-historical novel tells the story of a man on trial for treason in Russia in the 1930s, and invites the reader to consider questions of power, betrayal, and the cost of political freedom.
Problems of Knowledge and Freedom (Bertrand Russell memorial lectures)
From interpreting the world to changing it, a synthesis of Chomsky's early work on philosophy, linguistics, and politics.
Originally delivered in 1971 as the first Cambridge lectures in memory of Bertrand Russell, Problems of Knowledge and Freedom is a masterful and cogent synthesis of Noam Chomsky's moral philosophy, linguistic analysis, and emergent political critique of America's war in Vietnam.
The call to "Remember the Alamo!" summoned up courage in the Americans struggling to win Texas's independence from Mexico. When the men at the Alamo came face-to-face with the 2,000 Mexican troops attacking the fort in 1836, they knew they couldn't win the fight. Nevertheless, they were ready to die rather than give up their claim to independence. The Alamo traces the American settlement of Texas and the series of events that led up to this momentous battle.
The U.S. is cartwheeling into a self-destructive catastrophic calamity, and despite what everyone else says about how to solve it, Paul believes he knows the real truth that can save us. The one-time presidential hopeful's goal, to drastically reduce government and thus give us the true sense of freedom that the Constitution's framers meant, is oversimplified in a country of more than 300 million residents.
