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The Dispossessed (subtitled An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish Cycle novels. It is one of a small number of books to win all three Hugo , Locus and Nebula Awards for Best Novel. [ 1 ]
Anarres is a fictional planet in The Dispossessed, a 1974 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin.The work received both Hugo and Nebula awards and is regarded, along with The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), as one of Le Guin’s masterpieces, and a landmark in twentieth-century science fiction.
Dispossessed: The Ordeal of the Palestinians 1917–1980 is a history book about the Palestinians, beginning with the year of the Balfour Declaration. The book was written by the British historian David Gilmour and published by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1980.
Signed into law in 2011 by then-Gov. Scott Walker, Act 10 limited most public sector union contract negotiations to salaries only and capped those salary increases to the rate of inflation. Frost ...
A secondary character, and anarchistic leader of a band of thieves in Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams, by William Godwin. Clay A main character encountered by the protagonists of The Oregon Experiment, by Keith Scribner. The character was based on anarchists the author met. [13] Professor Bernardo de la Paz
The effort to overturn Act 10 began in November 2023 when several unions representing public employees filed the lawsuit, citing a "dire situation" in workplaces with issues including low pay ...
The Day Before the Revolution" was written soon after The Dispossessed (1974); it is described as a prologue to that novel, [9] which is set in the same planetary system. The idealized anarchist society depicted in The Dispossessed is based on Odo's teachings, [1] and is a stateless, scientific, and largely anti-authoritarian society. [10]
Act 10 took effect in June 2011. Consequently, Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and 13 state senators faced recalls over Act 10 — 10 Republicans and three Democrats. Most incumbents won, but ...