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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy is a book by Noam Chomsky, first published in 2006, in which Chomsky argues that the United States is becoming a "failed state", and thus a danger to its own people and the world. It was republished by Haymarket Books in January 2024.
Waldron later elaborated this position in his 2012 book The Harm in Hate Speech, in which he devoted an entire chapter to Lewis's book. [31] Waldron emphasized that the problem with an expansive view of free speech is not the harm of hateful thoughts, but rather the negative impact resulting from widespread publication of the thoughts. [ 31 ]
The book explores how power is abused by public institutions and those who run them. [1] It explores the police response to the Hillsborough disaster , Windrush scandal , the Grenfell Tower fire , the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal , the British Post Office scandal , [ 1 ] and the use of stop and search powers by the police.
“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.” 44. “Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.”
The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Freedom of speech/Selected quote/Layout. These Quotes subpages are randomly displayed using {{Random subpage}}. Select a new quote attributed to a different individual than any of those currently quoted below. Quotes must each be from an individual with and existing biographical article on ...
"Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!", a famous excerpt from the "Second Reply to Hayne" speech given by Senator Daniel Webster during the Nullification Crisis. The full speech is generally regarded as the most eloquent ever delivered in Congress. The slogan itself would later become the state motto for North Dakota.
According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner. This is roughly more than 12 million women and ...
Anita Hill's book Speaking Truth to Power (1998), is a candid autobiography in which Hill reflects on her experience of testifying at the 1991 Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination hearings, gives details on her earlier professional relationship with Clarence Thomas, and explains her motivation for going public with her sexual harassment ...