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Hace 6 horas · Burnham, a New Yorker with Caribbean roots, joined Robeson in launching Freedom, which explicitly challenged racism and imperialism, and campaigned for workers’ rights and world peace at the height of the cold war and McCarthyism when that meant coming under direct, often murderous, attack from the US state. This largely forgotten publication ...
Hace 12 horas · Joseph Stiglitz's latest book argues for a shift from capital-centric profit motives to a more inclusive and morally grounded approach in economic policy. The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society. Author: Joseph E Stiglitz. Publisher : Allen Lane. Pages: 356. Price: Rs 899. One person’s freedom is another’s unfreedom. This one ...
Hace 1 día · Wren and Anglican churches. Before the Great Fire of London in 1666, the City of London had around 100 churches in an area of only one square mile (2.6 km 2).Of the 86 destroyed by the Fire, 51 were rebuilt along with St Paul's Cathedral. The majority have traditionally been regarded as the work of Sir Christopher Wren, but although their rebuilding was entrusted primarily to him, the role of ...
Hace 6 horas · Eddy Merckx. Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx ( Dutch: [ˈɛdi ˈmɛr (ə)ks], French: [ɛdi mɛʁks] ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an unequalled eleven Grand Tours (five ...
Hace 6 horas · e. Eugenics ( / juːˈdʒɛnɪks / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well', and -γενής (genḗs) 'come into being, growing') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. [2] [3] [4] Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter human gene pools by excluding ...
Hace 6 horas · Barry Goldwater. Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 [1] – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party 's nominee for president in 1964 . Goldwater was born in Phoenix, Arizona, where he helped ...
