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California Fights Back

Author : Peter Schrag
Publisher : Heyday Broadsides
ISBN 13 : 9781597144476
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book California Fights Back written by Peter Schrag and published by Heyday Broadsides. This book was released on 2018 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veteran journalist Peter Schrag argues that California's role in the era of Donald Trump is twofold: to act as a leader in the resistance to the current administration, and to be held up as an alternative to the course being pursued in Washington. Given the Democratic Party's stronghold on all statewide elected offices and legislature, it isn't surprising that California has become a beacon of progressivism. But this is hardly an inevitability. California was almost where much of the GOP wants to take the nation today, leading the country in tax revolt, passage of the Three Strikes criminal sentencing law, and virtual prohibition of bilingual education in public schools. Schrag points to the state's shifting demographics and the erosion of the Republican Party in the wake of Proposition 187 as two major reasons behind California's shift to the left. It is particularly pertinent, then, that a state that formerly espoused these values now negotiates with other nations on climate control, asks its agents not to sweep courthouses in search of people to deport, and has approved major tax increases. California Fights Back gives proof that things can be better, and raises the possibility of this becoming the story of other states.

The "Fight Back" Movement in California

Author : Communist Party of the United States of America. California. Labor Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book The "Fight Back" Movement in California written by Communist Party of the United States of America. California. Labor Department and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The California Kid Fights Back

Author : Deborah Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780380728510
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book The California Kid Fights Back written by Deborah Scott and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All it takes is a computer command and Flattop Kincaid is zapped back for a second visit to Medieval England. He's thrilled to find his friend William and to join him on a journey, but is shocked by the unfairness and cruelty that is a part of daily life in the Middle Ages. William has been knighted and must serve his brother James, Lord of Wickshire, who enjoys making outrageous demands; Flattop is also horrified by the way James treats his wife, Alica. When Flattop decides he must make a stand for justice, he ends up in a dungeon crawling with bugs and rats. Imprisoned in irons, all he can do is hope the computer wizard will rescue him.

Flint Fights Back

Author : Benjamin J. Pauli
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026235294X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Flint Fights Back written by Benjamin J. Pauli and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy. When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was of the highest quality. At the switchover ceremony, the mayor and other officials performed a celebratory toast, declaring “Here's to Flint!” and downing glasses of freshly treated water. But as we now know, the water coming out of residents' taps harbored a variety of contaminants, including high levels of lead. In Flint Fights Back, Benjamin Pauli examines the water crisis and the political activism that it inspired, arguing that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water was part of a broader struggle for democracy. Pauli connects Flint's water activism with the ongoing movement protesting the state of Michigan's policy of replacing elected officials in financially troubled cities like Flint and Detroit with appointed “emergency managers.” Pauli distinguishes the political narrative of the water crisis from the historical and technical narratives, showing that Flint activists' emphasis on democracy helped them to overcome some of the limitations of standard environmental justice frameworks. He discusses the pro-democracy (anti–emergency manager) movement and traces the rise of the “water warriors”; describes the uncompromising activist culture that developed out of the experience of being dismissed and disparaged by officials; and examines the interplay of activism and scientific expertise. Finally, he explores efforts by activists to expand the struggle for water justice and to organize newly mobilized residents into a movement for a radically democratic Flint.

Breathing Fire

Author : Jaime Lowe
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374721920
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Breathing Fire written by Jaime Lowe and published by MCD. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic, revelatory account of the female inmate firefighters who battle California wildfires. Shawna was overcome by the claustrophobia, the heat, the smoke, the fire, all just down the canyon and up the ravine. She was feeling the adrenaline, but also the terror of doing something for the first time. She knew how to run with a backpack; they had trained her physically. But that’s not training for flames. That’s not live fire. California’s fire season gets hotter, longer, and more extreme every year — fire season is now year-round. Of the thousands of firefighters who battle California’s blazes every year, roughly 30 percent of the on-the-ground wildland crews are inmates earning a dollar an hour. Approximately 200 of those firefighters are women serving on all-female crews. In Breathing Fire, Jaime Lowe expands on her revelatory work for The New York Times Magazine. She has spent years getting to know dozens of women who have participated in the fire camp program and spoken to captains, family and friends, correctional officers, and camp commanders. The result is a rare, illuminating look at how the fire camps actually operate — a story that encompasses California’s underlying catastrophes of climate change, economic disparity, and historical injustice, but also draws on deeply personal histories, relationships, desires, frustrations, and the emotional and physical intensity of firefighting. Lowe’s reporting is a groundbreaking investigation of the prison system, and an intimate portrayal of the women of California’s Correctional Camps who put their lives on the line, while imprisoned, to save a state in peril.

California Cures!: How The California Stem Cell Program Is Fighting Your Incurable Disease!

Author : Don C Reed
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813231386
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book California Cures!: How The California Stem Cell Program Is Fighting Your Incurable Disease! written by Don C Reed and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An engrossing read that is hard to put down and packed with insights blend history and the latest research with broader examination of stem cell potentials to change not only health conditions, but society as a whole. No collection covering stem cell advancements should be without this hard-hitting examination that uses California's results as a foundation for considering stem cell's special promises and powerful obstacles to success.'Midwestern Book ReviewThirteen years ago, America faced an epidemic of chronic disease: cancer, paralysis, blindness, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and more.But California voters said 'YES!' to a $3 billion stem cell research program: the awkwardly-named California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Born into battle, the scrappy little state agency was immediately blocked by three years of anti-science lawsuits — but it defeated them all. And then?A quiet triumph. With a focused intensity like the Manhattan Project (but for peaceful purposes, not to build a bomb), scientists funded by CIRM took on the challenges: disease and disability called chronic: incurable.In a series of connected stories, accurate though written to entertain, 'California Cures' relates a war: science against disease, with lives on the line. Think what it means for a paralyzed young man to recover the use of his hands, or for a formerly-blind mother to see her teenaged children — for the first time!Do you know the 'bubble-baby' syndrome? Infants without a proper immune system typically die young; a common cold can kill. But for eighteen babies in a stem cell clinical trial, a different future: they were cured of their disease.No one can predict the pace of science, nor say when cures will come; but California is bringing the fight. The reader will meet the scientists involved, the women and men behind the microscope, and share their struggle.Above all, 'California Cures' is a call for action. Washington may argue about the expense of health care (and who will get it), but California works to bring down the mountain of medical debt: stem cell therapies to ease suffering, and save lives.Will California build on success — and invest $5 billion more in stem cell research?'We have the momentum', says author Don C Reed, 'We dare not stop short. Chronic disease threatens everyone — we are fighting for your family, and mine!'

Alejandria Fights Back! / ¡La Lucha de Alejandria!

Author : Leticia Hernández-Linares
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1558613439
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Alejandria Fights Back! / ¡La Lucha de Alejandria! written by Leticia Hernández-Linares and published by Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nine-year-old Alejandria, home isn't just the apartment she shares with Mami and her abuela, Tita, but rather the whole neighborhood. Home is the bakery where Ms. Beatrice makes yummy picos; the sidewalk where Ms. Alicia sells flowers with her little dog, Duende; and the corner store with friendly Mr. Amir. But lately the city has been changing, and rent prices are going up. Many people in el barrio are leaving because they can no longer afford their homes, and "For Sale" signs are popping up everywhere. Then the worst thing happens: Mami receives a letter saying they'll have to move out too. Alejandria knows it isn’t fair, but she's not about to give up and leave. Join Alejandria as she brings her community together to fight and save their neighborhood! Para Alejandria de nueve años, el hogar no es sólo el apartamento que comparte con Mami y su abuela, Tita, sino más bien todo el barrio. El hogar es la panadería donde la Sra. Beatrice hace unos ricos picos; la vereda donde la Sra. Alicia vende flores con su perrito, Duende; y la pulpería con el amistoso Sr. Amir. Pero últimamente la ciudad ha estado cambiando, y los precios de alquiler están subiendo. Muchas personas en el barrio se están yendo porque ya no pueden costear sus hogares, y letreros anunciando “Se Vende” están apareciendo por todos lados. Entonces ocurre lo peor: Mami recibe una carta diciendo que ellas también tendrán que mudarse. Alejandria sabe que no es justo, pero no está dispuesta a darse por vencida e irse. ¡Únete a Alejandria mientras ella reúne a su comunidad para luchar y salvar su barrio!

How Not to Be Eaten

Author : Gilbert Waldbauer
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520383001
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book How Not to Be Eaten written by Gilbert Waldbauer and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “At times this informative book turns wonderfully gross and lovely, reminding us that there’s an entire universe of largely unnoticed creatures all around us.”—Audubon All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of animal food available for potential consumption. How do they avoid being eaten? From masterful disguises to physical and chemical lures and traps, predatory insects have devised ingenious and bizarre methods of finding food. Equally ingenious are the means of hiding, mimicry, escape, and defense waged by prospective prey in order to stay alive. This absorbing book demonstrates that the relationship between the eaten and the eater is a central—perhaps the central—aspect of what goes on in the community of organisms. By explaining the many ways in which insects avoid becoming a meal for a predator, and the ways in which predators evade their defensive strategies, Gilbert Waldbauer conveys an essential understanding of the unrelenting coevolutionary forces at work in the world around us.

In the Struggle

Author : Daniel J. O'Connell
Publisher : New Village Press
ISBN 13 : 1613321228
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book In the Struggle written by Daniel J. O'Connell and published by New Village Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars working for communities' rights in California's Central Valley In the Struggle tells the story of the persistent engagement of eight public scholars spanning generations of sustained endeavor, a dogged war in which workers and scholars together repeatedly took on the powerful agricultural industry, the political machines, and even the universities. The stories begin in the 1930s with Paul Taylor, a professor of economics at University of California, Berkeley, who pioneered field research and activism as he travelled through the areas marked by the Great Depression, together with his wife, photographer Dorothea Lange. Working in the heart of California's agricultural Central Valley, Taylor was the first of a succession of scholars who shared the dual commitment to research and engagement, to making problems visible and to effecting change through strategic action. Taylor and Lange intentionally wove their political engagement into their identities and work as researchers, as they conducted studies, led strikes, organized underserved communities, founded community development programs, created nonprofit institutions, and more. This book documents a tradition of politically engaged scholarship in one of the world's most dramatic contexts, full of disparities and contradictions, but also ripe with opportunities to make a difference. It covers a struggle that continues undiminished in the present.

Golden Gates

Author : Conor Dougherty
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 052556022X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Golden Gates written by Conor Dougherty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time 100 Must-Read Book of 2020 • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • California Book Award Silver Medal in Nonfiction • Finalist for The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism • Named a top 30 must-read Book of 2020 by the New York Post • Named one of the 10 Best Business Books of 2020 by Fortune • Named A Must-Read Book of 2020 by Apartment Therapy • Runner-Up General Nonfiction: San Francisco Book Festival • A Planetizen Top Urban Planning Book of 2020 • Shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice “Tells the story of housing in all its complexity.” —NPR Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of inequality and an economy gone wrong. Nowhere is this more visible than in the San Francisco Bay Area, where fleets of private buses ferry software engineers past the tarp-and-plywood shanties of the homeless. The adage that California is a glimpse of the nation’s future has become a cautionary tale. With propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting, New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America’s housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist movements that have risen in tandem with housing costs.

Stand Up Fight Back

Author : E.J. Dionne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743269152
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Stand Up Fight Back written by E.J. Dionne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of our most visible, trenchant, and witty political commentators, the author of the bestselling Why Americans Hate Politics, offers a tough critique of President George W. Bush and the Democratic opposition on the eve of a landmark presidential election -- and points to a way out of cynicism and defeatism. With passion, clarity, and humor, E. J. Dionne describes today's political atmosphere as the bitterest he can remember. Never have Democrats been as frustrated by their inability to move the debate. The party of Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Clinton, Dionne says, is lost in pointless feuds, outdated strategies, and old arguments. Democrats have lost track of what they stand for so they don't know what they're fighting for and besides, they've forgotten how to fight back. In describing how Democrats, moderates, and liberals have failed to match Republicans and conservatives in commitment, resourcefulness, and clarity, Dionne invents what is likely to become a popular parlor game among the politically committed. In "The Wrong Stuff," he lists ten futile arguments -- big versus small government, for example -- that Democrats keep having with themselves. "The Right Stuff" focuses on ten arguments they should start making about taxes, business, and the role of government. Dionne zeroes in on how a floundering Bush administration used September 11 to politicize national security issues for partisan advantage. Enraged but intimidated by ruthless opponents, the Democratic party failed to find its voice on security issues and was soundly beaten in 2002. Drawing on some lessons from the 2004 primary campaigns, Dionne argues that anger and frustration have in fact awakened progressives to the need for innovation in organizing, in approaching an increasingly conservative media, and in formulating politically useful and plainly stated ideas. Learning from the conservative movement's successes, liberals have begun the work of reconstruction. The politics of revenge, Dionne argues persuasively, can give way to something better: a progressive patriotism built on hope and optimism about America's role in the world and its capacity to renew social justice at home.

The Chickens Fight Back

Author : David Waltner-Toews
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1926685016
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The Chickens Fight Back written by David Waltner-Toews and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have any interest at all in epidemiology, modern medicine, or the survival of the human race, do read The Chickens Fight Back —Georgia Straight Emerging diseases like mad cow, SARS, and avian flu are — for the moment, at least — far more prevalent in animals than in humans. Still, the knowledge that measles, TB, and smallpox were at one time “emerging” diseases that eventually made a permanent, and quite deadly, jump to humans gives epidemiologists pause. This book examines the various groups of animal diseases, explains what attracts them to the human population — from food to sex to living conditions — and offers suggestions for keeping them at bay. It also points out that diseases must be looked at from an ecological, cultural, and economic point of view as well as from a biological standpoint. Cooking meat till its well done and slathering on insect repellent for a hike in the woods are effective preventative measures, but as the author notes, it’s more important to fundamentally rethink humankind’s place in the world.

California Fruit News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book California Fruit News written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fight Back and Win

Author : Gloria Allred
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061743577
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Fight Back and Win written by Gloria Allred and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by Time magazine as "one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes," Allred has devoted her career to fighting for civil rights and has won hundreds of millions of dollars for victims of abuse. She has taken on countless institutions to promote equality, including the Boy Scouts, the Friars Club, and the United States Senate. And as the attorney for numerous high-profile clients—including Nicole Brown Simpson's family, actress Hunter Tylo, and Amber Frey, Scott Peterson's girlfriend—Allred has helped victims assert and protect their rights. Throughout her memoir, Allred offers colorful—sometimes shocking—examples of self-empowerment from her personal and professional life. Presenting nearly fifty of her most memorable cases, Allred takes us deep inside the justice system to show how it's possible to win even in the face of staggering odds. Her inspiring true stories serve to remind us that winning justice depends on the righ-teousness of the cause and an individual's willingness to stand up, speak out, and fight back. Fight Back and Win is a powerful testament to Gloria Allred's trailblazing career and the battles she has fought alongside countless brave individuals to win justice for us all.

California Cultivator

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 790 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book California Cultivator written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs

Author : California (State).
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs written by California (State). and published by . This book was released on with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Received document entitled: APPENDIX TO PETITION FOR WRIT

The Fight Abroad and the Fear Back Home

Author : J. Michael Niotta
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634991872
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book The Fight Abroad and the Fear Back Home written by J. Michael Niotta and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plenty of tales of heroism have been shared about the Second World War, but few illustrate the anxiety and injustices endured on U.S. soil. Dick is a fatherless boy and the only man in a household of nine. Anthony is your average Italian kid from Boyle Heights. He�s courting Stevie�s baby sister, Lucy. Stevie�s a go-getter whose reality is carved by his father�s sink or swim devotion to LA business. Frankie�s a glamor guy attending USC and the privileged son of a notorious Sicilian gambling czar. His kid sister Anna fears the same fate as the Japanese. War was never part of the plan. But more than simple war ties them. Italian-Americans made up the largest ethnic group to serve, yet sadly, more than half a million of their relatives living stateside became �enemy aliens.� The Fight Abroad honors the military service of Los Angeles Italians, while The Fear Back Home centers on the hardships they faced along the California coast�property seizure, curfew and travel restrictions, forced relocation, shame, and even internment. The quiet stigma is no longer hidden.