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Donella H. Meadows & Dennis L. Meadows & Jørgen Randers & William W. Behrens III (Club of Rome)

The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind (1972)

The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind (1972) by Donella H. Meadows & Dennis L. Meadows & Jørgen Randers & William W. Behrens III

In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world...

Bertrand Russell

The Impact of Science on Society (1953)

The Impact of Science on Society (1953) by Bertrand Russell

In 1953, Russell published a seminal work, The Impact Of Science On Society. As is typical of Russell, the writing style is dull, at least in the beginning. The beginning of the book seems reasonable and humanitarian, and is intended to soften the reader up for the disgusting conclusi...

Gene Sharp

Self Liberation - A Guide to Strategic Planning for Action to End a Dictatorship or Other Oppression (2009)

Self Liberation - A Guide to Strategic Planning for Action to End a Dictatorship or Other Oppression (2009) by Gene Sharp

Which way to liberation?

Many people live in countries with governments that can be identified as dictatorships, or less harshly, authoritarian regimes. Usually, most of the people in those countries would like their oppres...

Gene Sharp

From Dictatorship to Democracy (2011)

The essential handbook used for the "Color Revolutions" around the world during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

From Dictatorship to Democracy (2011) by Gene Sharp

PREFACE

One of my major concerns for many years has been how people could prevent and destroy dictatorships. This has been nurtured in part because of a belief that human...