Throughout human history, great and free nations have been built on noble dreams. Recently, in some once promising nations, dreams of betterment and possibility, have been effectively compromised. The current political landscape, featuring cold partisan interest, calculated distraction, divisive fear mongering, negativity, and voter disillusionment, has enabled a perfect storm of toxic dysfunction. To make matters worse, personal integrity and accountability have become almost non-existent in political leaders. In such an environment, dreams of social, economic and ecological justice can easily be thwarted. Progress can become much more selective, favouring power and privilege. This handbook integrates critical thinking and media literacy to refocus democratic dreams on more constructive collective pursuits, to re-energize dreamers, and to help hold elected leaders more accountable for their actions and omissions. It is important to speak truth to power, and justice to privilege, in order to empower dreamers
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781771833417
Publisert
2018-10-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Guernica Editions,Canada
Vekt
544 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
252

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Biographical note

Angelo Bolotta was born in the village of Carpanzano in Calabria, Italy in 1951, he emigrated to Canada in 1955. Angelo is a career educator, curriculum leader, administrator, consultant, university instructor and author with over 40 years of experience in public education. He started teaching with the Toronto Catholic District School Board in 1974, and retired in 2009, after serving his last 18 years as a secondary school principal. He continued his teaching career as an instructor and supervisor with Niagara University from 2007-2014. Angelois the author of numerous textbooks and publications about civics, economics and education.