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Gale's New Power to the People Archive Reveals the Historical Roots of Today's Counterculture and Social Justice Movements

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Gale, part of Cengage Group, is helping faculty and researchers better understand how counterculture and social movements of the past have impacted and shaped today's society. The company has launched Power to the People: Counterculture, Social Movements, and the Alternative Press, Nineteenth to Twenty-First Century, a new digital archive that brings together materials that document the movements, events, individuals and grassroots organizations that worked to effect change in cultures and societies around the world. This unique collection offers a comprehensive view of the struggles and triumphs of activism over time, enabling users to make key connections and comparisons between past movements and the challenges humanity faces today.

Key Points: 
  • "As a whole, these pieces offer a unique reflection and authentic voice of the time before the growth of the internet and the birth of social media."
  • With Power to the People , researchers have access to a wide range of rare primary sources on social movements that have shaped modern Western history.
  • The archive paints a multifaceted picture of social history that highlights equity, diversity and inclusion.
  • The University of Bradford's Special Collections on Peace, Politics, and Social Change: highlights social movements around the world.

The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South?

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Monday, July 3, 2023
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But what is meant by that term, and why has it gained currency in recent years?

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  • But what is meant by that term, and why has it gained currency in recent years?
  • The Global South refers to various countries around the world that are sometimes described as “developing,” “less developed” or “underdeveloped.” Many of these countries – although by no means all – are in the Southern Hemisphere, largely in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Going beyond the ‘Third World’

    • Sociologist Peter Worsley’s 1964 book, “The Third World: A Vital New Force in International Affairs,” further popularized the term.
    • Though Worsley’s view of this “Third World” was positive, the term became associated with countries plagued by poverty, squalor and instability.
    • “Third World” became a synonym for banana republics ruled by tinpot dictators – a caricature spread by Western media.
    • Increasingly the term that was being used to replace them was the more neutral-sounding “Global South.”

Geopolitical, not geographical

    • The term “Global South” is not geographical.
    • In fact, the Global South’s two largest countries – China and India – lie entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.
    • Rather, its usage denotes a mix of political, geopolitical and economic commonalities between nations.

Global South on the march

    • This economic shift has gone hand in hand with enhanced political visibility.
    • Countries in the Global South are increasingly asserting themselves on the global scene – be it China’s brokering of Iran and Saudi Arabia’s rapprochement or Brazil’s attempt to push a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine.

Matthew Mumber, MD Releases Second Poetry Book: The Attending

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Thursday, May 4, 2023
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--Donald Revell, author of The English Boat and Drought Adapted Vine.

Key Points: 
  • ROME, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Matthew Mumber announces the release of his latest book of poetry, The Attending .
  • Over every poem in The Attending, grace–and more specifically, the grace of amazement– presides like a sovereign angel.
  • Matthew Mumber has forwarded a courage and energy to our moment more familiar to readers of Blake and of Traherne than to us beleaguered contemporaries.
  • Matthew Mumber, M.D., practices medicine as a board-certi­fed radiation oncologist with the Harbin Clinic in Rome.