"Against the backdrop of America's escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city's racist policies and contempt for the poor. Their dramatic flair, uncompromising vision, and skillful ability to link local problems to international crises riveted the media, alarmed New York's political class, and challenged nationwide perceptions of civil rights and black power protest. The group called itself the Young Lords. [The author] utiliz[es] oral histories, archival records, and an enormous cache of police records released only after a decade-long Freedom of Information Law request and subsequent court battle ... [for this] account of the Young Lords, from their roots as a street gang to their rise and fall as a political organization"--
El contrato de seguro es una de las figuras jurídicas de mayor usanza en el tráfico comercial y cotidiano. Por ello, el legislador ha articulado una amplia reglamentación no sólo en lo que respecta a sus elementos esenciales, características, partes y las obligaciones y cargas que envisten a éstas, sino en la actividad técnica económica que adelanta el asegurador, ante la constitucionalización de esta actividad. ; The insurance contract is one of the greatest legal figures in the commercial traffic. Therefore, the legislature has articulated a comprehensive regulation not only in regard to its essential elements, features, parts and the obligations and burdens, but in the technical economic activity that advances the insurer, in the presence of the constitutionality for this activity. ; CRAI-USTA Bogotá
Introduction / Johanna Fernandez -- American "exceptionalism" : US institutions in comparative perspective -- US imperialism : from continental expansion to global intervention -- From slavery to mass incarceration : the saga of African-descended people in the United States -- Can the left become a major player in US politics? -- The current US political scene.
"From the first slave writings to contemporary hip hop, the canon of African American literature offers a powerful counter-narrative to dominant notions of American culture, history, and politics. Resonant with voices of prophecy and resistance, the African American literary tradition runs deep with emancipatory currents that have had an indelible impact on the United States and the world. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of our most important contributors to this canon for decades, writing from the confines of the US prison system to give voice to those most silenced by chronic racism, impoverishment, and injustice. Writing on the Wall is a selection of one hundred previously unpublished essays that crystalize Mumia Abu-Jamal's essential perspectives on community, politics, power, social change, and US history. From discussions of Rosa Parks and Trayvon Martin to John Walker Lindh and Edward Snowden, Abu-Jamal articulates lucid, humorous, and often prescient insight into the past, present, and future of American politics and society. Written as radio commentaries from his prison cell in Death Row, where he was held in solitary confinement for close to thirty years, Mumia's revolutionary perspective brims with hope, encouragement, and profound faith in the possibility of social change and redemption. MUMIA ABU-JAMAL is an award-winning journalist and author of two best-selling books, Live From Death Row and Death Blossoms, which address prison life from a critical and spiritual perspective. In 1981 he was elected president of the Association of Black Journalists (Philadelphia chapter). That same year he was arrested for allegedly killing a white police officer in Philadelphia. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1982, in a process that has been described as an epic miscarriage of justice. After spending more than 28 years on death row, in 2011 his death sentence was vacated when the Supreme Court allowed to stand the decisions of four federal judges who had earlier declared his death sentence unconstitutional. He is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. In spite of his three-decade-long imprisonment, most of which was spent in solitary confinement on Death Row, Abu-Jamal has relentlessly fought for his freedom and for his profession. From prison he has written seven books and thousands of radio commentaries. He holds a BA from Goddard College and an MA from California State University, Dominguez Hills. His books have sold more ...
En el presente artículo se realizó un análisis de la situación actual de la práctica del turismo de naturaleza en la Reserva Forestal Protectora quebrada Honda y caños Parrado y Buque, mediante un levantamiento de los principales atractivos turísticos, la elaboración de un mapa temático de conflicto con el uso del suelo y la práctica del turismo, y un análisis de la situación actual de la reserva a través de la matriz DOFA . Como resultados se encontró que el tipo de turismo de naturaleza que se practica en la reserva es el ecoturismo, que en mayor proporción lo realizan las mujeres, y el turismo de aventura, practicado por los hombres. El área de estudio cuenta con cinco lugares estratégicos donde se puede realizar turismo y es visitada por personas jóvenes que practican deportes extremos y por adultos que eligen lugares para descansar, disfrutar del paisaje o hacer caminatas. Mediante el levantamiento del mapa se estableció que debido a la expansión urbana los bosques han sido modificados y han quedado parches de estos inmersos en áreas de agricultura y pastos para ganadería. El análisis de la matriz DOFA arrojó falta de conciencia ambiental por parte de los visitantes y la población residente, así como falta de publicidad y adecuación de un sitio de información. Para dar solución a esta problemática se propone la realización de diferentes estrategias en esta área, dada su importancia no solo turística, sino ecosistémica.
