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Tom Glynn has had an extraordinary life Advertising didn't seem the most likely career choice for a young Tom Glynn, the son of an illegal SP bookie, and at 16, a school failure. When Tom became a Christian in his early 20s, the advertising industry was a tough place to be. Working in top advertising agencies in Sydney, Singapore and London, he could see that Christian organisations needed to be better communicators. In 1974, he opened his own agency, Tom Glynn Advertising, aimed at helping Christian organisations reach their audiences more effectively. All of this, while struggling with clinical depression. 'God's Ad-Man' is his story of success and failure, commitment and hope, in business as well as personal life. You'll be encouraged to walk your own journey of fulfilment, courage and contribution. www.tomglynn-godsadman.com.au
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This book reveals Australia’s radical past through more than 500 tales of Indigenous resistance, convict revolts and escapes, picket line hijinks, student occupations, creative direct action, street art, media pranks, urban interventions, squatting, blockades, banner drops, guerilla theatre, and billboard liberation. Twelve key Australian activists and pranksters are interviewed regarding their opposition to racism, nuclear power, war, economic exploitation, and religious conservatism via humor and creativity. Featuring more than 300 spectacular images How to Make Trouble and Influence People is an inspiring, and at times hilarious, record of resistance that will appeal to readers everywhere.
“Harold the Klansman” by George Alfred Brown is a powerful and evocative novel that explores the complex themes of race, identity, and morality within the context of early 20th-century America. Set against the backdrop of the deep racial tensions and the presence of the Ku Klux Klan in the South, this gripping story follows Harold, a young man who finds himself deeply entangled in the ideology of the Klan, only to experience a profound moral and personal awakening. The narrative centers on Harold, a man caught between his inherited beliefs and his growing sense of conscience. As a member of the notorious Ku Klux Klan, Harold’s life is shaped by a culture of hatred and division, but his...
My Inner Thoughts By: Mark A. Kordon This thoughtful collection of poetry emphasizes how God is here for everyone. He has been there for author Mark Kordon through the good times and the bad. Kordon believes everyone needs a special place to go when they need deep inner peace and to feel closer to God – for him that is The Badlands.
This book explores the ideas of three largely forgotten radical women who participated in labor union strikes in Argentina and Uruguay, Canada, and the United States: Virginia Bolten (c.1876-1960), one of the most militant anarchists of southern South America; Helen Armstrong (1875-1947), a major leader of the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, whose involvement in that important event in Canadian history was, for a long time, obscured by accounts that emphasized the accomplishments of men; and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964), the Wobbly leader who directed many industrial strikes throughout the United States, and was one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union, who eventually...
The only large scale comprehensive account of an intriguing part of Australia's past
Narratives of anarchist and syndicalist history during the era of the first globalization and imperialism (1870-1930) have overwhelmingly been constructed around a Western European tradition centered on discrete national cases. This parochial perspective typically ignores transnational connections and the contemporaneous existence of large and influential libertarian movements in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Yet anarchism and syndicalism, from their very inception at the First International, were conceived and developed as international movements. By focusing on the neglected cases of the colonial and postcolonial world, this volume underscores the worldwide dimension of ...