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Book "Toward a New World, For Real"
NEXT EVENT:
Colibri Editions, the Municipal Theatre Workshop (Coimbra) and the Author, invite you to participate in this event to present the Book, with General Pezarat Correia ("Capitão de Abril"), Isabel Craveiro (Artistic Director of O Teatrão), Manuel Rocha (CDU Deputy of the Municipal Assembly of Coimbra), J.M. Pureza (Univ. de Coimbra), and the Author, Pedro Ferraz de Abreu. It is worth noting that General Pezarat received his PhD with distinction from the University of Coimbra, at the age of 85. More info coming soon. [teatrão poster]
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At the initiative of the "Friends of April" group from Lagos, the Chinicato Friends Club was the venue for the get-together and the presentation of the Book. with the Author, Pedro Ferraz de Abreu; the President of the Municipal Assembly of Lagos, Joaquina Baptista Quintans de Matos and the President of ANAM - National Association of Municipal Assemblies, Albino Almeida, with 40 people present and a lively discussion, ending with requests for an autograph from the Author, by 16 participants who bought the book.
[invitation] | [news on the e-Cultura portal, CNC initiative] | [Contact : Manuel Canelas] Coming Soon: Videos and Photos of the Event..
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Book Presentation with Students and Teachers of HighSchool Rainha Santa Isabel, Estremoz |
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 3 classes. with Prof. Maria do Céu Pires and Pedro Ferraz de Abreu (Author). |
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Book Presentation, with Pedro Ferraz de Abreu (Author); Albino Almeida (President of the National Association of Municipal Assemblies / ANAM and President of the A.M. of V.N. de Gaia); Jorge Sarabando (Researcher, former municipal deputy of V.N.Gaia and Porto, Association 'Conquistas da Revolução', member of the Central Committee of the PCP between 1988 and 2008); and José Pacheco Pereira (Historian and Commentator, Director of Ephemera). Auditorium of the Municipal Assembly of V.N. of Gaia.
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Book Presentation with Students and Teachers from the Ant—nio Arroio Artistic School (HighSchool) |
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with the President of the Teachers' Social Solidarity Association (ASSP), Ana Maria Morais, and the Author. Organized by ASSP. |
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For more information about the upcoming presentation, dissemination and debate activities of this Book, or suggestions and comments, your contact is always welcome.
PAST EVENTS:
2024-12-12 no CNC (fotos / videos) |
Lançamento na A25Abril (fotos / videos) |
2024-07-02 com ANAM (fotos / videos) |
2024-05-16 na AJA (fotos / videos) |
Sessão de Autografos |
2024-06-02 Feira do Livro (fotos / videos) |
Book Launch:
The book launch took place on April 19, 2024, at Associação 25 de Abril, in Lisbon, with more than 60 participants [PROGRAM] [PHOTOS] [VIDEOS].
ABOUT THE BOOK
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Vós que lá, do vosso império |
A group of progressive citizens, concerned and dissatisfied with the current situation, believe that it is important to publicize and debate this book. That is why we have signed a Collective Preface with the Author, and recommend its reading to all who, like us, aspire to help build a more dignified, fairer and more supportive society. In other words, "A New World, For Real". [read the Collective Preface] [Purchase / Support the Book] | |
"Are we going to accept as inevitable a society that worsens inequalities, exploitation and injustice? A 3rd world war? The climate crisis? After all, what society do we want? What better society can we build? And how?
What political ideology best serves Humanity in the 21st century? Is it true, as many claim, that ideology matters little today?
It's not about presenting a moral discourse, about how the world "should be". It is also about showing, following the evidence of Science and the experience of the struggle of social movements, how the world "could be".
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Like Aleixo, this book proposes... a new world, for real"
"For a Progressive Ideology in the 21st Century Supported by Science and the Experience of Social Movements"
"50 years after the struggles that led to the Revolution of April 25, 1974, the author challenges us to reflect on fundamental issues of today, and on the direction that the Left has been taking in recent decades.
We live in an era of great promises, challenges and paradoxes. But there is a deep division in Society, and within the Left itself. Which path to follow? After all, what world do we want - and can - have? This work presents us with a unique contribution, because it is based on many years of transdisciplinary scientific research (engineering and social sciences), but also on the experience of progressive struggle..
For the author, the Left seems to be limited to the "pragmatic" role of mitigating, moderating, the worst effects of the economic crisis and war, but without a vision of a truly autonomous society from the Right; or to the "radical" role of champion of "minorities", but whose "identitarian" exaggerations distance the people from the Left and thus deliver the "majorities" to the Right.
This book therefore aspires to contribute to a more dignified, fairer and more supportive society.."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pedro Ferraz de Abreu was a leader of the revolutionary left in the struggle that led to the 25th of April. Target of persecution by the Salazar Dictatorship regime, he was expelled from the University, incorporated (compulsorily) into a disciplinary battalion and forced into hiding (clandestinidade / underground) due to PIDE arrest warrants.
He studied and taught for 20 years at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, USA), where he founded a transdisciplinary scientific area (e-Planning), which he taught in Portugal as a Guest Full Professor, at the Universities of Lisbon and Aveiro. He is currently a Research Affiliate at MIT, Researcher at the University of Lisbon and President of the Research Center on Information Technologies and Participatory Democracy.(CITIDEP)
BUY / SUPPORT THE BOOK
Place your order for Book(s) now. If you want to support the dissemination and debate, please contact the Commission "Por Um Mundo Novo a Serio".
| DESPESAS * (autor: edição, divulgação, logistica) | RECEITAS * (autor: vendas autor e crowdfunding) | LIVROS VENDIDOS * (autor) |
| 5056 euros | 4868 euros | 196 |
To ensure sale to the public at an affordable price (18 euros), the Author purchased a batch of copies at a real cost of 30 euros/Book. As such, anyone who can afford the real cost, purchasing for 30 euros, helps to share this publicity effort among those who have the most difficulties. Thank you for your support.
NEXT: Sessão na AJA (fotos e videos) 16 Maio 2024
Citizens who fought and are fighting for freedom and democracy, before and after the 25th of April, outraged by the ongoing destruction of the social state and the achievements of April, who defend dialogue and collaboration in the left-wing community.
