Ergebnis für "AIDS" in Geschichte

In Patient Zero, Richard A. McKay presents a carefully documented and sensitively written account of the life of Gaetan Dugas, a gay man whose skin cancer diagnosis in 1980 took on very different meanings as the HIV/AIDS epidemic developed - and who received widespread posthumous infamy when he was incorrectly identified as patient zero of the North American outbreak.

A Classic Pop Music Book of the Year FEATURING A FOREWORD BY BOB GELDOF The authoritative, official inside story of 40 years of Live Aid, from Band Aid to today. In 1985, with £100+ million in his back pocket from Live Aid – the greatest rock concert the world had ever seen – Bob Geldof...

An eminent scientist and pioneer in the discovery of retroviruses challenges the widely accepted belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS. Duesberg argues that HIV is merely a harmless passenger virus that does not cause AIDS. Sure to spark intense debate, this provocative book offers an original and incisive critique of the rise and fall of HIV.

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation. What can you do when it all hits the fan? You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system. "I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes." So begins...

Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins' legendary memoir--wild tales of his life and times, both at home and around the globe. Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels—including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home...

An “unsparing account” (NPR) of art collective Gran Fury, which fought back during the AIDS crisis through direct action and community-made propaganda In the late 1980s, the AIDS pandemic was annihilating queer people, intravenous drug users, and communities of color in America, and...

In current debates about globalization, open and borderless elites are often set in opposition to the immobile and protectionist working classes. This view obscures a major historical fact: for around a century—from the 1860s to the 1970s—worker movements were at the cutting edge of internationalism. The creation in London of the International Workingmen’s Association in 1864 was a turning point. In this urgent, engaging work, historian Nicolas Delalande explores how international worker solidarity developed.

Les Rothschild ? Plus qu’un nom, un mythe qui a traversé les trois derniers siècles de notre histoire. Leur dynastie a survécu à toutes les révolutions et à toutes les guerres. Leur patronyme est aussi admiré que décrié. Autopsier cette saga financière nourrie d’intrigues politiques, c’est conter l’histoire de la naissance et l’ascension d’une nouvelle classe sociale : celle de la bourgeoisie d’affaires.

Au cœur de l'enfer, cinquante-neuf prisonniers ont réussi l'impensable. Ils ont franchi les barbelés, trompé les miradors, défié les SS — et, parfois seulement pour quelques jours, retrouvé le goût de la liberté. Polonais, Juifs, Soviétiques, Tchèques ou Slovaques : tous ont un point commun. Ils ont refusé de mourir sans lutter.

Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental North America. Synthesizing popular as well as original historical scholarship, Karamanski weaves a colorful narrative illustrating how disparate private and government interests transformed these vast and dangerous waters into the largest inland water transportation system in the world.

The new world of results-driven aid that could put an end to extreme poverty Drawing on 2 decades covering global development as editor in chief of Devex, Raj Kumar explores how nontraditional models of philanthropy and aid are empowering the world’s poorest people to make progress. Old aid...

The United States intelligence establishment is a colossus. With stations in 170 countries, armed with cutting-edge surveillance gear, high-tech weapons, and fleets of armed and unarmed drone aircraft, it commands the most extensive and advanced intel force in history. But America's spy establishment still struggles to keep pace with a host of determined enemies around the world. In Intel Wars, leading espionage historian Matthew M. Aid delivers the inside stories of our decade-long struggle against terrorism.

The definitive and “captivating” (Marty Baron, author of Collision of Power) story of San Francisco’s meteoric transformation into a global capital of technology, and how the same creative and political forces that gave rise to its boom nearly engineered its collapse. At the dawn of the...

The life and death of Jim Jones and his followers in Jonestown still mystifies people to this day. "Drinking the Kool-Aid" became a famous metaphor for holding an unquestioned belief without critical examination. But was there a far more sinister play at hand than the official story revealed? This audiobook is a complete history of Jim Jones and People's Temple, with further analysis on what might have been the real cause of this tragedy.

CDAC Network is the global alliance committed to ensuring people can access safe, trustworthy information during crises. In our podcast we'll have conversations about the big issues in communication, accountability, community engagement and participation. We'll talk about topics, such as how harmful information is impacting communities and aid responses, how digital innovations in community engagement are shifting the power, and if AI advancements in humanitarian action are including communities affected by crisis - CDAC speaks to the key experts and members who are dealing with these critical...

Le 13 juillet 1985, plus d’un milliard de personnes suivaient en direct le Live Aid, le concert caritatif qui voulait changer le monde. Organisé simultanément à Londres et à Philadelphie, il rassemblait les plus grands noms de la musique pour une journée hors du temps. Quarante ans plus tard, revivez cet événement légendaire à travers une série de 20 épisodes immersifs. Anecdotes méconnues, extraits d’archives, récits vibrants… De Queen à David Bowie, de U2 à Elton John, de Tina Turner à Bob Dylan, en passant par Duran Duran, The Cars ou Spandau Ballet, retrouvez les ...

Aujourd'hui en France, environ 9 millions de personnes accompagnent au quotidien un.e proche en situation de dépendance, en raison de son âge, d'une maladie ou d'un handicap. D'ici 2030, le taux de salarié.es aidant.es devrait atteindre un quart de la population active. Les recherches s'accordent à dire que nous sommes tous et toutes potentiellement exposé.es à cette situation, soit directement ou par l'entourage : il s'agit d'un enjeu sociétal croissant ! C'est dans le but de développer une meilleure compréhension de l'expérience et du vécu des aidants que Malakoff Humanis et ...

Two skeptics and a paranormal fanatic discuss the history of the world's most unsettling mysteries.

There Is No Me Without You is the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS. It is a story as much about the power of the bond between children and parents as about the epidemic that every year leaves millions of children, mostly healthy themselves, without family.

In den 1980er-Jahren versetzte HIV die Welt in Angst und Schrecken. Die Aidskrise hat bis heute Millionen Tote gefordert. Erst 1996 kam das erste wirksame Medikament auf den Markt. Heute kann man gut mit HIV leben – sofern man unter Therapie ist. In drei Folgen erzählt dieser Podcast die Geschichte von HIV und Aids in der Schweiz: FUCK: Welche Auswirkungen hatte und hat HIV auf Liebe und Sexualität? FIGHT: Welche Kämpfe wurden während der Aidskrise ausgefochten - und werden auch heute noch ausgefochten? CARE: Wer kümmerte sich um alle Menschen, die wegen ihrer Krankheit ausgestossen ...