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How to Stand Up to a Dictator
- Narrated by: Maria Ressa
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2021 and the UNESCO Press Freedom Award 2021
What will you sacrifice for the truth?
Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate, has landed her in trouble with the most powerful man in the country: President Duterte.
Now, hounded by the state, she has 10 arrest warrants against her name, and a potential 100+ years behind bars to prepare for - while she stands trial for speaking the truth.
How to Stand Up to a Dictator is the story of how democracy dies by a thousand cuts, and how an invisible atom bomb has exploded online that is killing our freedoms. It maps a network of disinformation - a heinous web of cause and effect - that has netted the globe: from Duterte's drug wars, to America's Capitol Hill, to Britain's Brexit, to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare, to Facebook and Silicon Valley, to our own clicks and our own votes.
Told from the frontline of the digital war, this is Maria Ressa's urgent cry for us to wake up and hold the line, before it is too late.
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Critic reviews
"A personal hero of mine...she's an important warning for the rest of us." (Hillary Clinton)
"Maria Ressa is 5ft 2in, but she stands taller than most in her pursuit of the truth." (Amal Clooney)
"Maria is a key voice...she is so incredible in so many ways." (Carole Cadwalladr)
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- Susie
- 01-02-23
A really important book to listen to
A reality important book to listen to. Quite frightening at times and tribute to a very brave person. A clear manifesto for action and change too. So some hope.
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- LadyV
- 23-03-23
Inspiring
Part memoir, part call to arms to protect the world from dictatorship and authoritarianism, the importance of independent journalism and the creep of disinformation/fake news and surveillance capitalism through tech companies like Facebook. Everyone should read this book.
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- Andrew Clarke
- 15-03-24
Enthralling autobiography and account of defending democracy in the Philippines
I knew I was going to enjoy this book. What surprised me was how brilliantly narrated it was by the author. Maria's life and work are fascinating. Best book of the year for me so far.
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- M.Jones
- 04-03-23
Amazing woman
A very credible writing of what’s happening in the world through the virus called social media, dictators, fascistas and agitators that Astra trying to drown Democracy into a world of chaos and lies. A well deserved Nobel Prize Maria Ressa.
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- SH
- 02-12-22
Everyone should know this book
Honest, heartfelt, shocking. If you haven’t got much time, skip part I but don’t give up.
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- sylvia
- 19-12-22
Understand what you are seeing - a must read
An incredibly enlightening book that reveals the hidden human manipulation by the world of technology.
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- Gert
- 31-01-23
A must-listen
A great book on so many levels - about a personal mission, populism and democracy, manipulation of technology companies, all told by Maria Ressa herself.
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- Simon Gibson
- 21-11-22
A Decent Human Being.
A phenomenal woman, courageous, honest, a fighter for all that is good and right in our world against the corruption of dictators and ignorant social media CEO's and people of power. She has stuck with her principles of truthful and honesty journalism, despite threats and severe pressure from thugs and people in high office to do otherwise. Maria Ressa is a very deserving recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and a decent human being.
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- Roland Storti
- 10-12-22
Sad but inspiring journey of the plight for truth
Individuals and Organisations must be held accountable now, before we lose democracy. Maria's story is a demonstration of resiliance and hope for a better future.
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- Kana
- 28-01-24
Stand up
Standing up for the truth and fighting for justice. Keeping the you ger generation informed. Thank you Maria Ressa!
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