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From  Sun Yat-sen’s Unfinished Dream |
This chapter begins with the story of Sun Yat-sen, the first president of the Republic of China. The chapter goes on to provide a historical account of the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the … | Michael Cormier | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Sunday at the CesspoolGil Courtemanche |
In Chapter 11, Philpot critiques Gil Courtemanche’s novel Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, in which Courtemanche describes himself as “an eye-witness report,” even though he was … | Robin Philpot | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Supressing a Worldwide Movement of Liberty, Equality and the Unity of Humankind |
Chapter seven, Suppressing a Worldwide Movement for Liberty, Equality, and the Unity of Humankind focuses on the ideology of the communist movements growing in number across the colonial world, … | Stephen Gowans | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Surviving My Cousin |
In this essay, the author writes about his childhood relationship with his close cousin Dee, who was also gay, and Dee’s death of AIDS-related penumonia in 1998. He posits that Dee’s … | Bryan M. Holdman | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Syria |
Chapter Ten focuses on Syria. Before the British and French divided Turkey’s West Asian possessions in 1920, Syria comprised territory covering today’s Palestine, Israel, Jordan, … | Stephen Gowans | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 Add |
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From Taking the Guilt and Shame Out of Barebacking as a Sex Worker |
In this chapter, Lemoon discusses the impact of her bipolar disorder on her life as a sex worker, and how the public dialogue about safe sex needs to expand beyond exhortations to use condoms. | Laura Lemoon | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! That’s the Navy for YouFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Four focuses on the author’s mother Joan O’Connell’s time working during the Second World War, working in the boeing aircraft plant, disposable income, dancing, her special … | Kathryn Willcock | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The 2011 Distemper |
There are three views on the origins of the 2011 uprising in Syria whose wide circulation is inversely proportional to the degree to which the views have been critically examined. All are highly … | Stephen Gowans | 28 | 2017 | $2.80 Add |
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From  The AftermathA New War on Africa From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In the Conclusion, Forte ends with an extension of one of the key themes in this book, namely that the war against Libya was also a war against Africa. He examines critical perspectives on regime … | Maximilian C. Forte | 42 | 2012 | $4.20 Add |
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From The Anti-Communist Police State |
Chapter ten, Anti-Communist Police State After 1953 focuses on Washington’s commitment to rolling back communism in Korea. From the very first moments that Koreans had fought for freedom … | Stephen Gowans | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Ba’athists’ Islamic Ally |
There were two officially recognized Islamic states in the Middle East which played key roles in the conflict in Syria. One, Saudi Arabia, an important regional satellite of the United States, … | Stephen Gowans | 10 | 2017 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Campaign of 1950-1953 |
Chapter nine, The Campaign of 1950-1953 provides a Korean perspective on the Korean War. From the perspective of the Republic of Korea, the movement of its military forces north of the 38th … | Stephen Gowans | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Conversations We Need to Save Each Other’s Lives |
This chapter is a dialogue betweeen two activists who met at the International AIDS Conference in 2008. | Charles Ryan Long and Theodore (Ted) Kerr | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Dark Heart of PeacekeepingFrom: Canada in the World |
War in the Gulf – The Peacekeeping Horizon – The Somalia Affair – “Ethnic Tension” and the Rwanda Genocides – Saint Roméo Dallaire – Paul Kagame, … | Tyler A. Shipley | 50 | 2020 | $5.00 Add |
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From The Den of Arabism |
The constitution of the Ba’ath Party made a proclamation in its very first line which Washington could have only regarded with deep hostility: “The Arabs are one nation which has its … | Stephen Gowans | 55 | 2017 | $5.50 Add |
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From  NEW! The Destruction of Hiroshima and NagasakiFrom: Myths of Modern History |
Pauwels examines the mythologized narratives surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which America’s mainstream media has long presented as a tragic necessity in order to force … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
