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From  NEW! Postscript: A Work DiaryFrom: Up the Coast |
The postscript is the author’s reflection on her fathers 1959 work diary. | Kathryn Willcock | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Settlers |
Chapter Eleven focuses on the ideology of the Israeli Settlers. Settler colonialism is a system through which natives are displaced by immigrants. Under this system, the natives are defined as … | Stephen Gowans | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 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  NEW! The United States, Champion of Democracy?From: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter explores how in theory US foreign policy and ceaseless military ventures promote democracy, but in reality they seek to achieve corporate desiderata such as worldwide open doors for … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  To Say Good-Bye |
This essay details the author’s HIV diagnosis in the late 1990s, and how he feels discomfited by the Bay Area because of his history there. | Andrew R. Spieldenner | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific |
Chapter eleven, Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific focuses on the shift in shift in politics in South Korea by 1993. The Berlin Wall had fallen, the German Democratic … | Stephen Gowans | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |
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From An Avatar of Colonial EuropeCollette Braeckman |
In Chapter 12, Philpot reviews Colette Braeckman’s book “Rwanda, Histoire d’un genocide”, published immediately after the Rwandan war in October 1994. Philpot addresses … | Robin Philpot | 8 | 2013 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Contemporary Canada and the Rise of FascismFrom: Canada in the World |
Armoured Neoliberalism – The Ukraine Crisis – Uncreating Hugo Chávez – The Friendly Far Right: Colombia and Brazil – Blood of Extraction – Poisoning the Well … | Tyler A. Shipley | 55 | 2020 | $5.50 Add |
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From NEW! Democracy’s Post-1945 Worldwide Rise and DeclineFrom: Myths of Modern History |
The author examines the myths concerning the winding, up-and-down road taken by democracy from 1945 to the present. He argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the 1989 fall of the Berlin … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From Iran |
Chapter Twelve focuses on Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. It removed Iran as a sphere of exploitation for US investors and created a new pole of resistance to the US imperialist … | Stephen Gowans | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From Rea |
In this chapter, the author describes his realtionship with a sexual health nurse. | Hugh Ryan | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Trouble Brewing in the East: First Congo War1994–1997 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the First Congo War from 1994 to 1997. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From US Supremacy’s All-Conquering March |
Chapter twelve, US Supremacy’s All Conquering March focuses on the United States commitment to ending the DPRK or North Korea state. The DPRK has a people- and Korean-centred economy, … | Stephen Gowans | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! A Conflict of Interest: Second Congo War1997–2003 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the Second Congo War from 1997 to 2003. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Conclusion – Capitalism and Democracy, Not a Love StoryFrom: Myths of Modern History |
The author explores the fraught relationship between capitalism and democracy. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 30 | 2022 | $3.00 Add |
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From Diversion |
The conclusion Diversion reflects on how at the end of World War II, US officials celebrated the Middle East as a ‘stupendous source of strategic power’ and an immense ‘material … | Stephen Gowans | 10 | 2019 | $1.00 Add |
