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From  Libyan Pan-Africanism and Its DiscontentsFrom: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter Three, Forte focus on Pan-Africanism and the relationships between Gaddafi’s Libya and key African Leaders. Forte highlights how much of Gaddafi’s thinking followed in the … | Maximilian C. Forte | 50 | 2012 | $5.00 Add |
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From  Mao’s Democracy |
This chapter begins with a brief account of Mao’s rise to power in China at the end of World War Two. It goes on to provide a historical account of his rise to power and the rise of the … | Michael Cormier | 21 | 2013 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Nakba |
Chapter Three focuses on the Nakba or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic. The chapter explores the creation of the colonial settler state of Israel, aided by the British after the First World … | Stephen Gowans | 13 | 2019 | $1.30 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  NEW! The Great Imperialist WarFrom: Myths of Modern History |
In this chapter the author argues against the cliché of conventional historiography that the First World War was a war for democracy, as well as the notion that this war was not a product of … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The Oneness of Humankind |
In this reading, human rights lawyer Payam Akhavan discusses the efforts of people to come together and fight human rights abuses. The chapter includes a discussion of human rights in Afghanistan … | Payam Akhavan | 70 | 2017 | $8.40 Add |
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From  The Patriot |
Chapter three, Patriot focuses on the life and work of Kim Il-sung. He was neither a puppet installed in a North Korean Soviet satellite state by Joseph Stalin, as US propagandists would have it, … | Stephen Gowans | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Power of a Word |
In Chapter 3, Philpot discusses how Central Africa has been turned upside down in the pursuit of génocidaires. Philpot examines how with the support of the United States, Canada, the United … | Robin Philpot | 15 | 2013 | $1.50 Add |
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From  A Nakba of OlivesThe West Bank Wall From: Walls |
This chapter focuses on the West Bank Wall, which divides Israeli and Palestinian/Arab populations and territory. Israelis have described this wall as necessary to stop terrorism and defend their … | Marcello Di Cintio | 30 | 2013 | $3.00 Add |
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From A War against AfricaAFRICOM, NATO, and Racism From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter Four, Forte examines the role of the United States military in Africa through the role of the Africa Command (AFRICOM), the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), the work of the … | Maximilian C. Forte | 50 | 2012 | $5.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapters 21-25From: My Road from Damascus |
Includes the chapters "First Steps Underground", "Looking for a Ceiling to Sleep Under", "Saint Sister Theresa", "Doomsday (February 1981)", and … | Jamal Saeed | 53 | 2022 | $5.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Congo Free State and Its Formation1874–1908 From: Postcards from Congo |
This chapter explores the creation of the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium from 1874 to 1908. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  Hipster FascismChapter 3 From: Decolonize Hipsters |
In Hipster Fascism, Pierrot focuses on the hipster subculture and its connections to fascism and white supremacy movements in recent years. As hipsters’ founding logic is based around … | Grégory Pierrot | 33 | 2021 | $3.30 Add |
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From  Hockey Night in Canada |
The author recalls the death of a co-worker from AIDS, how a group of gay friends cared for one of their own who was dying of AIDS while his family watched Hockey Night in Canada, and his own … | Berend McKenzie | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From Imperialism |
Chapter Four focuses on Israel’s ties to imperialism. The chapter explores how Israel had aided in the imperial mission of the West in the Middle East and how its own interests tie in with … | Stephen Gowans | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Postwar FalloutFrom: The Einstein File |
This chapter explores Einstein’s reaction to– as well as broader conversations during the period surrounding– the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and developments in nuclear … | Fred Jerome | 62 | 2018 | $6.20 Add |
