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Introduction

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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Introduction

From: The Einstein File

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Editor’s Preface

Editor’s Preface

From: Decolonize Hipsters

In the Preface, series editor Bhakti Shringarpure explains the series Decolonize That!: Handbooks for the Revolutionary Overthrow of Embedded Colonial Ideas and why hipsters would be the first … 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

The Wall Disease

From: Walls

The author introduces the book and the history and concept of wall-building, and how this practice has served humanity and served to cement discord and divisions. 7 $0.70 Add
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Introduction
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Introduction

From: Postcards from Congo

The Introduction provides an overview of the 150 year history of the modern state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, maps, and etymology. 3 $0.30 Add
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Introduction - Democracy Between Revolution and War
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Introduction – Democracy Between Revolution and War

From: Myths of Modern History

The author introduces the book, discussing myths and mythologized history and the importance of teaching of teaching history and acknowledging bias. He also explores the history of democracy and … 31 $3.10 Add
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Invasion? What Invasion?

Invasion? What Invasion?

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 1, Philpot challenges the notion that the Rwandan Patriotic Front under its leadership of the current Rwandan President Paul Kagame– who, along with many fellow officers was … 22 $2.20 Add
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Iran

Iran

From: Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

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 … 26 $2.60 Add
Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

Israel, A Beachhead in the Middle East

From European Colony to US Power Projection Platform

One US military leader has called Israel “the intelligence equivalent of five CIAs.” An Israeli cabinet minister likens his country to “the equivalent of a dozen US aircraft … 252 View
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It Shall be Called a Plane Crash

It Shall be Called a Plane Crash

From: Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

In Chapter 6, Philpot discusses the April 6th 1994 assassinations of two African presidents, Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, looking at how these assassinations … 11 $1.10 Add
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Jason & David

Jason & David

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this chapter, the author discusses his attempts to create a performance piece that juxtaposed images from his childhood with stories and images from the lives of gay artists who had died of … 11 $1.10 Add
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Jews as Wanderers

Jews as Wanderers

From: Antisemitism

In this chapter, Slayton traces the history of Jewish displacement, from the expulsion of Spanish Jews in the fifteenth century to the mass emigration of German Jews between 1933 and 1941. 9 $0.90 Add
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Leaving Atlanta

Leaving Atlanta

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter describes the author’s friendship with their uncle, who was gay and died of AIDS when the Moore was young. 7 $0.70 Add
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Leftover Lovers

Leftover Lovers

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This chapter details the author’s experience with his school’s abstinance only sex education, which was stigmatizing, and the structural oppression that governed the lives of queer … 11 $1.10 Add
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Libyan Pan-Africanism and Its Discontents

Libyan Pan-Africanism and Its Discontents

From: 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 … 50 $5.00 Add
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Lie Back and Get Comfortable

Lie Back and Get Comfortable

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

This essay concerns the youthful experiences of a Jewish woman as she confronts the anti-queer predudice of her mother. 7 $0.70 Add