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From  Washington’s State Islamic Allies |
Most people in the West remember the Arab Spring protests as touching the Arab republics—Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and of course, Libya and Syria. They seldom remember, or know at all, that … | Stephen Gowans | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Working for Belgium, Fighting for Belgium1930–1945 From: Postcards from Congo |
This chapter explores labour relations in Congo and the resource extraction of resources and physical bodies for Belgium up until the end of the Second World War. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From  NEW! A Pact in 1939, Seed of Victory in 1945From: Myths of Modern History |
This chapter tackles a myth recently "certified" by the European parliament: that WW2 became possible because Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union concluded an “alliance,” … | Jacques R. Pauwels | 30 | 2022 | $3.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Chapters 36-40From: My Road from Damascus |
Includes the chapters "First-Class Prisoners", "Silva’s Son Became a River Gift", "Just Write It Again", "Hunger Strike after Ihsan’s Death", … | Jamal Saeed | 37 | 2022 | $3.70 Add |
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From  Deng Xiaoping’s Victory |
This chapter begins with an account of Deng Xioping’s tour of southern China in 1992. The chapter goes on to discuss the economic miracle of the 1990’s, engineered by Deng Xiaoping, … | Michael Cormier | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add |
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From  DenouementFrom: The Einstein File |
This chapter explores the early 1950s, the context of the McCarthy era/McCarthyism and the McCarthy/Hoover anti communist crusade, and Einstein’s life and position during this period. It … | Fred Jerome | 41 | 2018 | $4.10 Add |
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From Divide et Impera |
Mass movements can be organized around different aspects of personal identity such as race, class, religion, sect, ethnicity, language, sex, and position within the international division of … | Stephen Gowans | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From  From the InsideOne Prisoner's Perspective |
This chapter examines the author’s experiences with AIDS and HIV as an inmate in the Florida Department of Corrections. | Timothy Jones | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From  How Is the Empire? |
In Chapter 7, Philpot examines the meaning behind former Secretary General Boutros-Ghali’s 1998 statement that “the Americans were one hundred percent responsible” for the … | Robin Philpot | 14 | 2013 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Naksa |
Chapter Seven focuses on the ‘Naksa’ or defeat of the Arab states and the Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli army during the 1967 War, or the June War. The chapter explores the … | Stephen Gowans | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! Pass the SpudsFrom: Up the Coast |
Chapter Seven focuses on the cook house, the cook Dave, the routine at the logging camp, grizzly bears in the shed, and the cook Lousia the nazi. | Kathryn Willcock | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 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  The Mutilated CityBelfast From: Walls |
This chapter focuses on walls and divisions in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, looking at the history of Catholic and Protestant enclaves and tensions between these groups in the city. … | Marcello Di Cintio | 49 | 2013 | $4.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Rough Road to Independence1945-1960 From: Postcards from Congo |
This chapter follows the journey of the burgeoning Congolese nation to fight for and achieve Independence following the second world war until 1960. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapters 41-45From: My Road from Damascus |
Includes the chapters "The House High on a Hill", "Damascus Spring and Khadija’s Death", "Minibus Visions on the Road to and from the House", "The Syrian … | Jamal Saeed | 44 | 2022 | $4.40 Add |
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From ConclusionFrom: The Einstein File |
Conclusion. | Fred Jerome | 7 | 2018 | $0.70 Add |
