Journalism

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The Fog of Journalism

From: The Next Big Thing

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"In the fall of 2003, we called in from the field Canada’s most senior foreign correspondent. Joe Schlesinger was nearing the end of a distinguished career covering the world for the … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Velocity of Perception

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

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Through the intersectionality of multiple crises such as the near-civil war following the 2007 Kenya election, the Covid-19 pandemic, global economic collaspe, the Black Lives Matter movement, … 22 $2.20 Add
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The Wild West

From: Imagined Truths

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The author discusses his family history, American history, and myth-making. 10 $1.00 Add
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Baghdad Year Zero

From: The Next Big Thing

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"When we invited journalist and activist Naomi Klein to campus in the fall of 2004, five years after the international success of her bestselling first book, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand … 26 $2.60 Add
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Why Not Everyone Is a Liberal

From: Beyond Contempt

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In this chapter the author explores the factors that impact how people’s political identities are formed, in particular how conservative views are formed and strengthened. 28 $2.80 Add
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Charismatic Big Men and the Volk

Part I: The Big Lie

From: Has Populism Won?

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This chapter focuses on the archetypes that can be found in modern populism including The First Citizen of the Empire, the National Defender, the Holy Crusader and the Conspirator-in-Chief. The … ; 25 $2.50 Add
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From the Hip

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From: Decolonize Hipsters

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In From the Hip, Pierrot explores the etymology of the word ‘hip’ and how it has been used over the centuries, before delving deeper into the larger history of white hegemonic culture … 32 $3.20 Add
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Thérése Cosgrain (!896-1981)

From: Working for the Common Good

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The 2011 Distemper

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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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 … 28 $2.80 Add
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The Nuclear Family

From: Imagined Truths

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The author explores more of his family’s history, his early life, and his relationship with his grandparents. 28 $2.80 Add
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"The debate is closing"

The carbonizing of American politics

From: Oil’s Deep State

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Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft links the Canadian experience of the oil industry’s influence on politics to the United States to industry ties to the George W. Bush government … 23 $2.30 Add
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Curiosity – The Antidote to Contempt

From: Beyond Contempt

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In this chapter, the author presents curiosity as the antithesis of contempt and suggests that if we engage those with differing views with a sense of curiosity and empathy we can start a … 20 $2.00 Add
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GraceMacInnis (1905-1991)

From: Working for the Common Good

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Great Again

On Political Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

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This chapter examines nostalgia in modern democracies, where generalized nostalgia binds individuals into a mass movement through its vagueness. The dissonance between nostlagia and how politics … 23 $2.30 Add
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Hipster Fascism

Chapter 3

From: Decolonize Hipsters

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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 … 33 $3.30 Add
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The Myth of the Modernate Rebel

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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When the Daraa riot broke out in mid-March, 2011, two armed Islamist groups, which would play a lead role in the war against the Syrian government, Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham, had already … 26 $2.60 Add