Conflict & Peace

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Building Schools for Girls

Building Schools for Girls

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War

This chapter discusses Canada’s involvement in the "War on Terror" and the rise of nationalism and militarism that it has inspired. The Canadian government and media’s role … 50 $5.00 Add
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Byungjin

Byungjin

From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires

Chapter fourteen, Byungjin focuses on North Korea’s Nuclear program. 21 $2.10 Add
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Challenging Strathcona

Challenging Strathcona

The Cadet Training Controversy in English Canada, 1920–1950

From: Worth Fighting For

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Changing Ourselves

Changing Ourselves

From: Are We Done Fighting?

This chapter reminds us of the importance of readiness for changes within ourselves such as healing and forgiveness, and that these processes cannot be rushed. It further examines evidence for … 16 $1.60 Add
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Child Poverty Must Be Eradicated

Child Poverty Must Be Eradicated

From: Canada after Harper

In my chapter, I call Canada’s steep rate of poverty — especially child poverty — a national disgrace for a country so bountifully endowed with wealth and resources. 11 $1.10 Add
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Women

Women

The power of a number

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

Security Council Resolution 1325 as a perfect example of the mission of the UN: challenging discrimination, social justice, recognizing obstacles, and renewing determination to overcome failures … 7 $0.70 Add
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Civilian Rule

Civilian Rule

From: A Beauty that Hurts

In this chapter, Lovell discusses his arrival in Guatemala in 1985 just before the run-off election took place and the hope a civilian president gave to residents. 4 $0.40 Add
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Class Warfare on the American Home Front

Class Warfare on the American Home Front

From: The Myth of the Good War

Analyzes who profited on the homefront during the war; unemployment was low but big businesses profited most from the war-time boom. 10 $1.00 Add
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From Charity to Justice

From Charity to Justice

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter analyzes the charity efforts undertaken by the UN to reduce global poverty and highlights the new goals instituted to be achieved by 2030. 11 $1.10 Add
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Berger (2004-2008) the Atrocity Archive and Business as Usual

Berger (2004-2008) the Atrocity Archive and Business as Usual

From: A Beauty that Hurts

This chapter discusses the presidency of Óscar Berger and the lack of progress for peace in Guatemala. 5 $0.50 Add
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Colonialism: The Acceleration

Colonialism: The Acceleration

From: The Memory We Could Be

Colonialism was, and remains, a wholesale destruction of memory. Lands, the sources of identity, stolen. Languages, ripped from mouths. The collective loss to humanity was incalculable, as … 36 $3.60 Add
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Communication

Communication

From: Are We Done Fighting?

The author examines what is known about how people tend to communicate and offers tips and perspectives on how to increase understanding and reduce tension, including an explanation of the … 17 $1.70 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

The Conclusion reflects on how the values which secular Arab nationalists promoted were antithetical to U.S. capitalist class interests, which were embodied in U.S. imperialist ideology. That … 30 $3.00 Add
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Reforming the UN

Reforming the UN

An injection of cash

From: The United Nations in the 21st Century

This chapter investigates needed reforms for the organization. 6 $0.60 Add