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The Just Society and the Jamahiriya
From: Targeting Libya
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This chapter explains how during the late 1960s Pierre Trudeau continued Canada’s longstanding pattern of backing corporate expansion and Cold War anti-communism abroad. In contrast, Qadhafi’s 1969 revolution in Libya expelled Western bases, nationalized oil, built a unique Jamahiriya system combining social gains and popular participation with repression, pursued nuclear capacity, and used oil power and support for liberation movements to confront Western imperial influence.
Contributors
Owen Schalk
Owen Schalk is an independent researcher and writer. He is the author of Canada in Afghanistan: A story of military, diplomatic, political and media failure, 2003–2023, and the coauthor of Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy with Yves Engler.
