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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
But We Built Roads for Them The Lies, Racism and Amnesia that Bury Italy's Colonial Past	In the fiery political debates in and about Italy, silence reigns about the country’s colonial legacy. By reducing the European colonial sweep to Britain and France, Italy has effectively …	Francesco Filippi	210	2024	View
From Byungjin From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View	Chapter fourteen, Byungjin focuses on North Korea’s Nuclear program.	Stephen Gowans	21	2018	$2.10 Add
From Canada’s Leading Metropolis (1896-1914) From: The History of Montréal View	This chapter explores the city’s population growth, social and ethnic divisions, and the nature of city life/the social landscape. Between the end of the nineteenth century and the start of …	Paul-André Linteau	16	2013	$1.60 Add
Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy	Canada’s Long Fight against Democracy is a sweeping overview of Canadian-backed coups since 1950. It documents Canada’s contribution to the ouster of over 20 elected governments from …	Owen Schalk; Yves Engler	216	2024	View
From NEW! Chapter 1: The Killer From: The Killer's Henchman View	The author discusses Covid-19 and its science, the measures put in place to stop it, some pandemic history and science, pandemic risks, globalization, lab-manipulated viruses (PPP research) and …	Stephen Gowans	29	2022	$2.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2: The Response From: The Killer's Henchman View	The author discusses the response to Covid-19 with particularly attention to the United States and China. Topics include vaccines, public health and social measures, the approaches of countries …	Stephen Gowans	36	2022	$3.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3: The Capitalists’ State From: The Killer's Henchman View	This chapter asks who it is that made the decisions on how to respond to the pandemic (if to respond at all) and what their interests are. The author explores the domination of governments around …	Stephen Gowans	35	2022	$3.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 4: The Capitalists’ Nanny State From: The Killer's Henchman View	This chapter continues to explore the capitalist state and how it fucntions to support and facilitate the business-based upper class and its accumulation of the wealth that is produced by the …	Stephen Gowans	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From NEW! Chapter 5: Capitalist Pharmacy From: The Killer's Henchman View	This chapter is focused on the pharmaceutical industry/capitalist pharmacy and the interests of its wealthy investors.	Stephen Gowans	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Chapter 6: The Billionaire From: The Killer's Henchman View	The author focuses on Bill Gates, examining how Gates offers a concrete example of how members of the capitalist class use their wealth to shape political agendas to expand their own interests at …	Stephen Gowans	29	2022	$2.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 7: The Henchman From: The Killer's Henchman View	This chapter explores Covid-19 mitigation/responses with particular analysis of Operation Warp Speed, Washington’s Covid-19 vaccine program, which used public money, and capitalized on …	Stephen Gowans	44	2022	$4.40 Add
Charging Ahead Hydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity	Hydro-Québec manages one of the largest power grids on the continent. It is among the most profitable, the least expensive and the greenest. With a stunning renewable energy rate of 99.8 …	Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow	320	2019	View
From NEW! Charlie Wilson’s War Redux? Operation Timber Sycamore and Other Covert Operations in Syria From: Syria View	In this chapter, Kuzmarov and Kovalik examine Operation Timber Sycamore, a CIA covert programme (2013–2017) arming and training Syrian rebels to overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s government.	Dan Kovalik; Jeremy Kuzmarov	13	2025	$1.30 Add
From Chile, 1973 From: Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy View	In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine Canada’s role in opposing Chile’s elected President Salvador Allende and its rapid support of General Pinochet’s dictatorship …	Owen Schalk; Yves Engler	8	2024	$0.80 Add
From Chronology, Translator’s Note, and Notes From: But We Built Roads for Them View	This "chapter" includes a chronology of events, translator’s notes, and references.	Francesco Filippi	25	2024	$2.50 Add
From NEW! Cities and Nation-States Section 2: Jacobs’ Urban Economics From: Cities Matter View	Chapter 6 explores the political and economic environments cities have to compete within their larger political structures, such as nation-states, federations, or confederations. It explores …	Charles-Albert Ramsay	11	2022	$1.10 Add