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America: "Home of Freedom" or "Empire of Evil"? A country that invents myths and values, or one that is in internal conflict and decline? How can the "actual distance" between San Francisco and Miami be calculated? Why is it impossible to communicate with a New York cab driver in English? How can you account for the terrible string of shootings while still explaining Florida's internal migration from California and the start-up record, low youth unemployment,...
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In his third book on France, the veteran international correspondent, Joseph Harriss, cautions that it is, probably, not the country you, expect. He explores persistent myths about that complex nation and analyzes its rapidly evolving situation today. What have 70 years of Socialism done to it? Are French culture and cuisine still the gold standard? He ranges from politics-why the French were so disgusted with President Nicolas Sarkozy-to wrenching...
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Pyotr Volkov (born in Uruguay as Diego Daniel García), is an anthropologist and historian with a special interest in past and current events related to the great history of Slavdom and Orthodox Christianity. For an entire decade, he worked to create an ambitious book in which Orthodox Christianity is put at the center of all political, economical, philosophical, and anthropological considerations which shape our modern world. In this very encompassing...
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En la historia de América Latina hay un lugar común compartido por todos los análisis, con independencia de la ideología desde la que operan, y es que la responsabilidad del subdesarrollo del continente proviene de la época colonial y su protagonista, el malvado Imperio español. Pero en historia y geopolítica no hay ni imperios malvados ni benevolentes, solo imperios que ejercen el imperialismo. Este interesado relato, más que historia, es...
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"El imaginario social construido desde la década de los ochenta está plagado de perversiones ideológicas: desde el pensamiento único que aboga por la imposibilidad de cuestionar el capitalismo hasta el inevitable choque civilizatorio entre Oriente y Occidente que mantiene que los musulmanes del mundo se unirían para destruir la civilización judeo-cristiana. Si bien es cierto que no se ha dejado de pensar al margen del capitalismo, también lo...
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Dégager des sous-ensembles régionaux au sein de l'Asie soulève deux difficultés majeures. D'une part, les phénomènes comme la démographie, la superficie ou l'économie opèrent à une échelle beaucoup plus vaste que l'Europe, voire que l'Amérique du Nord. La Chine, qui ne constitue qu'une partie de l'Asie, est, par exemple, aussi grande que les États...
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On the Philosophy of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism demonstrates Jose Maria Sison's comprehensive and profound knowledge of the epochal stages through which the theory and practice of the world proletarian revolution have developed. Such knowledge is well propagated among the cadres and members of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
This book demonstrates Sison's excellence as a theoretician and teacher of dialectical and historical materialism as well...
88) Corporatocracy
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This book is the second in the Democracy series, a series of three books. Corporatocracy refers to the powerful group of people who run the world's biggest corporations and the most powerful governments. The societies are ruled by a small minority of the wealthiest. Of the world's 100 largest economies, 71 are corporations while only 29 are countries. More than two-thirds of the richest 100 entities on the planet are corporations, not governments....
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Because We Say So presents more than thirty concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global power. Written between 2011 and 2015, Noam Chomsky's arguments forge a persuasive counter-narrative to official accounts of US politics and policies during global crisis. Find here classic Chomsky on the increasing urgency of climate change, the ongoing impact of Edward Snowden's whistleblowing, nuclear politics, cyberwar, terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan,...
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Protecting sovereignty while advancing American interests in the global age
Americans have long been protective of the country's sovereignty-beginning when George Washington retired as president with the admonition for his successors to avoid "permanent" alliances with foreign powers. Ever since, the nation has faced persistent, often heated debates about how to maintain that sovereignty, and whether it is endangered when the United States enters...
91) Bonfire
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The Tsar of Russia is furious. He is not mad, has his reasons. Reasons few know about. This book gives an exclusive insight into Vladimir Putin's mindset, what he has against the United States and NATO and why is Ukraine that important for Mother Russia. It guides the reader into the shady realm of geopolitical competition, false-flag operations and cruel battles behind the scenes, all wrapped into the fire of Eastern European history. Step by step,...
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El prestigioso intelectual, escritor y diplomático boliviano Carlos Antonio Carrasco F. nos brinda la traducción de su obra "LOS CUBANOS EN ANGOLA (1975-990)" (Bases para el estudio de una guerra olvidada), cuyo título original en francés es de "L'intervention étrangère dans la guerre angolaise: l'expérience cubaine" (INALCO, París, 1996). El título en francés es más explícito acerca del contenido de su libro actual. A través de su apasionante...
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Even in the absence of a major war, the world remains a dangerous place. Fuses are lit in practically every region and on every continent, which could eventually ignite a global conflagration and draw the world's superpowers into a deadly and catastrophic conflict. The U.S., Russia, and China all eye these regional conflicts with care-each hoping to use this turmoil to its advantage. Meanwhile, each of these countries attempts to avoid major direct...
94) Blind Colossus
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Antonia Hildebrand, author of The Nine Eleven Handbook, explores how the neo-liberal worldview was created and for what social, political and economic purposes it came into being. Going back to the Great Depression of the thirties, Hildebrand describes an agenda devoted to the creation of an elite, which is now so insulated by its power that it is largely unaccountable and owns a large slab of the world's wealth. In the United States at least, it...
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Découvrez Quel avenir pour notre passé ?, une aventure littéraire captivante qui explore les relations entre la France et l'Algérie à travers les yeux de la jeunesse. Hamza Agha et Enzo Gallice nous guident dans un voyage au croisement de deux cultures, abordant les moments clés de leur histoire commune tout en envisageant un avenir de coopération et de compréhension mutuelle. Plus qu'une simple exploration historique, ce livre est un plaidoyer...
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Putin, NATO & NovichokWas the Salisbury poisoning a catalyst for war?The poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, England on March 4th, 2018 set off a war of words between Putin's Russia and the UK Government. As events continue to unravel this short current affairs report delves into the details behind Putin's Russia and the propaganda push from both sides.Putin's resurgence, wars and the dealing of 'traitors'What happened in...
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The Pandemials are the young people who will be between the ages of 10 and 26 after the pandemic is over. They will be faced with societies devastated by inequality, the end of meritocracy, loneliness, digital automation, the depletion of natural resources and a myriad of environmental crises that will deeply affect life on our planet.
In addition to lacking the economic prosperity enjoyed by their parents –which for example granted them access...
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Un ouvrage pour tous ceux qui voudraient prendre position sur le futur de l'Europe.
Depuis sa création, les nombreuses crises qu'affronte l'Union européenne la forcent à se réinventer pour répondre aux défis et aux exigences de notre société. Comment ces évolutions ont-elles été rendues possibles ? Comment est-on arrivés jusqu'ici ?
Se basant sur sa riche expérience, Rudy Aernoudt, actuellement senior economist à la Commission européenne,...
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Intensifying Interimperialist Contradictions contains Jose Maria Sison's writings from 1989 to 2021 on the economic, political and military interactions among imperialist powers as they rise and decline and how these could develop and lead to interimperialist world wars, such as World War I and World War II. But the proletariat and people of the world are waging anti-imperialist and democratic mass struggles in the imperialist countries and on a global...
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Los Pandemials son los jóvenes que una vez superada la pandemia tendrán entre 10 y 26 años. Encontrarán sociedades marcadas por la inequidad, el fin de la meritocracia, la soledad, el automatismo digital, el agotamiento de recursos naturales, y diversas crisis ambientales que afectarán la vida en el planeta.
El covid-19 no solo agrava este panorama, que ya se perfilaba difícil de solucionar antes de la Crisis del 2020. Las simetrías puestas...
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