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Archeology and the Atom
Aren't we glad that the people who lived at Idu did not have nuclear power or nuclear weapons?
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Mandela and Arafat
In late February of 1990, just two weeks after being released from prison, Nelson Mandela met with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasir Arafat.
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American Essentialism
The choice of heaven [or hell] is shown in the conduct of men. — Chinese Proverbt
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What Didn’t Kill Mandela Made Him Stronger
Nelson Mandela's story, if told as a novel, would not be deemed possible in real life. Worse, we don't tell such stories in many of our novels.
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How School of the Americas Watch’s Perseverance Is Paying Off
When the first School of the Americas, or SOA, mass protest was held in 1990, its organizers probably didnu2019t think they would still be at it 23 years later.
Michael Hudson: Oligarchs Will Never Cancel Debts We Owe Them
This short video explains the history of debt jubilees and the role of private debt in the rise of oligarchies.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Last Dead Nazi
How many living Nazis from the days of Hitler's Reich can there be left?
Okinawa and the US Empire
The fact that so many crimes are committed by military personnel in such a small amount of time is telling of the adverse effect that military presence in Okinawa …
Pilgrim’s Regress and the “Hand of God”
When climbing aboard the Mayflower and learning that his young wife, Dorothy, had fallen overboard and drowned, more than likely committing suicide, William Bradford called his tiny flock of …