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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...
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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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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...
104) Because We Say So
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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...
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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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Increasingly in the West, China is being characterized as a threat to the liberal international order, one that must be overcome through economic, political, technological, and even military means. For those who believe that the policies of the Chinese Communist Party pose a threat to free and open societies, the U.S. and like-minded nations must band together to preserve a rules-based international order. For others, this approach spells disaster;...
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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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East Asia: the world's most dangerous flash point brought to life by a true insider. Once a political and economic powerhouse, Japan now finds herself severely weakened and in a very troubling situation with a belligerent and expansionist China on one side and a still-influential but distant and waning America on the other. Declan Hayes draws on his experiences teaching in Japan for over a decade at Tokyo's Sophia University to give an insider's perspective...
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From the former prime minister of Denmark comes an impassioned plea to persuade Americans to elect a president who will restore America to its proper role of global leader, instead of "leading from behind."
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is unabashedly pro-American, a fierce defender of freedom, and a public figure unafraid to speak his mind. The Will to Lead is his defense of American leadership in the global struggle for freedom and democracy. A critic...
111) 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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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...
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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...
114) Restoring America
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Secession? Peaceful secession? Why would patriotic American want to do that? How, in any case, is it possible? Michael Hart lays out the answers in clear expository prose, pinned to reality at every point by historical precedent and scientific fact. The heart of his argument is a separation of the U.S.A., at county, not state, level into a rump "blue" nation purusing current federal policies and a new "red" American Federal Republic (A/F.R.)-'a constitutional...
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Critique of Philippine Economy and Politics seeks to explain comprehensively the basic character of Philippine society and the basic problems that afflict the Filipino people, especially the toiling masses of workers and peasants.
Since 1946, the US has granted nominal independence to the Philippines but has retained. US dominance over the economic, political, cultural and social life of the Filipino people. The shift has merely been from direct...
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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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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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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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The belligerence of nations has now reached a new height. If this is not curbed quickly by all nations of the world, it will lead to the genocide most foul by WW3. This genocide will be very different from the many genocides that the West has been constantly accusing many other nations of perpetrating around the world. This will be the ultimate genocide that obliterates the whole human race.
A carefully hidden alien Martian observer on Earth would...
120) 2100: Una historia del futuro. Claves geopolíticas y tecnológicas para entender el mundo que vivi
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¿Cuáles serán las grandes potencias del siglo XXI? ¿Cómo será el mundo del mañana? ¿Qué vivirán nuestros nietos? ¿El ser humano alcanzará la inmortalidad?
2100 se perfila como un escenario en el que un nuevo orden planetario desbancará a EE.UU. del primer puesto, y llevará a países como la India o a continentes como África a convertirse en las nuevas grandes potencias. Una sociedad donde la inteligencia artificial determinará nuestro...
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