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The Crimes of Empire by Carl Boggs
South of the border
[PDF file]: […] nuclear-armed, north American nation. Analysts are sceptical the election will end months of political violence.’ ‘Report from Bonoko Institute for Electoral Democracy blames poor numeracy for delayed vote count in chaotic US presidential elections, notes that in the last two decades, the country’s math scores had stagnated in international assessments of national education systems.’ […]
The DRE newsletter (June – August 1963)
[PDF file]: The DRE newsletter (June – August 1963) Garrick Alder Above: the masthead of The Cuban Report, as it appeared in Summer 1963. June 1963 was a pivotal month in the history of covert US action against Fidel Castro’s Cuba. On June 19th, US President John Kennedy signed the executive version of a blank cheque, by […]
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Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid
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When the Lights Went Out by Andy Beckett and Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen
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The view from the bridge
[…] magazine profile of Brown with the Brown described by Steve Richards in the Times diary (22 March). ‘The Chancellor could be difficult and, days before a big vote on tuition fees, Richards was warned that the chancellor would be “tense”. Surprisingly, when Brown arrived, he started gleefully embracing the entire film crew. “He couldn’t […]