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78The Cult of Violence
Violence is pervasive today. In the past, television has been blamed for the promotion of violence and today, it is video gaming. But these cannot be isolated from bullying the is pervasive in society and our own natural tendencies to commit violence.
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76Operation: Condor
A brief discussion of Operation: Condor, a collaborative effort among the dictatorships of South American to destroy leftist opposition to their regimes.
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72The Tragic Case of Father Michael Woodward
Father Michael Woodward was an English Roman Catholic Priest working in one of the roughest neighborhoods of Valparaiso, Chile when he was arrested by those loyal to General Augusto Pinochet following the coup of 1973. Woodward would be taken to the naval vessel Esmeralda for interrogation.
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64Book Review: Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine
Please read Naomi Klein's new book The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism. This book, that carefully chronicles the rise and influence of Milton Friedman's school of economic theory and its contemporary embodiment in Republican...
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56Beginner's Guide to the GOP Debate, Part I, Bachmann/Cain
I give politcial newbies and short roundup of each of the 8 GOP candidates (taking part in the debates). For this reason, Gary Johnson and Buddy Roemer are not included in the previews. Be on the lookout for later Hubs, focusing on the other 6 candidates.
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67Chilean Coup of 1973
UPDATED with some new information and video. A brief discussion of the 1973 coup in Chile that saw a military Junta, led by Augusto Pinochet, oust the Marxist administration of Salvador Allende.
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73The Conundrum of Pinochet
Following the 1973 coup that saw him seize power from Marxist President Salvador Allende, Augusto Pinochet takes steps to improve the economic conditions in Chile. The deplorable human rights record incurred during his reign casts a dark shadow over any economic success that he implemented.
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72Chilean Coup of 1973: Dawson Island Concentration Camp
Following the 1973 coup that overthrew the government of Salvador Allend many prisoners were held at a prison camp on Chile's Dawson Island. Living in deplorable conditions, most of the prisoners were near death when they were finally taken off of Dawson Island.
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58How easy is it to dictators
It is clearly an attempt to gain time while staying in office. Hosni Mubarak sought to counter public anger by making use of his authority without limits. In the democratic world, initiatives such as the Egyptian president sound like nonsense. In...
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76Tales of A Family in Chile Before The Pinochet Military Coup
The Caceres family in Chile...1967 A Chilean Dictator\'s Dark Legacy Gen. Augusto Pinochet, 91, the former Chilean dictator whose government murdered and tortured thousands during his repressive 17-year rule,...
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