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Thomas Sankara

Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and Welcome to Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, … at the efficiency and success of the operation. The official report stated, "I was profoundly impressed by the …

An Enemy Until You Need A Friend: The Role of "Big Government" in American History

… merely create a postal system, the most important means of communication at the turn of the 19 th century. It … to raise capital. The first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, and it simply wouldn’t have happened … paid for with federal money. When Lincoln Center officials renamed the New York State Theater after David …

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd

… in eighteenth-century Britain. Electrification and telecommunications , led by nineteenth-century American … or early twentieth century (right). The global rise of microcomputing brought about the Third Industrial Revolution … workers whose lives are changed by new technologies. One commercial advertisement for Lumen, “ The Platform for …

Russia and the Race for the Arctic

… On a sunny day in late April 2003 at a site about 150 km from the North Pole, Artur Chilingarov, … understand why there is all this noise in the international community. If anyone wants to plant a flag down there, … shelf off Ellsmere Island. In 2006, Norway too handed in an official submission for reconfiguration of its Arctic Ocean …