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Salvador Allende and ‘The Battle of Chile’
‘The Battle of Chile’ is one of the greatest records of a revolutionary political moment ever filmed
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On Obama’s second big Middle East speech
There has been a revolution in the Arab world but, thus far, no revolution in American thinking
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Talking with Lila Azam Zanganeh about Nabokov and happiness
Finding a kindred spirit on the rich cultural heritage lost to exile
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Osama bin Laden killed after 3,519 days of freedom
Osama bin Laden is dead but it is the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions that are killing Al Qaeda
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Another dinosaur nears the end, this time in Yemen
Yemen is a hard place to govern but Ali Abdullah Saleh has done a poor job of it all the same
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Reading the Times on the architectural symbolism of Cairo
Much right and a few key things wrong about Tahrir Square in Cairo, the center of the revolution
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Little Red Book by Mao Tse-tung, second edition, 1967
The rare second edition of Mao’s famous book, with a foreword by Lin Biao before he fell from grace
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The truth about the Egyptian military
In the revolution, Egyptian reverence for the military shamed them into not opening fire. Now what happens?
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How can early-20th century Russia be in color?
The early color photography that changes our view not just of the world but of time
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Libya and the end of the neo-colonial argument
Libyans have asked the international community for help; there’s no colonial aggression in doing it
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What is in Gaddafi’s Green Book, Part One
In his infamous Green Book, Gaddafi offers his unorthodox solutions to the problem of democracy
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What is in Gaddafi’s Green Book, Part Two
In his infamous Green Book, Gaddafi offers his unorthodox solutions on socialism and society
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Reading the New Yorker on Islam and economic growth
The middle class everywhere competes on skills; in Egypt connections matter most. That’s the problem
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The scene in liberated Benghazi in eastern Libya
The first detailed images out of Libya show thousands in Benghazi celebrating Gaddafi’s demise
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Look in his glasses: Gaddafi speaks to no one
Gaddafi speaks but you can see the reflection in his sunglasses: he has no audience.
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The surreal experience of visiting Libya
With a Libyan human rights activist, racing through the Tripoli medina alleys to avoid eavesdroppers
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From Egypt with love
If you’ve spent time in Egypt, the human warmth of this video will be familiar; if you haven’t, go
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The Muslim Brotherhood had a monopoly. Can they compete?
Mubarak gave the Muslim Brotherhood an unnatural monopoly on opposition. Can they compete?
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Triumph at last in Midan at-Tahrir
These 18 days of protests constitute the most beautiful political act I have ever witnessed