There is a sub-genre of science fiction called alternative history, which consists of works such as Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle, in which Germany wins World War II, and Hitler becomes the ruler of the U.S. Works of this type offer a counterfactual version of past events
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The Beast and the Sovereign volume 1
August 16, 2011
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The Beast and the Sovereign can be located at the heart of dominant themes in Derrida’s later work including, but not limited to, a democracy to come, conditional and unconditional hospitality, calculability and incalculability, and the relation shared between state sovereignty, terrorism, and rogue states.
In Time of War: Understanding American Public Opinion From World War II to Iraq
August 15, 2011
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Why do we go to war? Adam Berinsky says that it is because elites that we trust cue us to the worthiness of the cause of war. Public opinion regarding the decision to go to war and support for war follows the same domestic partisan cues that lead the public to support or oppose quotidian issues such as tax hikes and whether to tinker with Social Security.
War and Civil Disobedience
November 4, 2010
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For many, the work of academics like Howard Zinn is an invaluable resource because he manages to inform and inspire in a way that is accessible to anyone with a sympathetic ear.
Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future
October 27, 2010
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Commentator and former Clinton cabinet member Robert Reich has been a lightning rod for conservatives over the years
Big Noise Films’ Dispatches 6
September 12, 2010
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Big Noise Films continues its tradition of blistering journalism in volume six of its Dispatches series, the latest of which features some of the best reporting of the DVD releases.
Maria’s Story: A Documentary Portrait Of Love And Survival In El Salvador’s Civil War
September 4, 2010
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From 1980 to 1992, the Central American country of El Salvador was embroiled in a civil war between the military-led government and the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional.



January 6, 2012
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