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In Intramuros, and only in Intramuros, does he ever feel at rest. He thinks to himself here are the ancient stones of Manila; here are the secrets whispered by heroes to their paramours; here, they have plotted revolutions by candlelight, in air punctuated by mosquitoes, and harm, and roses
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― Assembling Alice
― Assembling Alice
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The US colonization of the Philippines was brutal, but it did not end with formal independence. The Philippines has existed in a state of what Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's independence leader, referred to as 'neocolonialism': a condition in which a state is, 'in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty,' but 'in reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from the outside.' This was a familiar situation for many newly independent nati
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― Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom
― Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom
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