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In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising - an act which would catapult the country into an eight-year long war, killing almost half a million and fueling terrorism and a global refugee crisis. Assad or We Burn the Country examines Syria's tragedy through the generational saga of the Assad and Tlass families, once deeply intertwined and now estranged....

Every facet of American life is being overtaken by big platform monopolists like Facebook, Google, and Bayer (which has merged with the former agricultural giant Monsanto), resulting in a greater concentration of wealth and power than we've seen since the Gilded Age. They are evolving into political entities that often have more influence than the actual government, bending state and federal legislatures to their will and even creating arbitration courts that circumvent the US justice system.

All the admirals in the US Navy knew Leonard Glenn Francis—either personally or by his legendary reputation. He was the larger-than-life defense contractor who greeted them on the pier whenever they visited ports in Asia, ready to show them a good time after weeks at sea while his company resupplied their ships and submarines. On the surface, with his flawless American accent, he seemed like a true friend of the Navy. What the brass didn’t realize, until far too late, was that Francis had seduced them by exploiting their entitlement and hubris.

The Inside Track was the last book that Dr. Bell released. This book focuses on the history of science, the minds behind the technology, and how it has evolved due to international politics. The turns that science, technology, medicine, and psychiatry continue to take when influenced by lobbyists, private companies, government departments with hidden agendas, and wealthy elite individuals.

Something’s not right. No matter how hard you work, life seems to only get harder. When your expenses keep going up but your income stays flat, when you’re price-gouged buying medicine for your child’s life-threatening allergy, when you live in a hyped-up state of fear and anxiety, monopoly power is playing a key role. In Monopolies Suck, antitrust expert and director at the Open Markets Institute, Sally Hubbard, shows us the seven ways big corporations rule our lives - and what must be done to stop them.

After meeting with the highest levels of government in several developing nations plagued by corruption, I engaged in discussions focused on planning steps to bring corruption to its knees. After these discussions, I was asked to prepare a plan of action that had the possibility of being a valuable resource in helping developing and, so-called, “Third World Nations” as they continued to move forward in the struggle to take on this battle, and bring about a victorious end to the stronghold that corruption seemed to have in these governmental institutions.

In 2019, the ABC aired an explosive investigative documentary, How to Sell a Massacre, revealing how One Nation solicited donations of up to $20 million from the NRA, promising in return to use the balance of power to soften gun laws in Australia. Masterminded by veteran Australian journalist Peter Charley, the elaborate sting saw Australian businessman Rodger Muller go undercover as the head of a fake Australian pro-gun advocacy group. In How to Sell a Massacre, Peter Charley gives an inside account of the sting.

En México—y de hecho en todo el continente americano—la desigualdad ha permitido a unos pocos miles de hombres (rara vez son mujeres) dominar las decisiones políticas y económicas. Las élites han modelado la historia para asegurarse el poder, el dinero y, con frecuencia, la impunidad. Hay momentos históricos en los que cambian las élites. La desigualdad permanece. ¿Cómo se conforman las clases dominantes y qué principios las rigen? ¿Cuándo se les imponen límites y cómo se relacionan con el resto de la sociedad?

Tutti i guai di Di Maio. I problemi del vicepremier in sei articoli di Repubblica: Dopo il caso Ischia: nella casa di famiglia il primo condono dei Di Maio, di Conchita Sannino; "Lavoro nero nell'azienda Di Maio". Il ministro ammette: errore di papà, di Dario Del Porto; "Di Maio, altri casi in nero". La nuova accusa delle Iene, di Dario Del Porto e Conchita Sannino; Un altro operaio: "In nero per 3 anni". Nuove accuse al padre del ministro, di Dario Del Porto e Conchita Sannino; Reddito di cittadinanza, la tessera delle illusioni, di Sergio Rizzo; La nuova egemonia leghista: così Salvini si è mangiato i 5S e ora la coalizione è a rischio, di Claudio Tito.

Cucchi, intimidazioni e documenti falsi: l'inchiesta punta ai vertici dell'Arma, di Carlo Bonini; Nella città del carabiniere Francesco Tedesco: "Ecco la verità su Cucchi, chi sbaglia deve pagare. Adesso mi sento rinato", di Giuliano Foschini; Nella casa di Stefano: "Pronti a incontrarlo ma ci dica perché ha parlato solo adesso", di Fabio Tonacci; Tor Sapienza, la caserma dei misteri: dopo quelli su Cucchi, altri verbali sospetti, di Carlo Bonini e Giuseppe Scarpa; Cucchi, l'ultimo depistaggio: così l'Arma fece sparire la mail che provava il falso, di Carlo Bonini.