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Earth Watch Report  – Earthquakes

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M5.6 – 87km W of Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico 2013-01-13 16:28:26 UTC

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Islam ( as well as other religions) gives people a message of hope and a desire to live in a better world. But when the believers can’t understand the forces that are bringing changes around them ( such as the activities of multinational companies, the use of foreign military might,…), they get confused. Because many have lost faith in the political parties to help them out, they turn to what is familiar to them : their religion, which they understand traditionally. Hence, cultural and religious isolationism is their way to affirm their identity, fundamentalism their way to fight liberalism, capitalism.

Since ever, some Muslims have considered “jihad”( literally holy war) as the sixth pillar of Islam ( I have already written a post about the other pillars of Islam), although it has never been elevated to this status. The concept of “jihad” was the basis for the early expansion of Islam and was…

THE HISTORY OF THE PARIS COMMUNE OF 1871

NEW TITLE:

VERSO’S WORLD HISTORY SERIES:

THE HISTORY OF THE PARIS COMMUNE OF 1871

by Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray

Preface by Eric Hazan

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The classic history of the Paris Commune, part of Verso’s highly praised and affordable World History Series.

In 1871, the working class of Paris, incensed by their lack of political power and tired of being exploited, seized control of the capital. This book is the outstanding history of the Commune, the heroic battles fought in its defence, and the bloody massacre that ended the uprising. Its author,LISSAGARAY, was a young journalist who not only saw the events recounted here first-hand, but fought for the Commune on the barricades. He spent the next twenty-five years researching and writing this history, which refutes the slanders levelled at the Communards by the ruling classes and is a vivid and valuable study…