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The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
by Howard Zinn, Vijay Prashad
Nov. 27, 2018 - Dec. 11, 2018 (read/capitalism-etc)

Prashad, V. (2008). The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World. The New Press.


The New Press, 2008. 364 pages. Paperback. 9781595583420

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p.272
internecine »
(adjective) marked by slaughter; deadly / (adject…
p.252
caesura »
(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of …
p.217
abjure »
(verb) to renounce upon oath / (verb) to reject s…
p.203
vitiate »
(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (ver…
p.179
chary »
(adjective) dear treasured / (adjective) ; discre…
p.276
the alchemy of international usury
Debt hangs heavy for the bulk of the planet. In 1…
p.247
the idea of the global city
[...] The East Asian miracle, for Rajaratnam, was…
p.231
the rise in petrodollars
[...] During the first six months of 1974, when t…
p.229
the effects of the oil crisis in the Third World
[...] World inflation, high oil prices, and a dro…
p.226
break Jamaica out of its impoverished chrysalis
By the early 1 970s, the government reactivated i…

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Paris
a concept conjured

2 / 3
3

Paris
a concept conjured

2 / 3
16

Brussels
the 1928 League Against Imperialism

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16

Brussels
the 1928 League Against Imperialism

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31

Bandung
the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference

4 / 0
31

Bandung
the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference

4 / 0
51

Cairo
the 1961 Afro-Asian Women's Conference

0 / 0
51

Cairo
the 1961 Afro-Asian Women's Conference

0 / 0
62

Buenos Aires
imagining an economy

3 / 3
62

Buenos Aires
imagining an economy

3 / 3
75

Tehran
cultivating an imagination

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75

Tehran
cultivating an imagination

8 / 2
95

Belgrade
the 1961 Non-Aligned Movement Conference

1 / 3
95

Belgrade
the 1961 Non-Aligned Movement Conference

1 / 3
105

Havana
the 1966 Tricontinental Conference

0 / 3
105

Havana
the 1966 Tricontinental Conference

0 / 3
119

Algiers
the perils of an authoritarian state

4 / 4
119

Algiers
the perils of an authoritarian state

4 / 4
134

La Paz
release from the barracks

2 / 0
134

La Paz
release from the barracks

2 / 0
151

Bali
death of the Communists

0 / 1
151

Bali
death of the Communists

0 / 1
165

Tawang
war most foul

0 / 1
165

Tawang
war most foul

0 / 1
176

Caracas
oil, the devil's excrement

1 / 4
176

Caracas
oil, the devil's excrement

1 / 4
191

Arusha
socialism in a hurry

1 / 3
191

Arusha
socialism in a hurry

1 / 3
207

New Delhi
an obituary of the Third World

1 / 2
207

New Delhi
an obituary of the Third World

1 / 2
224

Kingston
IMF-led globalization

0 / 4
224

Kingston
IMF-led globalization

0 / 4
245

Singapore
the lure of the Asian Road

1 / 1
245

Singapore
the lure of the Asian Road

1 / 1
260

Mecca
when culture can be cruel

1 / 0
260

Mecca
when culture can be cruel

1 / 0
276
0 / 1
276