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The Meaning of Hungary (The New Leader, March 24, 1958)

The Meaning of Hungary (The New Leader, March 24, 1958)

by ARON, Raymond

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1958
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New York: The New Leader, 1958. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; 19pp. Very Good. Commentary by the noted French philosopher on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and its aftermath; written under the auspices of the anti-Communist advocacy group (and CIA front organization) The Congress for Cultural Freedom.
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Songs of Autumn

Songs of Autumn

by GEDA, Sigitas; Jonas Zdanys, transl

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1979
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Pittsburgh: Slow Loris Press, 1979. First Edition. First printing. Trade issue. Octavo; textured, printed card wrappers; 29pp. Publisher's prospectus laid in. A Fine, apparently unread copy. Poems translated from the Lithuanian. Geda, who died in 2008, was one of Lithuania's most prolific 20th century poets as well as a leading spokesman for Lithuanian independence. There was a simultaneous limited… Read more about this item
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Proclama de la Dirección Nacional del FSLN, 8 Noviembre de 1986

Proclama de la Dirección Nacional del FSLN, 8 Noviembre de 1986

by [FSLN]

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[1986]
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Managua: Editorial Vanguardia, [1986]. First Edition. Octavo pamphlet. Staple-bound, pictorial paper wrappers; 58pp; text illus. Mild external rubbing, else complete, clean and unmarked; Very Good or better. Frontispiece portrait of Carlos Fonseca, organizer of the Sandinista Revolution.
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The Strike in Gdansk, August 14-31, 1980

The Strike in Gdansk, August 14-31, 1980

by [SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT] TYMOWSKI, Andrzej

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N.d. [1980]
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New Haven: Don't Hold Back, N.d. [1980]. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial card wrappers; 50pp. Illus. Account of the 1980 Gdansk strike and the birth of Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement.
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Initial Report on the Implementation in Brazil of the Convention Against Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Initial Report on the Implementation in Brazil of the Convention Against Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

by [HUMAN RIGHTS - BRAZIL] MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

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2000
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Brasília: Ministero de Justiça, 2000. First Edition. 12mo. Printed card wrappers; 143pp. Fine and unmarked; an apparently unread and unopened copy. One of 1500 English-language copies printed.
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Perestroīka: Who's Against? Opponents of Change and Renovation: who are they? What do they call for? What are they for. And what against? What are their aims today

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Moscow: Novosti Press Agency, 1988. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial thick paper wrappers; 48pp. Fine. Round-table including participants from the Soviet news media including Igor Kon, Eduard Klopov, Gavril Popov, others.
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An Evening for Solidarity - Saturday, February 6, 7:00 PM at Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St

An Evening for Solidarity - Saturday, February 6, 7:00 PM at Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St

by [SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT]

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[1980]
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Princeton: American Workers & Artists for Solidarity, [1980]. Single sheet folded to make 4pp. Mild creasing and soil; Very Good. Announcement of a New York fundraising event to support Solidarity, ca 1980. Featured participants included Joseph Brodsky, E.L. Doctorow, Allen Ginsberg, Nat Henthoff, Susan Sontag, Kurt Vonnegut and a host of others, with musical performances by Pete Seeger and… Read more about this item
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[Petition] Free all Leaders and Members of Solidarity

[Petition] Free all Leaders and Members of Solidarity

by [SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT] COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH SOLIDARITY

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N.d. [ca 1980]
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Los Angeles: Committee in Solidarity with Solidarity, N.d. [ca 1980]. Broadside, 14" x 8.5", printed recto only. Horizontal fold; mild toning; Very Good. 22 lines of text above blank portions (unused) for signatures. Petition calling on Polish officials to immediately release all imprisoned Solidarity leaders; an end to martial law, and the legalizaion of Solidarity and related pro-Democracy movements.… Read more about this item
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Revolutionary Marxist Students in Poland Speak Out (1965-1968)

Revolutionary Marxist Students in Poland Speak Out (1965-1968)

by [POLAND] KURON, Jacek and Karol Modzelewski

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1970
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New York: Pathfinder Press, 1970. Third printing. Octavo; staple-bound pamphlet; printed card wrappers; 96pp. Near Fine. Includes Kuron and Modzelewski's Open Letter to the Polish Communist Party; Antoni Zambrowski, Reply to the Polish Workers Party; Isaac Deutscher, Open Letter to Gomulka & the Central Committee.
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Pueblos Del Mundo: Organo Del CNSP. Numero 4 (April 1981): Nicaragua y el Movimieto de Paises no Alineados

Pueblos Del Mundo: Organo Del CNSP. Numero 4 (April 1981): Nicaragua y el Movimieto de Paises no Alineados

by [ORTEGA, Daniel] Comité Nicaraguense de Solidaridad Con Los Pueblos (CNSP]

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[Managua: Centro de Publicaciones 'Silvio Mayorga']. Octavo. Staple-bound pampet; pictorial paper wrappers, 24pp; illus. Very Good. Single issue of the official organ of the CNSP, which was the international propaganda arm of the Sandinista Liberation Front. Text entirely in Spanish.
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The Negro Ghetto Riots and South African Cities. A Talk Presented at Nusas National Seminar May 1968

The Negro Ghetto Riots and South African Cities. A Talk Presented at Nusas National Seminar May 1968

by SCHLEMMER, Lawrence

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1968
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Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, 1968. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed paper wrappers, 14pp. Fine, unread copy.
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South Africa the cost of freedom. Working Paper prepared for the United Nations' Human Rights Seminar on Apartheid held at Brasilia, Brazil: 25th August to 4th September 1966

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London: Defence and Aid Fund, [1966]. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed paper wrappers; 19pp. Slight external dusting, else Near Fine. Important early anti-apartheid statement by the founder of the Canon Collins Trust for Southern Africa.
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Demokratie, Marktwirtschaft und Recht / Democracy, Market Economy, and the Law. Legal, Economic and Political Problems of Transition to Democracy

Demokratie, Marktwirtschaft und Recht / Democracy, Market Economy, and the Law. Legal, Economic and Political Problems of Transition to Democracy

by EBKE, Werner F and Detlev F. Vagts (Eds)

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1995
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Heidelberg: Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth; dustjacket; xxviii; 401pp. As new, unread copy. Edited volume of essays on economics of developing democracies; contributions by Ebke, Vagts, Tom Farer, Satoru Osanai, Jean Sonnekus, Michael Wallace Gordon, James Tent, Marina Tode, others. Text entirely in English.
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Time Suspended

Time Suspended

by ASSELBERGHS, Herman; Els Opsomer; Pieter Van Bogaert

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[2004]
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N.p. [London?]: Square, [2004]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Card wrappers with card dustjacket; 216pp; chiefly illus. Fine, with publisher's unprinted cellophane outer wrapper intact. Photo-essay of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by three noted Dutch photojournalists.
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Autonomy and Dependence: The Urhobo Kingdom of Okpe in Modern Nigeria

Autonomy and Dependence: The Urhobo Kingdom of Okpe in Modern Nigeria

by OTITE, Onigu

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Published
1973
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Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1973. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards; dustjacket; 215pp; illus; includes bibliography. A fine, unmarked and apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, lightly rubbed on front and rear panels but still Near Fine.
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The Black Book: The Greek Junta Stands Accused

The Black Book: The Greek Junta Stands Accused

by [FAR RIGHT] [GREECE]

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1971
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S.i.: Central Committee of the Patriotic Anti-Dictatorship Front, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Printed wrappers; 308pp; illus. Externally worn, with creases and a small corner-losses to wrappers; internally tight and clean, with a few pages slightly dog-eared. Good or better; a serviceable reading copy. Documentary evidence against the far right military junta that ruled Greece from 1967-1974, compiled by… Read more about this item
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The British Empire

The British Empire

by [LEAGUE AGAINST IMPERIALISM]

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ca. 1935
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London: League Against Imperialism and for National Independence, ca. 1935. First Edition. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial wrappers; 24pp. Slight soil, toning and creasing to wrapper edges, else VG. Halftone illustrations. Uncommon pamphlet, calling for the immediate independence of all British colonies, by the League Against Imperialism, an international organization founded in 1927 with support from the COMINTERN. Though the League… Read more about this item
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