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    • Candide: The shocking passages
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    • What does the Communist Manifesto actually say?
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    • A Wrinkle in Time: Is it blasphemous or too Christian?
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    • When “flower children” spurred kids to abandon childhood
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    • Why Marx attacked rival socialists as ‘reactionary’ and ‘utopian’?
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On Writing Bad Propaganda: What to do When the Russians Come


On Writing Bad Propaganda: What to do When the Russians Come

A fine line between disgraceful propaganda material and rational warnings about the enemy

BOOK: WHAT TO DO WHEN THE RUSSIANS COME

Posted on February 26, 2022September 13, 2022 by Zak Felix

Is it ever justified for a people to destroy their cultural heritage?


Is it ever justified for a people to destroy their cultural heritage?

How to deal with symbols of hate?

ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO

Posted on June 13, 2020April 15, 2021 by Zak Felix

Evolution of Jihad: Timeline of Islamic Terrorism with Photos

The last three decades we have witnessed Islamist terrorists attack civlians for their agenda. What are the historical roots of the rage that twists someone’s…

Posted on March 7, 2020December 1, 2020 by Zak Felix

Manifeste du FLQ intégral (Front de Libération du Québec)

Le Front de Libération du Québec n’est pas le messie, ni un Robin des Bois des temps modernes. C’est un groupement de travailleurs québécois qui…

Posted on February 11, 2020March 5, 2021 by Zak Felix

The 1970 separatist manifesto by FLQ (Quebec Liberation Front) – Full Text


The 1970 separatist manifesto by FLQ (Quebec Liberation Front) – Full Text

The most important text by the militant Marxist movement of Canada

ARTICLE: THE FLQ MANIFESTO

Posted on February 11, 2020September 13, 2020 by Zak Felix

Gloriously masculine and mechanical: The Futurist Manifesto


Gloriously masculine and mechanical: The Futurist Manifesto

The three themes of their manifesto show how the Futurists envisioned the modern world a century ago

ARTICLE: THE FUTURIST MANIFESTO

Posted on August 29, 2019September 18, 2020 by Zak Felix

Why Italy banned Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms?


Why Italy banned Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms?

Hemingway’s depiction of Italian defeat at the Battle of Caporetto of WWI was too painful to publish

BOOK: A FAREWELL TO ARMS

Posted on August 11, 2019April 10, 2021 by Zak Felix

A Farewell to Arms: The dirty words you won’t find in the novel


A Farewell to Arms: The dirty words you won’t find in the novel

Hemingway’s work was banned despite replacing the “vulgar” words with dashes

BOOK: A FAREWELL TO ARMS

Posted on June 15, 2019October 17, 2021 by Zak Felix

The jihadi manifesto: Sayyid Qutb’s Milestones

The jihadi manifesto: Sayyid Qutb’s Milestones

Summary and excerpts from the radical text that inspired terror attacks over the last 40 years

BOOK: MILESTONES

Posted on March 31, 2019July 14, 2020 by Zak Felix

How Karl Marx inspired a French-Canadian terrorist


How Karl Marx inspired a French-Canadian terrorist

Seven communist ideas in White Niggers of America (1968) could be traced to the writings of Karl Marx

BOOK: WHITE NIGGERS OF AMERICA

Posted on February 5, 2019March 24, 2021 by Zak Felix

White Niggers of America: A call to arms by a Quebec terrorist


White Niggers of America: A call to arms by a Quebec terrorist

Summary of the book by Pierre Vallières, one of the leaders of Front de libération du Québec. Read the controversial quotes

BOOK: WHITE NIGGERS OF AMERICA

Posted on February 2, 2019March 11, 2021 by Zak Felix

The Communist Manifesto in 35 historical photos


The Communist Manifesto in 35 historical photos

The book that inspired revolutions globally brought to life in 35 historical photos

BOOK: THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO

Posted on August 24, 2018July 14, 2020 by Zak Felix

What does the Communist Manifesto actually say?


What does the Communist Manifesto actually say?

Why The Communist Manifesto is one of the most controversial books of all time? Read the revolutionary and controversial words

BOOK: THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO

Posted on July 6, 2018December 31, 2021 by Zak Felix

Candide: The shocking passages


Candide: The shocking passages

Condemned by the French government and the Catholic Church: Read the controversial passages from Voltaire’s Candide (1759)

BOOK: CANDIDE

Posted on December 1, 2017July 14, 2020 by Zak Felix

Banned Books

 Madame Bovary
 Candide
 Carrie
 Of Mice and Men
 The Giver
 A Wrinkle in Time
 The Communist Manifesto
 A Farewell to Arms
 The Art of Love
 Story of O
 Mahomet
 The Metamorphosis
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