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The Spanish Civil War: Anarchism in Action « @ggregator. Naomi Wolf: Fascist America, in 10 easy steps | World news. Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders declared martial law, sent armed soldiers into residential areas, took over radio and TV stations, issued restrictions on the press, tightened some limits on travel, and took certain activists into custody.

They were not figuring these things out as they went along. If you look at history, you can see that there is essentially a blueprint for turning an open society into a dictatorship. That blueprint has been used again and again in more and less bloody, more and less terrifying ways. But it is always effective. As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the United States by the Bush administration. 1. 2. 3.

Thugs in America? 4. 5. 6. 7. European History/A Background of European History. Introduction[edit] A fresco from Pompeii showing a scene from the myth of Europa. This scene represents the capture of Europa by Zeus who had disguised himself as a bull. This book presents a broad overview of European history, from the end of the Roman empire to the present day, roughly from the fifth century to the twentieth century. This is, of course, a somewhat arbitrary period, but not a wholly unuseful one.

Though archaeological evidence shows a Europe of continuous settlement over tens of thousands of years, the evidence for the political and sociological order of these communities is scarce if not completely absent. The history of early europeans is therefore a history of their tools and settlements. Neolithic Era (7,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE) The neolithic period is characterized by the spread of agriculture and pottery. The Aegean Sea and Southern Europe The earliest evidence for european agriculture is found at Knossos, Crete and dates from the sixth millennium BCE. Northern Europe.

European History. History and Timelines.