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State Failure Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal

State Failure Around the World: Fractured Justice and Fierce Reprisal

This study analyzes the ways failed and fragile states criminalize behaviors and use state terror to maintain power.

2016

Laurie A. Gould, et al.

Laurie A. Gould, Stephen Matthew Pate

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May 4, 2025

Let the Resistance Bloom

Putting the Petals to the Metal

A closeup photo of a Zinnia blossom in muted tones of pink, yellow, and rose.

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Apr 29, 2025

Talkin’ ‘bout My Degeneration

Where Every Accusation is a Confession

Talkin’ ‘bout My Degeneration

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Mar 27, 2025

Part I: When the Neoliberal Becomes the Neo-Feudal

Different fiefdoms, same old exploitation

Presentation miniature from Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers, the first printed book in the English language, translated by en:Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, younger brother of Queen Elizabeth Woodville, and printed by William Caxton. The miniature shows Rivers presenting the book to his brother-in-law King Edward IV, accompanied by his consort Queen Elizabeth Woodville and her son Edward, Prince of Wales. Lambeth Palace Library, MS 265.

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Mar 27, 2025

Neo-Feudalism Part II: Economic Sectors as the New Fiefdoms

The angry giant sells cornflakes & Klonopin

Neo-Feudalism Part II: Economic Sectors as the New Fiefdoms

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Mar 28, 2025

Neo-Feudalism Part III: The Commodified Precariat

The new analyzed peasantry

A painting. Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569) The Peasant Dance

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Mar 29, 2025

Neo-Feudalism Part IV: What’s Yours is Also Mine

Concentration by dispossession

Neo-Feudalism Part IV: What’s Yours is Also Mine

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Mar 30, 2025

Neo-Feudalism Part V: Neoliberalism as the New Feudal Ideology

When exceptionalism is exceptionally bad

Neo-Feudalism Part V: Neoliberalism as the New Feudal Ideology

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Mar 11, 2025

The Omega Men of the Necropolis

When your death is just a cost of doing business

Photo of the painting Carl Bloch (1834–1890), “The Cleansing of the Temple” (photo: Public Domain)

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Dec 23, 2021

Singing of Duke, Page & Peasant

Familiar tune with elusive lyrics

Singing of Duke, Page & Peasant

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Nov 17, 2021

How Billionaires Manage Our Time

They contract it out — to us

How Billionaires Manage Our Time

Dr. Matthew Pate

Dr. Matthew Pate

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Criminal Justice Researcher. Erstwhile Detective, Author. Mixed Media Artist. Habitual Line Stepper. Loves Dogs and Cats. Holds Doors. Wishes for Better.

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