Describes accusations against witches, Jews, and Conversos in Rome (then part of the Papal States) at the end of the 15th and during the 16th century. In regard to Jews or Conversos, relates that in 1498 the Converso Pedro de Aranda, former Bishop of Calahorra, Spain, was arrest…
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"Sergei Kovalyov is a central figure in the struggle for human rights in Russia. He was a leading Soviet biologist and, in the 1970s after becoming active in dissident circles, was arrested by the KGB, tried, imprisoned and subjected to internal exile. After his release, he cont…
The assassination of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006--poisoned by the rare radioactive element polonium--caused an international sensation. Within a few short weeks, the fit 43-year-old lay gaunt, bald, and dying in a hospital, the victi…
The assassination of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko in November 2006--poisoned by the rare radioactive element polonium--caused an international sensation. Within a few short weeks, the fit 43-year-old lay gaunt, bald, and dying in a hospital, the victi…
This book demonstrates how popular dissent is becoming an increasingly important aspect of global politics. The author draws upon several case studies, including the collapse of the Berlin Wall, to show how people influence the course of politics at a time when boundaries betwee…
Popular dissent, such as street demonstrations and civil disobedience, has become increasingly transnational in nature and scope. As a result, a local act of resistance can acquire almost immediately a much larger, cross-territorial dimension. This book draws upon a broad and in…
The book ascribes the late state of paralysis affecting dissent in America to the adoption of a peculiar gospel of divisiveness, which was promoted in the Eighties by importing from France the "theories" of philosopher Michel Foucault.
Covers the whole range of illegal political activity worldwide, ranging from terrorist and secessionist organizations to dissident groups operating clandestinely in authoritarian states. Resource of more than 5,000 organizations and individuals explains the history and contempor…
"This is the fourth edition of Revolutionary and Dissident Movements and the first to appear since 1991. The book's primary focus remains the history and contemporary activities of organizations that seek to challenge by extra-legal means, most commonly violent, the stability of…
