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  Spartacus and Crassus: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  Spartacus is the world’s most famous slave, and one of the most notorious figures of Ancient Rome. A slave enamored of freedom and willing to fight and die for it, he became especially popular in the years following the Enlightenment, after which he was widely viewed as a poignant champion of liberty in the 18th and 19th centuries. As a result, he became a symbol during struggles like the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the American Civil War and the struggle for emancipation.  
  The reason for Spartacus’s enduring appeal is obvious. After all, he was a gladiator, a profession so violently spectacular that remains one of the most interesting aspects of ancient Rome – as testified by the popularity of such productions as Gladiator and the endless queues of tourist outside the ruins of the Colosseum. Moreover, he was a man who, at least on the surface, fought for freedom – not just his but that of every slave in his region of Italy – and he did so almost two millennia before slavery was officially abolished in the United States.  
  At the same time, it’s often overlooked how the revolt affected Rome, and how the leader who put it down propelled his career and played an outsized role in Roman politics ahead of the civil war between Pompey and Caesar. Marcus Licinius Crassus is most remembered today for being the richest Roman in history, and arguably the richest man in world history, but that came about in part because he played a key role in the revolutionary events that took place in Rome throughout the 1st century B.C., including the dictatorship of Sulla, the Third Servile War, the First Triumvirate, and the Parthian Wars. Crassus was the son of Publius Licinius Crassus, who was consul in 97 B.C., and while very little is known of Crassus’ early life, his career as a military figure began in earnest when he escaped from Rome in 87 B.C. to Spain.

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  A Rare Recording of Idi Amin’s...

  Idi Amin

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  Idi Amin Dada Oumee (c. 1925 – 16 August 2003) was an Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history. Amin's rule was characterized by rampant human rights abuses, including political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, as well as nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement. International observers and human rights groups estimate that between 100,000 and 500,000 people were killed under his regime. 

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  History of Marathas EP09 -...

  Vikrant Pande

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  Sambhaji and Kavi Kalash were stunned into silence. Was it really happening or was it a dream? Ikhlas Khan had tied the two. Out of sheer desperation and anger, he slapped Sambhaji. Kaviraj, seeing Ikhlas Khan touching Raje's face, spat at him in disgust. Ikhlas Khan was enraged now and took out a whip tied around his waist. He whipped Sambhaji and Kavi in frustration before tying them on a horse back. Their clothes had been torn apart. They were made to wear a green dress, like the other soldiers.

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  Do Your Own Thing

  Richard Phoenix

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  Do Your Own Thing is a full-length work of non-fiction from artist and musician Richard Phoenix detailing his experiences of the best underground arts scene you've never heard of——Do Your Own Thing, a project run by learning disability arts organisation Heart n Soul.
  
  Looking at the transformative potential of working to support creative young people make the music and art they want to, this book contributes essential new voices, reflections and considerations to the established ideas of 'Do It Yourself' culture. Phoenix's book, written with a disarming and idiosyncratic voice, asks what our often reductive understanding of DIY aesthetics might mean in light of questions about access, support and who gives permission to whom to make art, guiding us through the kind of project only spoken about in funding reports and transforming it into a polyphonic, collaborative and joyful work of art.

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  Powder Alarm The: The History of...

  Charles River Editors

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  The American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school, from the “shot heard ‘round the world” to the Declaration of Independence, but the events that led up to the fighting at Lexington & Concord were borne out of 10 years of division between the British and their American colonies over everything from colonial representation in governments to taxation, the nature of searches, and the quartering of British regulars in private houses. From 1764-1775, a chain of events that included lightning rods like the Townshend Acts led to bloodshed in the form of the Boston Massacre, while the Boston Tea Party became a symbol of nonviolent protest.  
  	This makes it all the more ironic that one of the most important events leading up to the American Revolution has been almost entirely forgotten today. One of the primary reasons the patriots acted the way they did on the night of April 18, 1775 is that New England was already in a heightened state of alertness due to the Powder Alarm of September 1, 1774. That day, British troops under the authority of General Thomas Gage, the royal governor of Massachusetts, quietly marched from Boston in an attempt to seize gunpowder stored in the provincial powder house at Charlestown. Gage considered this a necessary precaution amid rising unrest in the wake of the Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts, which had already nearly left Boston in a state of rebellion. Gage aimed to prevent colonial militias from gaining access to military supplies, but the colonists considered the British action direct threat, indicating that the British aimed to disarm them ahead of a potentially more thorough military occupation. News of the seizure spread across the countryside, carried by riders and word of mouth, and in the process the implications of the Powder Alarm tended to grow more dramatic with every retelling. 

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  Social Security Horror Stories -...

  Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Terry Savage

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  Learn how to make sure you get the correct Social Security benefits, avoid frightening clawbacks, and how to deal with the opaque bureaucracy of Social Security. 
   
   
   
  Social Security admits it has made $21.6 billion in incorrect benefits payments! Now it wants its money back—from widows, orphans, retired schoolteachers, and even young children whose parents received disability benefits on their behalf. 
   
   
   
  Often with no explanation, they send threatening letters clawing back amounts ranging from several thousand dollars to more than $100,000. The clawback notices all carry the threat that benefits will be stopped immediately if a repayment plan is not set. 
   
   
   
  But it's almost impossible to get an explanation, the records, or an appointment for a resolution of these clawback demands. It could happen to you—or to someone you love. 
   
   
   
  We wrote this book to help you and let you know you're not alone. We are also working to pressure Congress and the Treasury Secretary to prevent these intimidating clawback interactions that impact our most vulnerable citizens.

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