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Kali is a prominent Hindu goddess representing time, creation, destruction, and death, widely revered as a fierce manifestation of the divine mother, Shakti. She is commonly depicted with dark blue or black skin, multiple arms wielding weapons, a garland of severed heads, and a protruding tongue, of...

The Gay Liberation Front Manifesto is a political pamphlet issued in Britain in 1971 by the London Gay Liberation Front. It interprets the oppression of gay people as part of wider social structures involving gender roles, the family, education, employment, and the law. Rather than seeking only limi...

The Battle of Mosul was a major military campaign fought from October 2016 to July 2017 to recapture the city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga, and an international coalition engaged in intense urban warfare to liberate Iraq's second-...

Pedro I was a Portuguese-born royal who served as the first Emperor of Brazil after declaring the nation's independence from Portugal in 1822. Often called the Liberator, he famously proclaimed Brazil's sovereignty on the banks of the Ipiranga River. His reign lasted until 1831, when political chall...

Enrique Dussel is an Argentine-Mexican philosopher and historian who is a foundational figure in the tradition of Latin American liberation philosophy. Developing his thought from the 1970s onward, he sought to create an ethical framework that prioritizes the marginalized and critiques Eurocentric m...

Raoul Vaneigem’s *The Revolution of Everyday Life* offers a radical reimagining of society through a blend of political theory and poetic expression. Published in the 1960s, this influential work explores how everyday activities can be transformed into acts of liberation. It draws on Situationist id...

The Battle of Tikrit was a March 2015 Iraqi offensive against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, to recapture the city of Tikrit. Iraqi government forces operated alongside Popular Mobilization Units during the campaign, which followed the group’s seizure of the city in 2014. Iraqi forces regain...

The Salvadoran Civil War was an armed conflict in El Salvador from 1979 to 1992 between the government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of leftist guerrilla organizations. It grew out of political exclusion, severe inequality, state repression, and disputed elect...