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The CPC’s Dictatorial Patriotism
A nation is composed of its people. People are the mainstay of a nation; they are also the source of national sovereignty and the owners of national interests. In… More
The Many Aspects of CPC Dictatorship
Although the CPC regime of the post-Mao era is still a dictatorship, it is no longer fanatical, but rather, a rational dictatorship that has become increasingly adept at calculating… More
The Negative Effects of the Rise of Dictatorship on World Democratization
When the CPC boss Hu Jintao made his first official visit to the United States [in April 2006], he followed the old low-key pragmatic approach the CPC regime had… More
PEN Appeal: Jean Leonard Rugambage
June 29, 2010 President Paul Kagame Office of the President BP 15 Urugwiro Village Kigali, Rwanda Fax: +250 572431 Police Commissioner Emmanuel Gasana Commissioner General Rwandan National Police Kigali, Rwanda Fax: +250 58 66 02 Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga National… More
Nothing is Stable
Lispector had, in common with Borges in his fiction, an ability to write as though no one had ever written before, as though the work’s orginality and freshness arrived… More
June 18, 2010: Remembering José Saramago
PEN is saddened by the loss of José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, playwright, and journalist, who died on June 18, 2010, at the age of 87. In 1998, he received… More
The Hour of the Star
Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of prehistory and… More
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
In 1946, the young Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector was returning from Rio de Janeiro to Italy, where her husband was vice consul in Naples. She had traveled home as… More
The Confession
Everything you heard about me is true. I did rip out all the pages of the English books. I did throw away all the math textbooks when school was… More
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