{"title":"Anarchism Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"anarchism-a-very-short-introduction-very-short-introductions-9780198815617","title":"Anarchism A Very Short Introduction Very Short","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism?This Very Short Introduction provides a new point of departure for our understanding of anarchism. Prichard describes anarchism as a lived set of practices, with a rich historical legacy, and shows how anarchists have inspired and criticised some of our most cherished values and concepts, from the ideals of freedom, participatory education, federalism, to important topics like climate change, and wider popular culture in science fiction. By locating the emergence and globalization of anarchist ideas in a history of colonialism and imperialism, the book links anarchism into struggles for freedom across the world and demonstrates that anarchism has much to offer anyone trying to envision a better future. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 1: The origins of anarchism 2: The globalisation of anarchism 3: Anarchism today 4: Anarchism and the provision of public goods: health and policing 5: Anarchism and the provision of public goods: work and education 6: Anarchism and world politics Further reading Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732794421591,"sku":"9780198815617","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"an-enquiry-concerning-political-justice-9780199642625","title":"An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''To a rational being there can be but one rule of conduct, justice, and one mode of ascertaining that rule, the exercise of his understanding.'' Godwin''s Political Justice is the founding text of philosophical anarchism. Written in the immediate aftermath of the French Revolution, it exemplifies the political optimism felt by many writers and intellectuals. Godwin drew on enlightenment ideas and his background in religious dissent for the principles of justice, utility, and the sanctity of individual judgement that drove his powerful critique of all forms of secular and religious authority. He predicts the triumph of justice and equality over injustice, and of mind over matter, and the eventual vanquishing of human frailty and mortality. He also foresees the gradual elimination of practices governing property, punishment, law, and marriage and the displacement of politics by an expanded personal morality resulting from reasoned argument and candid discussion. 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Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732874375511,"sku":"9780199642625","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199642625.jpg?v=1719998766"},{"product_id":"on-anarchism-9780241969601","title":"On Anarchism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Anarchism\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential introduction to Noam Chomsky''s political theory.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Anarchism\u003c\/i\u003e sheds a much needed light on the foundations of Chomsky''s thought, specifically his constant questioning of the legitimacy of entrenched power. 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How can we create a feminism that doesn't turn into yet another tool for oppression? It has become commonplace to argue that, in order to fight the subjugation of women, we have to unpack the ways different forms of oppression intersect with one another: class, race, gender, sexuality, disability, and ecology, to name only a few. By arguing that there is no single factor, or\u003ci\u003e arche\u003c\/i\u003e, explaining the oppression of women, Chiara Bottici proposes a radical anarchafeminist philosophy inspired by two major claims: that there is something specific to the oppression of women, and that, in order to fight that, we need to untangle all other forms of oppression and the anthropocentrism they inhabit. Anarchism needs feminism to address the continued subordination of all \u003ci\u003efemina\u003c\/i\u003e, but feminism needs anarchism if it does not want to become the privilege of a few. \u003ci\u003eAnarchafeminism\u003c\/i\u003e calls for a decolonial and deimp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book takes anarchist feminism in a fresh direction by relocating it within an ontological framework developed from Baruch Spinoza’s seventeenth-century efforts ... Bottici makes a strong case for anarchism as a method and for Spinoza as a useful voice for building anarchist-feminist process-philosophy. * Contemporary Political Theory *\u003cbr\u003eBottici has eruditely crafted an anarchafeminist political philosophy. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a capacious, clear, and revolutionary text that will bring readers who are just starting to learn about feminist philosophy as well as those who have been around a long time. This book does an excellent job in communicating the value of the anarchic, especially in its resistance to the leader, and its thoroughgoing affirmation of the value of freedom. This freedom is not a narrow idea of personal liberty, but an entire mode of transforming the world. We learn as well about a  ‘transindividualism’ which allows us a way to rethink global solidarity for our times. * Judith Butler, author of \"Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity\" *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e  Introduction: Feminism As Critique    \u003cb\u003ePart I:\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003eBodies In Plural And Their Oppression\u003c\/b\u003e  1. Intersectional Struggles, Interlocking Oppressions 2. Anarchism Beyond Eurocentrism And Beyond Sexism  3. 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The Environment Is Us: Ecofeminism As Queer Ecology    \u003cb\u003eCoda: An Ongoing Manifesto\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003ci\u003eBibliography \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738588197207,"sku":"9781350095878","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350095878.jpg?v=1720049567"},{"product_id":"islam-and-anarchism-9780745341927","title":"Islam and Anarchism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA nuanced and highly original anarchistic interpretation of Islam, and Islamic interpretation of anarchism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is one of the fiercest books I've ever read. It is a call to action. It is conceptually rich and gives us new methodological tools for thinking theory and politics together. It is unrelenting in its critique of liberal assimilationist tendencies in diasporic and BIPOC knowledge production and movement organizing. Abdou is a truth-teller of the highest order. Drawing together disparate geographies and thought into a dazzling web of interconnectedness and dialogue, Islam and Anarchism proffers a kaleidoscopic vision of what could be otherwise'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jasbir K. Puar, author of 'Terrorist Assemblages' and 'The Right to Maim'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A passionate plea for a spiritual decolonial movement. Mohamed Abdou advances a vision of Islam that is abolitionist at its core, reminding us that Islam has been and can still be a religion of the oppressed, one that is anti-capitalist, egalitarian, anti-ableist, anti-patriarchal, queer feminist and for Muslims and non-Muslims alike'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sherene H. Razack, Distinguished Professor and Penny Kanner Endowed Chair, Gender Studies, UCLA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An uncompromising queer-feminist vision of decolonial, abolitionist, and anti-capitalist praxis that is keyed to the pluralistic traditions of Islamic spirituality and anarchic thought'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Iyko Day, Elizabeth C. Small Associate Professor of English and Critical Social Thought at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: Panegyric Desert of the Present  2. Authoritarianism, Capitalism, \u0026amp; Capitalist Nation-States: Anarca-Islam's Space and Political Consciousness in Relation to Anarchism, Islam and the Capitalist-State  3. An Anti- and Non-Authoritarian Islam and an Anti- \u0026amp; Non-Capitalist Islam  4. (Im)Possibilities and on Becoming an Anti-Militaristic Militant  5. Conclusion: There are Only Middles, No Beginnings and No Ends: A Note On Transnational Solidarity and Standing In-Between Trump, BLM, DAPL-INM, and Tahrir","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865700675927,"sku":"9780745341927","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745341927.jpg?v=1722275168"},{"product_id":"the-solutions-are-already-here-9780745345116","title":"The Solutions are Already Here","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the climate crisis worsens, we must look to revolutionary strategy for justice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Guides us beyond the greenwashing of the arsonist state, towards the regenerative agency of local communities. Gelderloos demonstrates how we have the means at hand to extinguish the blaze and reset our wayward course towards a more livable and just planet for all'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Simon Springer, author of 'The Anarchist Roots of Geography'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Few books are as honest, inclusive and based on so much experience of committed social and ecological struggle. The Solutions Are Already Here opens doorways to a world so many young activists want to know and understand, and reminds so many more that now is the time to act'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dr. Alexander Dunlap, Centre for Development \u0026amp; the Environment, University of Oslo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e 1. 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Versatile Strategies \u003cbr\u003e A Thousand Worlds Struggling to Be Born: Ecosystems of Revolt \u003cbr\u003e False Pragmatisms: Strategies of Desperation \u003cbr\u003e Ecological Revolution: The Best Strategy in Success or Failure \u003cbr\u003e 5. 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Ferguson explores the importance of anarchist letterpress printers and presses, whose printed materials galvanized anarchist movements across the United States and Great Britain from the late nineteenth century to 1940s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By focusing on letterpress Ferguson presents a novel way of looking at the history of Anarchism. Letterpress as a way of working generates an active hands-on ambition to build and embody new and creative ideas. . . . Ferguson’s history promotes the message that meaningful radical development builds from face-to-face, hand-to-hand, cooperative endeavour.” -- Peter Good * Kate Sharpley Library *\u003cbr\u003e\"Ferguson's half-century of involvement in radical politics and her painstaking research in anarchist collections (many of them ill organized) qualifies her to write this dense but compelling history. . . . Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty.\" -- T. S. Martin * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"In fluid prose, Ferguson offers a fresh historical look at the anarchist movement through a focus on lesser-known figures and their lesser-known labours, including printing and letter-writing.\" -- Layla Saleh * LSE Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLetterpress Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading. It is a result of exhaustive and detailed research that clarifies instead of obscures. ... It enriches anarchist history allowing us to appreciate the nuances and bravery of people as well as their complexities.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Barry Pateman * KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Anarchist Letters  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Printers and Presses  21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Epistolarity  83\u003cbr\u003e 3. Radical Study  129\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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Via the suggestions that corporations have boards of directors filled by lottery from the demos and the workers for the company, Asimakopoulos suggests that institutions of production need to be modified in order to achieve a society that resembles a distant utopia. 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Die anarchistische Literatur des Burgerkriegs (1936-1939) und ihr Spanienbild  Reviewed by Dieter Nelles  Mark Boyle, The Moneyless Manifesto  Reviewed by Jim Donaghey  Gary Chartier, Anarchy and Legal Order: Law and Politics for a Stateless Society  Reviewed by Eric Roark  Hannah Dobbz, Nine-Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States  Reviewed by E.T.C. Dee  Kevin Eady, Uncontrollable  Reviewed by Daniel Evans  Vittorio Frigerio (ed.), Nouvelles anarchistes: la creation litteraire dans la presse militante, 1890-1946  Reviewed by Andrew H. Lee  Antoni A. Kaminski, Michail Bakunin Zycie I mysl Reviewed by Rafal Chwedoruk \u0026amp; Mateusz Batelt Carlo Pisacane's La Rivoluzione. Revolution. 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By \"translating\" their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs, these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucien van der Walt (Rhodes University), co-author of Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism - Bray's meticulous, rich insider account of Occupy Wall Street demonstrates the central influence of anarchism on its core militants, but refuses to shy away from drawing hard lessons from its limitations. 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This was a clearly written and engaging book that could be assigned as course reading or suggested to advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in radicalism in the early twentieth-century Caribbean and its diaspora.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Ethnic History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An outstanding product of years of research in archives from Amsterdam to San Juan, and from Havana to New York. \u003ci\u003eBlack Flag\u003c\/i\u003e offers a groundbreaking study of the brief but significant heyday of anarchism in Puerto Rico. . . . No other work in the English language to date brings back the legacy of the Puerto Rican anarchist experience as does \u003ci\u003eBlack Flag Boricuas\u003c\/i\u003e.--\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Current\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Flag Boricuas\u003c\/i\u003e sheds a great deal of light on the anarchist movement in Puerto Rico, a little-studied topic with implications in important debates on religion, education, colonialism, nationalism, and labor. This overall picture of an intellectually dynamic movement will be of interest to scholars interested in anarchism and Latin America.\"--Mark Leier, author of \u003ci\u003eBakunin: The Creative Passion: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations and Style Notes xiii\u003cbr\u003e Prologue xv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Cultural Politics and\u003cbr\u003e Transnational Anarchism in Puerto Rico 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Roots of Anarchism and Radical Labor Politics\u003cbr\u003e in Puerto Rico, 1870s-1899 23\u003cbr\u003e 2. Radicals and Reformers: Anarchists, Electoral Politics,\u003cbr\u003e and the Unions, 1900–1910 46\u003cbr\u003e 3. Anarchist Alliances, Government Repression:\u003cbr\u003e Education, Freethinkers, and CESs, 1909–1912 76\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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It breaks new historiographical ground and it is well written and cohesive. It is suitable for an undergraduate or graduate class on American social movements or anarchism.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal for the Study of Radicalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"An inspiring collection that brings together the eclectic, transnational, multiethnic, and \u003ci\u003eresilient\u003c\/i\u003e histories of anarchist activism in one of the great hubs of the movement—New York City. Tracing the long arc of this movement from its immigrant and working-class roots to the Occupy movement, this is a must-read for everyone interested in the history and evolution of radical social movements.\"—Jennifer Guglielmo, author of \u003ci\u003eLiving the Revolution: Italian Women's Resistance and Radicalism in New York City, 1880–1945\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRadical Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely and helpful investigation of New York City as an incubator for American misfits--immigrants, pacifists, and artists--and their evolving plans for a freer and more just world.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Social History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRadical Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e does an excellent job contesting popular conceptions of a radical break in anarchist history by documenting how these later movements were profoundly influenced by the practices and theories of their early immigrant comrades.\"--\u003ci\u003eLateral\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400439767383,"sku":"9780252041051","price":81.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252041051.jpg?v=1730470686"},{"product_id":"writing-revolution-hispanic-anarchism-in-the-united-states-9780252042744","title":"Writing Revolution  Hispanic Anarchism in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWriting Revolutions\u003ci\u003e's specific focus on the anarchist press sheds necessary light on the complexity of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century anarchist networks among a variety of Hispanophone social groups from the U.S., Latin America, and Europe.\" --\u003ci\u003eAmerican Periodicals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"High-quality and worth reading. \" --\u003ci\u003eAnarcho-Syndicalist Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This phenomenal collection brings to light the breadth, depth, and interconnectedness of the Spanish-speaking anarchist movement in the United States, as well as the transnational networks that linked it to Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Essential reading for anyone interested in either anarchism or Hispanic labor and radicalism.\"--Kenyon Zimmer, author of \u003ci\u003eImmigrants against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anarchism in the United States was so misunderstood and feared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that governmental authorities at all levels worked their hardest to obliterate it, smash its presses and deport or imprison its leaders. Government mail censors, G-men, local sheriffs, not to mention political hacks and journalists were so successful in their persecution that most of the documents necessary to study this idealistic, social justice movement were destroyed and are still missing today. The editors and authors of the well documented, enlightening essays in Writing Revolution have done the yeomen’s work of tracking down a good portion of this legacy that was so important in educating workers and establishing the rights they still vouchsafe today. Castañeda and Feu, inveterate researchers into Latino history and identity, have taken the lead in restoring the role played by Spanish-language anarchist print in the development of Latino working-class culture. That the editors and writers here were able to trace the transnational networks of the Hispanic anarchists, as well as locate and study such a large sampling of their periodicals and documents has not only the potential of filling gaps in our history but also of providing a whole new corpus of texts that will put a lie to the concept that only the victors get to tell their stories. Castañeda, Feu, and their collaborators have restored the testimonies of so many activists and organic intellectuals that it will take many other scholars years to follow up on and study their discoveries.\"--Nicolás Kanellos, author of \u003ci\u003eHispanic Immigrant Literature: El Sueño del Retorno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This new collection edited by Christopher J. Castañeda and Montse Feu fills a substantial historiographical gap in the English language on Hispanic anarchism in the United States. The collection is sprawling in its ambition, with chapters ranging from discussions of early Spanish Republicanism and important but largely forgotten figures to analyses of individual newspapers and magazines. Despite this conglomeration of topics, the book flows easily, thanks in part to its chronological and thematic organization. \" --\u003ci\u003eThe Volunteer\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400446910807,"sku":"9780252042744","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252042744.jpg?v=1730470704"},{"product_id":"fighting-fascist-spain-worker-protest-from-the-printing-press-9780252043246","title":"Fighting Fascist Spain  Worker Protest from the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFighting Fascist Spain\u003c\/i\u003e elucidates the courage, creativity, and endurance necessary to keep this publication, its community, and its cause alive through decades of setbacks for antifascist Spanish exiles, both in their adopted homes in the United States and in Spain. . . . Feu's book reanimates a unique, print-based approach to resisting fascism and promoting democracy during that period while providing lessons that inform our understanding of the relationship between media, democracy, and resistance today.\" --\u003ci\u003eAmerican Periodicals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”In this groundbreaking book, Montse Feu brings together a story of immigrants, print media, and transnational solidarity. Through meticulous archival research, Feu is able to craft a fascinating interwoven history about grassroots activism, anti-fascist organizing, and the global circulation of radical media from the perspective of Spanish immigrants in the United States. The book is also an important contribution to the bourgeoning scholarship on the Spanish Civil War’s impact across the Americas.”—Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo, Dartmouth College\u003cbr\u003e”An important, deeply researched, and well-written book. 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