Category: Essays
Nonfiction, analytical essays by Mx Frog
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Israel and the Fundamental Amorality of Statehood
Geopolitical Analysis of Statehood in the Israel Palestine Conflict Introduction What a long, tragic fall and winter it has been. And we are still in the midst of it. Near the start of this fall, on October 7th, members of the Palestinian militant and political movement Hamas raided the southern Israeli border town of Sderot,[1]… Read more
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Political Dissent and Repression in Early Twentieth-Century Russia: A Comparative Analysis of Tsarist Failure and Bolshevik Success, by Mx Frog
Politics and History in Tsarist and Bolshevik Russia Introduction Russia in the early twentieth century was dominated by two oppressive regimes: the tsarist regime, in its last years under Tsar Nicholas II, and the Soviet regime, during its first years consolidating power. That the Soviet regime was the successor to the tsarist one invites comparison,… Read more
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American Disillusion; American Dissolution – An Essay on Democracy by Mx. Frog
American Politics, Money, and Democracy I am writing this piece in the wake of the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark court decision which was said to provide the constitutional right to abortion access to all who needed it. Though it was a contentious decision from the start, and one that remained… Read more