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Toyi-toyi became a valuable tool, both as an effective way to physically condition members of the underground and an intimidation technique against the police...
...already clear that Hussein will put his own survival first. During the air raids of the Gulf War, he reportedly kept himself in secret underground bunkers. At the same time, as President George W. Bush often points out, Saddam has slaughtered his own people. Of course, Saddam likely limits his understanding of “his people” to himself and the Baath party military establishment that keeps him in power. With such a high regard for his own safety, Saddam might back down and truly disarm only if he sees his own life and military support threatened...
Despite having only been released in Kaada’s native Norway, Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time earned the distinction of being one of 2001’s ten most important albums by Billboard Magazine. The Norwegian underground legend’s debut has finally reached the States, and is well worth searching...
...economic growth by allowing the poor to leverage their dead assets into live capital. Greater security and official recognition of property title allow new home and business owners to establish credit, take out loans, and make long-term plans and visions for the future. Instead of hiding an illicit underground bakery in a small, unmarked shack, its rightful owners could put a sign outside, advertise, expand, and create lasting partnerships with delivery services, sandwich shops and grain producers...
Enacting policies of accessible property rights—to be based in the extralegal laws of organic communities—would have incredible global implications. The valuation of worldwide underground assets at $9 trillion nearly equals America’s $10 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP). De Soto writes that the value is nearly that of “all the companies listed on the main stock exchanges of the world’s twenty most developed countries: New York, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, Paris, Milan, the NASDAQ, and a dozen others...