Entry #22:"The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Multiplication of Western Walls"




James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York who writes about the fall of Berlin wall. You can find his biography HERE

KEY CONCEPTS

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FREEDOM

 NATO

 BAD WALLS

 GOOD WALLS

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