This week we spend the time talking about several more terms related to politics and government, including bureaucracy, red tape, ballots, voting, constitution, and parliament.
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This week’s calendar entry is “beauracracy/bureaucracy.”
This week we spend the time talking about the word “empire” and its implications.
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This week’s calendar entry is “Romainian/Romanian.”
Paul Brians’ essay on “postcolonial literature.”
“What have the Romans ever done for us?” from The Life of Brian:
This week we focus on the dark side of governmental power: dictatorships, state capitalism, monarchy, oligarchy, plutocracy, kleptocracy, and empire.
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This week’s calendar entry is “oppress/repress.”
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This week we focus on voting and discuss “suffrage,”“franchise,”“republic,” and more about “democracy.”
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This week’s calendar entry is “Democrat Party/Democratic Party.”
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This week we continue our discussion of words related to government and politics, including “feudalism,”“fiefdom,”“monarchy,” and “democracy.”
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