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The competence of the exploiter is in organization. The ancient term agriculture has, in recent years, spawned a growing family of such newspeak neologisms as agribusiness, agriscience, agripower, and agridollars which collectively dramatize the widening schism between our american earth and our culture. Unsettling america is an emerging decentralized network of autonomous groups and individuals dedicated to mental and territorial decolonization throughout turtle island and the americas. This will include any applicable digital stretch goals. The unsettling of america download ebook pdf, epub. The exploiter typically serves an institution or organization.
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