A History of the World EPISODE 14

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  Edward Snowden reveals the NSA's Prism Program to the world ("Prism")

  
  


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  I am prevented from entering New Zealand on a mysterious basis ("Spies are Reading my Blog")

  
  


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  Folks who smashed helicopter gunships with sledgehammers in Australia go on trial ("If I had a Hammer")

  
  


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  There is a coup in Ukraine, and the Biden family gives the appearance of involvement ("A Biden Ballad")

  
  


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  The police killings of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Jr. elicit marches across the US ("I Can't Breathe")

  
  


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  A white supremacist commits a massacre at the oldest Black church in South Carolina ("The State House Lawn")

  
  


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  A massacre on the Kenya-Somalia border is prevented ("One Day in Kenya")

  
  


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  Hundreds of thousands of refugees flood into Europe from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere ("Upon Our Shores")

  
  


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  The autonomous region of Rojava is established in northern Syria ("Rojava")

  
  


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  Omid Masoumali immolates himself on the island of Nauru in an Australian internment camp ("Leila and Majnun")

  
  


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  Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader of the British Labor Party ("I Agree with Jeremy")

  
  


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  Donald Trump launches a campaign for the US presidency, and wins ("Make the Planet Earth Great Again")