Stephen Rosskamm Shalom is a professor of

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where he has taught since 1977. He is a writer on social and political issues and is a contributor to

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and '' Democratic Left''. He is on the editorial boards of the

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and the journal '' New Politics''. Shalom earned his

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from

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, and his

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in Political Science from

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Publications

He is the author of numerous publications on the Philippines and other political topics including ''Which Side Are You On?: An Introduction to Politics'' (Longman, 2002), ''Imperial Alibis: Rationalizing U.S. Intervention After the Cold War'' (

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, 1993), ''Deaths in China due to communism propaganda versus reality'' (1984); ''The United States and the Philippines: A Study of Neocolonialism'' (1981); co-editor of ''The Philippines Reader'' (

, 1987), ''Bitter Flowers, Sweet Flowers: East Timor, Indonesia, and the World Community'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001); and editor of ''Socialist Visions'' (

, 1983) and ''Perilous Power: The Middle East & U.S. Foreign Policy: Dialogues on Terror, Democracy, War, and Justice'' by Noam Chomsky and Gilbert Achcar (Paradigm Publishers, 2007). He was a contributor to the book "Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century" by Chris Spannos (2008).

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