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Content on this page does not necessarily indicate endorsement of any particular cause. Freedom of the press is itself my cause, for censorship is, and through that, thought control, the principle weapons against the masses of those in power who seek to remain there, your ignorance is their power; for what cannot be thought cannot be done.
Edward Campbell, aside from being a reporter, and having written extensively on a great number of contemporary topics, is a former foreign language student, a Classicist, and is the author of several manuscripts on Roman history.
Works by E. H. Campbell
- Discontents at Rome: 63 B.C.: Class struggle and social praxis in republican Rome (a magnum opus)
- Sallust’s Bellum Catilinae: A new translation with text and commentary
- The Spartacus Rebellion, from Appian’s Civil Wars: A new translation with text and commentary
Languages Studied: English, Spanish, Russian, Latin, and Greek, with nominal experience in Arabic and Turkish
Foreign experience: Argentina, Spain, Greece, Turkey, and Palestine
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