SERGEI PLEKHANOV
Associate Professor
Department of Politics
York University
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LINKS

Classical guitar recital - Ana Vidovic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IEezGQwgZk

Ludwig van Beethoven. Symphony No. 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk8Tm815lE

J.S. Bach: Adagio from Toccata, Adagio and Fuga in C Major: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bROUHLzb1Bk
The same piece played on cello: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF_ID3AedDc

Chopin: Preludes and Etudes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP7d1-uQdy41ty4yKXFUOAIwbDHZFvSiH

Spanish Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJtWY6-MF-M

Handel: Suite No. 4 in D Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lnGFib_WiU

The Fallen Leaves - Eva Cassidy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXBNlApwh0c

Don't Know Much About History, by Sam Cooke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miLKRdmyNh4

Vangelis - Freedom March: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Lcz--JhXU

Starry Nite, Ottmar Liebert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQdzxuRwvlo

C'est Si Bon, Emilie Claire Barlow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE9oRiU4Sd0

Mumbles, by Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson Trio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcB73rNtwAY

The Shadow of Your Smile, by Gerry Mulligan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQSBPfeCqWI

Bach, Adagio from Concerto in D Minor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgYZJSzUrrg

Rejoice Greatly, from Handel's Messiah, performed by Renee Fleming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNt1Qj4MA6M

Bach Cello Suite No.2 in D Minor, played by Mischa Maisky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGATCs0RLQ8

Holy Motors Entracte: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U_NI8axBms

Heavyweight Brass Band - Nueva Orleans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IknixsxNZ64

Antonio Vivaldi, Trio Sonata in D Minor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BLfaQ98FbM&feature=related

J. S Bach, English Suite No. 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc6pLihvscU

J. S. Bach, Missa Si Minor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=L8A31YWR23U

Johann Sebastian Bach, Arioso della cantata BWV 156, Tenera versione: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ8G0QqAsmo&feature=related

J. S. Bach / Jacqueline du Pré, 1962: Adagio, from the Toccata in C, BWV 564: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQquknf_3ps&feature=related

C. Ph. E. Bach: Concerto in A major (Wq 168 / H 438) - II. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I-IzVIo2cQ

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir, Lux Aurumque: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs&feature=player_embedded#!

Gangnam Style: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/09/21/world/asia/gangnam-style-rehashed.html?ref=asia#1

The Home office Minister - by Bird and Fortune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bm6l40_EqU'

J.S. Bach - Suite for Solo Cello no. 1 in G major - Allemande' by Denise Djokic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OSBMWBYddU&feature=related

What a Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU

Hell Broke Luce, by Tom Waits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fju9o8BVJ8&feature=player_embedded#!

Lagoya - Händel - Suite No. 4 in D minor, HWV 437 - Sarabande (Arr. A. Lagoya): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpTqKLWNmuY

Violin Romance, by Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_DTCcRULCM&feature=related

Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Violin, Op. 35, Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OTUfpkIq3cI

Bach, Cello Suite No. 3 i - Prelude, played by Mischa Maisky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0dWyGsroNI&feature=fvwrel

Ludwig van Beethoven, Op 57 - Appassionata, performed by Valentina Lisitsa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlcVu8SLDdo&feature=related

Rene Magritte: http://www.youtube.com/user/DistantMirrors

Eric Satie, Gymnopedie No.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU

Johann Sebastian Bach, Goldberg Variations, played by Glenn Gould: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEkXet4WX_c&feature=fvsr

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAOTCtW9v0M

Your Mind Is on Vacation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugn0iN7RVLM

Milonga, by Jorge Cardoso: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jds7ZPQgkXI&feature=related

Immigraniada (We're Coming Rougher...), by Gogol Bordello: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oioNZSPqRM&feature=related

Laudate Dominum, by Mozart, performed by Kiri te Kanawa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpcbUNC2f4&feature=related

We are the 99%, by Sgt. Dunson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjZJmvT_8PU

Because - The Beatles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63LfaAyhgJY

Symphonies of the Planets, recorded by NASA-Voyager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAPNfKADA7Y&feature=related

Jupiter sounds, recorded by NASA-Voyager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fqE01YYWs&feature=fvwrel

Recuerdos del Alhambra, by Francisco Tarrega, performed by Pepe Romeo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jDRRmLoqiE

A Richard Strauss waltz in outer space, from Space Odyssey 2001: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3oHmVhviO8

Antonio Vivaldi Concierto en D Major - John Williams: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBJ8BmFPt3U&feature=related

D. Scarlatti sonatas, played by Aniello Desiderio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF32tCrLgIA&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=MLGxdCwVVULXeZa0YXwQbBI7iZ5JW1xdMG

Libyan folk music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiuHRpVSkJU&feature=related

D. Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2. II: Andante: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlMHjo7Jwhk

J.S. Bach, Concerto No. 1052 for violin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jGRhbXS4E&feature=fvsr

The Egyptian Revolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvoyfMLO6rU

The Times They Are a-Changin', by Bob Dylan, sung by Robin Turner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO9gQwz903A

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.6, Movement 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2tTfTVzD0M&feature=related

Fragile, by Sting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY

Mozart's Symphony No. 40, G minor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZD9nt_wsY0&feature=related

Adagio for Strings, Op.11, by Samuel Barber: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KylMqxLzNGo&feature=related

Czardas Caprice - Lara St. John: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyRXz1ydbs0&feature=related

Romanza - Andrea Bocelli: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZGHBcp1ur4

Bach, Cello Suite No.5 iv, Sarabande: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBFrEJK7oAg&feature=related

Waltz No.2 ("The Russian Waltz"), by Dmitry Shostakovich: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX1fiE0U1qA&feature=related

Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G-minor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lC1lRz5Z_s

Vivaldi's Four Seasons, played by Anne-Sophie Mutter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DWAdJKUlxo&feature=related

Rhapsody in Blue, by George Gershwin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cocB-DHzTU&feature=related

Don Giovanni, Overture, by Mozart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemAKvtXL8w

Dance of the Knights, by Sergei Prokofiev, from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFkZQ84YDlk&feature=more_related

The Four Seasons - Winter, by Antonio Vivaldi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGdFHJXciAQ&feature=related

Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqkMbk8eX6Y&feature=related

Dies Irae - Karl Jenkins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RirEqehfsg

La Marseillaise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT7sT1-wLYg&feature=related

String Symphony No. 9 - Felix Mendelssohn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0uOlG_q2w4

Adagio in G minor - Tomaso Albinoni: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMbvcp480Y4&feature=fvst

Carmina Burano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_CSQgBPpQ

Symphony No.5 - Ludwig van Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI&p=CB20EE6A8BE9426D&playnext=1&index=18

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT7_Y1pIBb4

Time Space World - daily snapshots from around the world: http://specials.washingtonpost.com/timespace/world/

TOOLS AND RESOURCES

Internet Search Strategies

York University Libraries

Questia.com (the world's biggest online library)

Canadian Politics on the Web

The Political Compass: find your place in the political spectrum!

ISSUES

Mr Fitzgerald comes to Washington

Vox populi americana - what Americans think of the CIA Leak Affair

White House scandals

Pros and cons of controversial issues

The Future of War and Peace

Open Parties? A Map of 21st Century Democracy

The World Is Drowning in Information

US National Debt

Don't Be an Idiot!

Information Society Project (Yale University Law School)

Expansion of Liberal Democracy in the 20th Century

UN Human Development Report

Inequality: research data from Inequality.org

Globalization (An excellent site exploring issues of globalization and democracy)

Movement for Direct Democracy (a site advocating expansion of institutions of direct democracy)

THE TERROR WAR

Facts on Iraq's history

War on terror leads to massive changes in US political system (Wall Street Journal article)

Americans concerned about threats to civil liberties

The September 11 Digital Archive

The Taliban File - recently declassified US documents about the Taliban's rise to power in Afghanistan

CLASSIC TEXTS

Classic Texts Online

The Declaration of Independence (USA)

Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project (Stanford University)

GOVERNMENT SOURCES

CANADA

Canadian Government Information on the Net (Megacite on Canadian governmental institutions)

The Government of Ontario

CHINA

Chinese Government Restructuring (Information on reform of the Chinese state, in English)

FRANCE

Presidence de la Republique (Office of the President of France, in French)

EGYPT

Egypt State Information Service

GERMANY

German Federal Government (official website, in German)

INDIA

Government of India

ISRAEL

Israeli Government Gateway

JAPAN

Office of the Prime Minister of Japan (in Japanese)

MEXICO

Mexico On Line

POLAND

The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (in English)

RUSSIA

The Government of Russia (Russian Government megacite, mostly in Russian)

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa Government Online

UK

Official Website of the British Monarchy

UK Government (Megacite on the British Government)

USA

US Government (Information site on US Government maintained by the White House)

INTERNATIONAL

United Nations Organization (UN megacite)

Council of Europe

International Governmental Organizations (megacite)

MAJOR MEDIA SITES

The Globe and Mail

The Toronto Star

CBC News

BBC News

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Christian Science Monitor

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In These Times

Counterpunch

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Le Monde

Le Monde Diplomatique (English edition)