186 preclusive purchasing
"Preclusive purchasing is an intervention which involves “buying strategic commodities in world markets for the purpose of making them unavailable to the enemy.” 213 During World War II, for example, the United States bought various minerals in Spain, Portugal and Turkey in order to ensure that they did not become available to the Axis powers.214"...
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English residents and environmentalists prevent Heathrow Airport expansion, 2002 – 2010
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U.S. student Tim DeChristopher disrupts government auction of oil lands, 2008
In October 2008 the Bureau of Land Management finalized three Resource Management Plans that would open new federal lands for oil and gas leasing in Southern Utah. Some of the lands were adjacent to national parks and monuments, including Dinosaur Na...
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