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Celebrating African American and Women's History Month
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Tony Pecinovsky, 01/28/2009
Gerald Horne's most recent book, The End of Empires: African Americans and India, tells a neglected story of racism, war and international solidarity.
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Joe Sims, 02/18/2009
With the collapse of several banks and insurance companies, the near bankruptcy of Detroit automakers, a 50 percent drop in world stock exchanges and an almost complete arrest of credit markets, an economic era has ended.
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Political Affairs, 02/18/2009
As I’ve already stipulated, I have a bit of hostility towards Mahbubani, given some of the statements he has made about China in the past where he has described the CCP not as the Communist Party of China but as the Chinese Capitalist Party.
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Political Affairs, 02/18/2009
“Depression economics” is a term that Krugman came up with over a decade ago. His main point is that monetary policy, once you get into a depression, becomes ineffective, and the only possible way to manage the economy or influence its direction once interest rates have reached zero – which, coincidentally, they are pretty close to right now.
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Joel Wendland, 02/18/2009
The election of Barack Obama has been historical. Historical not simply because Barack Obama is the first African American president, but also because his election victory represents another page in the history of a struggle of a whole people who have aspired to freedom and equality.
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Norman Markowitz, 02/17/2009
This February, as we celebrate African American history month, the first African American president will be sitting in the White House, something that few Americans saw as a possibility at the turn of the 21st century.
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Michael Shepler, 01/28/2009
With the exception of films like "The Visitor" and "Slumdog Millionaire," 2008 filmgoers were presented with a fistful of downers. Critics whose profession involves decoding such phenomena attributed it to late blooming revulsion over the eight-year tragedy of the Bush administration.
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Marc Brodine, 01/28/2009
Nigel Lawson, former British Energy Secretary in the Thatcher government and “Lord Lawson of Blaby,” has written a book that, like some others which minimize global warming, uses partial truths, barefaced lies, and specious reasoning to make his case.
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Political Affairs, 01/28/2009
In 2008, the CGTB entered its 22nd year. During this period it has organized five national congresses. Today, the CGTB is active in 14 states of the Brazilian Federation.
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John Pietaro, 01/28/2009
In the annals of film and television history, the name Rod Serling usually conjures up visions of fantastic realities and unsettling characters from within “The Twilight Zone.” But a glimpse beneath the surface of the man, let alone his masterful writings, exposes the depth of social consciousness.
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Melissa Chadburn, 01/28/2009
Richard Yates' novel Revolutionary road is a story about a couple, Frank and April Wheeler, (played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in the film), who move to the suburbs in Connecticut.
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Thomas Riggins, 01/28/2009
The close of one year and the beginning of the new is a good time to remind all our Christian friends of the relationship between Christianity and Marxism-Leninism and the working-class movement.
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Gary Tedman, 01/28/2009
I think we should not expect Marxism to produce a scientific (correct) theory of art, which would be like a Marxist theory of biology attempting to replace Darwinism.
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Martha Kramer, 01/28/2009
Women and girls in the fictional Northern Mexico city of Santa Teresa are being murdered. Law enforcement officials, riddled with incompetence and corruption, have few clues and do not seem overly concerned.
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Ben Sears, 01/28/2009
Every morning we would hear the music as we passed the open doors. Usually jazz or something popular would be emanating from the bank of three rooms on the first floor. Students were practicing on their school supplied instruments.
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Alice Kesner, 01/28/2009
Dusk, in the living room of a rambling, country-style house in Texas, where three women and two men are about to mark an important occasion. It’s the second anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, and while in urban places people are commemorating the day with antiwar marches and demonstrations, in this small Hill Country town these five folks are about to hold a peace vigil.
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Various Authors, 01/28/2009
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Political Affairs, 01/28/2009
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