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  • Lets pause for Utah Phillips, 1935-2008

    Lets pause for Utah Phillips, 1935-2008

    June 7, 2008 By John Pietaro

    Utah Phillips spoke directly to each of us in that filled auditorium here on April 24. It didn’t matter that it was his disembodied voice, speaking over a cell phone held up to a microphone, held...

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  • Firefighters and prescription drugs

    Firefighters and prescription drugs

    June 7, 2008

    Suppose your house is burning down with your family trapped inside. When the fire department arrives at the scene, they tell you the rescue will cost $1 million. After all, aren’t your family and your house...

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  • Kurdish question and fruits of imperialism

    Kurdish question and fruits of imperialism

    June 7, 2008 By Norman Markowitz

    An ongoing guerilla war is raging in Southeastern Turkey and Kurdish regions of U.S.-occupied Iraq. The war is led by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which since its inception in Turkey has fought for a socialist...

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  • Letters – June 7, 2008

    Letters – June 7, 2008

    June 7, 2008

    Israel at 60 We were disappointed by Ari Goldman’s opinion piece “Israel at 60 — Why celebrations are muted” (PWW5/24-30). Goldman claims that Israel has enjoyed “unparalleled success at assimilating a majority immigrant population from all...

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  • McCains bottomless sewer

    McCains bottomless sewer

    June 7, 2008

    John McCain has repeatedly been forced to dump campaign advisers exposed as lobbyists for fascist-like regimes and transnational corporations. Six of his highest ranking operatives were recently forced out including Doug Goodyear — McCain’s choice to...

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