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Encore review: Confessions opens eyes
May 19, 2006Editor’s note: Last year the People’s Weekly World ran a review by Heraclio Cabral on “The Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.” This book has opened many people’s eyes to the nuts and bolts of U.S....
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Racism, self-image focus in Shoot the Messenger
May 19, 2006In recent years commentary around race in the United States has increased somewhat. When films like “Crash” and “Spike Lee Presents C.S.A: Confederate States of America” attempt to spark national dialogue around race issues, they speak...
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Nuclear power is no solution
May 19, 2006Christine Whitman, former EPA head in the Bush administration, and Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace, joining forces to promote nuclear energy? What’s that all about? They are probably trying to breathe life into a moribund industry...
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Ask the Communists
May 19, 2006Q: You claim that full equality will be one of the main priorities of socialism, but from my understanding, affirmative action is the opposite of equality and completely unnecessary in an unracist and equal society. Explain...
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Its time for a chorus of Nina Simones Mississippi Goddam
May 19, 2006I can feel Nina Simone these days. At the height of the civil rights movement, Simone, known as the high priestess of soul, recorded a song titled “Mississippi Goddam.” In it, she sings of Black people...
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