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Aussie CP hits racism
December 16, 2005In the wake of several days of rioting that involved thousands of white youths attacking people of Middle Eastern descent in suburban Sydney and at least two other Australian cities, the Communist Party of Australia issued...
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A Cuban tribute to New Orleans: New composition is powerful musical prayer
December 16, 2005HAVANA — Legendary jazz pianist Chucho Valdés pays tribute to the people and music of New Orleans in a new composition titled “Canto a Dios” or “Song to God.” The world-renowned musician said he wrote his...
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Art, truth and politics
December 16, 2005The following is excerpted from British playwright Harold Pinter’s speech accepting the Nobel Prize for literature, delivered by video in Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 7. The speech is a hard-hitting indictment of the Iraq war and occupation...
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Talking about socialism in Detroit
December 16, 2005Some of you might think that a discussion of socialism is premature — an example of being out of sync with the times. After all, since the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, we have been...
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We need to dismantle the myths of homophobia
December 16, 2005It took the ascendancy of the extreme right and their backward views of same-sex relationships to force many of us to realize that Marxists have to produce and popularize an in-depth analysis of sexuality and gender....
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