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  • Irish women will be heard

    Irish women will be heard

    March 11, 2005

    NEW YORK — Several months ago, when I was appearing in “Women on the Verge of HRT” at the Irish Arts Center, Marie Jones (author of “Stones in his Pockets” and “Women on the Verge”) went...

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  • Military recruiters have unrivaled access to public schools

    Military recruiters have unrivaled access to public schools

    March 11, 2005

    Should parents have the right to choose to protect a child from being targeted by military recruiters in school? Is it an inherent part of public school education to be pressured to sign an irrevocable contract...

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  • A peasant stand up thus?

    A peasant stand up thus?

    March 11, 2005

    In Shakespeare’s monumental tragedy, King Lear, a series of appalling crimes are committed in a context of betrayal, torture, war and invasion. In Act III, the Earl of Gloucester is brought forward so his eyes can...

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  • Does Wal-Mart speak for women?

    Does Wal-Mart speak for women?

    March 11, 2005

    Does Wal-Mart speak for women? Wal-Mart has been hitting the airways with regular television commercials. A lot of them, maybe even most of them, depict happy women. Happy women shoppers and happy women workers. There’s no...

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  • What is freedom?

    What is freedom?

    March 11, 2005

    OPINION Bush means freedom for corporations to own the world’s natural resources, the labor market, public space and socially produced wealth. He is talking about the ruling class’s freedom to exploit and wage war.

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