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The passing of a legend
June 3, 2005Singer, songwriter and playwright Oscar Brown Jr. died May 29 in Chicago after a brief illness. He was 78. “Although we will miss him deeply, he has left a wealth of works that will continue to...
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War, soldiers and the unspeakable
June 3, 2005“Brothers” is a film from Denmark with English subtitles directed by Susanne Bier. At the beginning, we meet Michael, who’s home on leave, a Danish career soldier about to be deployed to Afghanistan. Then we meet...
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No party, no socialism
June 3, 2005The right wing has attacked historian Moshe Lewin’s new book, “The Soviet Century,” which covers the Soviet Union from the early 1920s through its implosion in 1991, for its sympathetic treatment of Lenin. His principal conclusion,...
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Marxism without meat?
June 3, 2005When at long last war and capitalism, terrorism and religious fanaticism have had their final day, when a communist society breaks out like the glorious sun after the most savage storms, what will our new world...
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Planetary war? Its not just a movie
June 3, 2005On May 23-24 I attended an event organized by Dr. Helen Caldicott called Full Spectrum Dominance. The conference gathered key media representatives to hear briefings on the latest developments in military space issues. The event began...
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