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They had no turkey for Thanksgiving
November 22, 2001When I talked to her the Monday before Thanksgiving, Carolina Morales was standing in line at the food pantry run by St. Maurice Catholic Church in Chicago’s Southwest side. She had come to pick up sacks...
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False friend wrote the book on backstabbing
November 17, 2001The Communist Party in Maryland, 1919-57, by Vernon L. Pedersen, University of Illinois Press, Urbana & Chicago 2001. The Communist Party in Maryland, 1919-57, is a strange book by an even stranger author. Vernon Pedersen appeared...
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Globalization and India
November 17, 2001Despite the enthusiasm of its supporters economic globalization gives rise to fierce exploitation, economic instability and crisis. The “globalization” touted by the major economic gurus has created problems around the world, including AIDs, poverty, hunger, debt,...
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Protesters press Greece on refugees, troops
November 17, 2001ATHENS, Greece – Over 10,000 protesters gathered Nov. 8 in Syntagma (Constitution) Square here in a rally against the attacks on Afghanistan. Chanting, “We’re not with NATO or the Taliban, stop the war in Afghanistan” they...
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Is the truth ever disloyal?
November 17, 2001Don’t bother us with facts, we’re fighting a war here. That’s basically the story of all wars – at least in their early stages – and this one against terrorism (which, as it turns out, is...
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