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The underground comic book of the year
June 5, 2008A People’s History of American Empire By Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki and Paul Buhle (with additional scripting by Dave Wagner) Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2008 288 pp., paperback $17.00 “A People’s History of...
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Editorial: McCains bottomless sewer
June 4, 2008John McCain has repeatedly been forced to dump campaign advisers exposed as lobbyists for fascist-like regimes and transnational corporations. Six of his highest ranking operatives were recently forced out including Doug Goodyear — McCain’s choice to...
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Let’s pause for Utah Phillips, 1935-2008
June 1, 2008Utah Phillips spoke directly to each of us in that filled auditorium on April 24 of this year. It didn’t matter that it was his disembodied voice, speaking over a cell phone held up to a...
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Black trade unionists gear up for election
June 1, 2008ST. LOUIS — Barack Obama, in a telephone hook-up May 22, welcomed the 37th annual gathering of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists here by declaring, “We need to reward labor and hard work with a...
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Is Anne Feeney irreverent?
June 1, 2008CD Review Dump the Bosses Off Your Back Anne Feeney www.annefeeney.com, $14.99 As the organ music begins on labor singer Anne Feeney's new CD, the tune is easily remembered. In churches we sing it as, 'What...
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