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BOOK REVIEW: Four centuries of U.S. working-class literature
November 16, 2007In his poem “A Worker Reads History,” Bertolt Brecht wrote: Who built the Seven Gates of Thebes? The books are filled with kings. Was it kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone? In the last...
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Largest Veterans Day parade goes to Phoenix
November 16, 2007The Veterans Day parade in Phoenix, Ariz., claims to be the largest in the country. It certainly was long and well attended. Among the floats in the parade was one from Veterans for Peace, an organization...
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Who is a patriot?
November 16, 2007I attended the United for Peace and Justice demonstration in New Orleans on Oct. 27, which called for an end to the Iraq war, opposed military aggression against Iran and supported the long overdue rebuilding of...
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EDITORIAL: Pilgrims without papers
November 16, 2007Three hundred and eighty-six years ago a group of undocumented immigrants and native-born Americans feasted together for three days to celebrate a successful harvest made possible by mutual cooperation. Yes, those Pilgrims showed up in Massachusetts...
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EDITORIAL: Costs of racism
November 16, 2007An important part of what is often called “the American dream” is the ability of successive generations to climb the economic ladder. With workers’ productivity rising decade by decade, that should be the reality for working-class...
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