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Marxism: A living science 200 years later
May 11, 2018Simply criticizing capitalism does not make someone a Marxist. You've got to be in the thick of the battle for human liberation.
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I was curious, so I saw ‘The Death of Stalin’
May 11, 2018Perhaps Marx was right when he wrote that history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce.
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Remembering the 1968 East Los Angeles high school blowouts
May 11, 2018I had graduated a year earlier from Lincoln High School not knowing how to read and write proficiently. Now I was marching with others, shouting: "Education not eradication!"
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The First Lady of baseball
May 8, 2018There is only one tombstone engraved: "She Loved Baseball." A fitting tribute to the memory of Effa Manley, the only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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A literary visit with the Misses Zona Gale and Lulu Bett
May 8, 2018Ever hear of Zona Gale? No? Well, let me tell you something about her.
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