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“Pan Am”: Cold War nostalgia that has yet to take off
November 14, 2011It's obvious that Pan Am, ABC TV's ambitious new series, is a major network's bid to seize the audience that has made Mad Men a cable television sensation.
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Confronting the walking dead: John Quiggin’s “Zombie Economics”
November 8, 2011The zombie metaphor is both witty and apt when discussing how ideas about society and finance that have alarmingly failed refuse to stay dead and buried.
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The Occupy Wall Streeters have it!
November 1, 2011"They" are You and Me, our representatives who call for peace with justice, jobs, the living wage that all deserve, and an end to greed of the corporations of Wall Street.
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Day of the Dead video
November 1, 2011Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is observed November 1 -2 in many Mexican communities in the U.S.
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Labor history conferees examine role of Communist Party USA
October 27, 2011The 2011 North American Labor History Conference at Wayne State University covered a wide variety of topics which centered on the growing focus over both current and past struggles for equality and justice.
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