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Harry Gaynor: fighter for open housing, social justice
October 7, 2005Harry Gaynor, a longtime fighter for peace and justice, died in Chicago on Aug. 19 of heart failure. He was 90. Born in 1914 in Brooklyn, N.Y., of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Gaynor’s family moved to Chicago...
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Chicago hosts world film fest
October 7, 2005The 41st Chicago International Film Festival runs Oct. 6-20. One hundred five films representing 36 countries, and four programs of shorts, will be featured at the AMC River East (Illinois and Columbus) and the Landmark (Diversey...
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Liberation music for the rebel soul
October 7, 2005Not in Our Name Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra Verve Records, 2005 Internationally acclaimed jazz bassist Charlie Haden has convened the Liberation Music Orchestra for the fourth time since its inception in 1969. It...
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Jazz, struggle and Katrina
October 7, 2005Actor Danny Glover and actor/singer Harry Belafonte made these remarks at the PBS/BET-televised Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit concert on Sept. 17.Danny Glover John Coltrane once said, “The main thing a musician would like to do,...
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The cry was and is unity!
October 7, 2005“How do we stop Bush?” is the burning question of the day for the working class and democratically minded people, fighting against vicious attacks on our unions, living standards, democratic liberties and even our very lives....
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