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A peasant stand up thus?
March 11, 2005In Shakespeare’s monumental tragedy, King Lear, a series of appalling crimes are committed in a context of betrayal, torture, war and invasion. In Act III, the Earl of Gloucester is brought forward so his eyes can...
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Does Wal-Mart speak for women?
March 11, 2005Does Wal-Mart speak for women? Wal-Mart has been hitting the airways with regular television commercials. A lot of them, maybe even most of them, depict happy women. Happy women shoppers and happy women workers. There’s no...
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What is freedom?
March 11, 2005OPINION Bush means freedom for corporations to own the world’s natural resources, the labor market, public space and socially produced wealth. He is talking about the ruling class’s freedom to exploit and wage war.
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LETTERS
March 11, 2005Murder of nun highlights Brazil at crossroads An American nun, Dorothy Stang, who had lived in Brazil for 30 years and was a naturalized Brazilian citizen, was gunned down in the Amazon jungle region where she...
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EDITORIALS
March 11, 2005No compromise on Social Security o far, Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate have maintained a solid front in opposition to President George W. Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security. With overwhelming support of their...
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