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Bill Hogan, peace and justice activist
January 23, 2004Political, religious and community leaders were among friends who paid tribute at a memorial for Bill Hogan held at Chicago’s St. Bride’s Catholic Church, Jan. 9. Hogan, 76, was a long-time activist in civil rights, peace...
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Lucy Flato, labor activist, writer
January 23, 2004Lucille Burman Flato died peacefully Jan. 7 in San Francisco, of complications from a massive stroke. Born in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 21, 1922, to Daisy Whitney and Frank Burman, Lucy Flato moved to New York...
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U.S. empire exposed by caustic cartoons
January 23, 2004Review Addicted to War By Joel Andreas AK Press Softcover, 64 pp., $8 Joel Andreas has given us a valuable tool titled “Addicted To War.” This cartoon-illustrated primer depicts the ruthless history of the United States’...
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The full-grown shrub is not a pretty sight
January 23, 2004Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America By Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose Random House, 2003 Hardcover, 347 pp., $24.95 First Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose looked at George W. Bush’s disastrous impact on Texas when...
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Farmers cant live on stoicism alone
January 23, 2004Opinion One of the most enduring figures in American culture is the farmer as Rugged Individualist – sturdy, sunburned, standing proudly in fields among bounteous crops or herds. It’s an image found in the frontiersman of...
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