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  • Understanding what went wrong in the USSR

    Understanding what went wrong in the USSR

    August 13, 2004 By Mark Almberg

      Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union By Roger Keeran & Thomas Kenny International Publishers, 2004 Softcover, 230 pp., $14.00 The demise of the Soviet Union was a watershed event in human history....

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  • Lessons in outreach from  a funeral?

    Lessons in outreach from a funeral?

    August 13, 2004

    What can the funeral of one of the founders of scientific socialism tell us about an approach to present day realities? If ever there was a time for the broadest political outreach of our lives, this...

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  • Speaking the truth about Cuba

    Speaking the truth about Cuba

    August 13, 2004

    The Venceremos Brigade was formed in 1969 as a means of showing solidarity with the Cuban struggle and challenging U.S. policies against that country. For the past 35 years, we’ve been sending people from the U.S....

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  • Shifting political winds in Illinois  a nationwide trend?

    Shifting political winds in Illinois a nationwide trend?

    August 13, 2004

    The steady erosion of support for Bush’s ultra-right policies led the Kerry campaign earlier this summer to expand the list of potential “swing states” it believed to be competitive. Now there are indications that some congressional...

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  • How to win: a call of conscience

    How to win: a call of conscience

    August 13, 2004

    Twenty years ago, I stood before the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, a candidate for the presidency of the United States, to speak of the hopes and dreams of Americans who, lacking voice in their everyday...

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