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  • A film guide for the left

    A film guide for the left

    November 14, 2003

    Book review Blacklisted: The Film Lover’s Guide to the Hollywood Blacklist By Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner Palgrave Macmillan, 288 pp., $24.95 Paul Buhle, standing among the apex of writer-historians of the political left, is rather...

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  • The dump-Bush strategy for independent media

    The dump-Bush strategy for independent media

    November 14, 2003 By Noel Rabinowitz

    Opinion The right wing’s media strategy to slant the odds in the upcoming 2004 elections will draw from its familiar bag of tricks, with help from its ultra-wealthy friends.

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  • Du Bois before Lenin

    Du Bois before Lenin

    November 14, 2003

    Opinion This year marked the centenary of W.E.B. Du Bois’ most famous book, Souls of Black Folk. It fell in a year wracked by warfare and capitalist deceit. The fraud of weapons of mass destruction sent...

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  • An Australian view of Bush and free trade

    An Australian view of Bush and free trade

    November 14, 2003

    Opinion The corporate media were buzzing with columnists and commentators on the purpose of U.S. President George W. Bush’s 21-hour visit to Australia last month. Most said that it was to give the Australian government the...

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  • Wal-Mart: outlaw at home and in China

    Wal-Mart: outlaw at home and in China

    November 14, 2003

    Opinion Wal-Mart is an outlaw. It is also the largest retailer in the world and the largest private employer in the world. It is financially larger than Switzerland and employs more than eight times the number...

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