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  • U.S. grain arrives in Cuba

    U.S. grain arrives in Cuba

    December 21, 2001 By Fred Gaboury

    Two ships, one loaded with frozen chicken parts worth $300,000 and the other with 26,400 tons of corn, arrived in Havana, Cuba Dec. 16, marking the first direct sales of U.S. products to Cuba in since...

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  • Consumerism run amok

    Consumerism run amok

    December 21, 2001

    Lasn Kalle, the founder of Adbusters Magazine, mixes satire, comedy and social commentary into Culture Jam: How to Reduce America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge – and Why We Must. Culture Jam, a collection of short essays dealing...

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  • Why TV news ignores wars opponents

    Why TV news ignores wars opponents

    December 21, 2001

    If you think no one in America opposes the Afghan war, it’s not because you’ve been living in a cave. You’ve just been watching too much television news. The war’s opponents have been largely absent from...

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  • A New Year’s  message

    A New Year’s message

    December 21, 2001

    Without socialism, the countries of the world cannot reduce their illiteracy rate to zero, attainable and necessary for progress. Without socialism, all the people of the world will not have access to potable water that is...

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  • Going too far?

    Going too far?

    December 21, 2001

    On Nov. 1, Nancy Oden, an organic farmer, drove 100 miles from Jonesboro, Maine to the Bangor airport. A member of the National Coordinating Committee of the Green Party USA, she was going to an important...

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