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  • Anti-capitalist classic

    Anti-capitalist classic

    August 11, 2006

    Movie Review The Devil Wears Prada Directed by David Frankel PG-13, 119 min., 2006 As I left the theater, I thought, I hated this movie. Yet it was one of the best movies I have seen...

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  • The stroke of a corporate pen

    The stroke of a corporate pen

    August 11, 2006

    Has the stroke of a corporate media pen attempted to define “working class” away in your city? Once again, it has in mine. A June 23 article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press illustrates the point...

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  • Union split: sliced bread vs. the box

    Union split: sliced bread vs. the box

    August 11, 2006

    For the past year there has been a widening split within the ranks of American organized labor, and this split risks hardening as the new Change to Win (CTW) coalition increasingly takes on the complexion of...

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  • Q&A

    Q&A

    August 11, 2006

    Q: I noticed that recent CPUSA statements on the Middle East put a heavy weight on Israel’s responsibility and much lighter weight on Hezbollah or Hamas. Why doesn’t the CPUSA take a more even-handed approach?A: The...

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  • WMDs in North Dakota

    WMDs in North Dakota

    August 11, 2006

    On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, the U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. These nuclear weapons killed over 100,000 people, almost all civilians, and injured...

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