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A true working class educator
September 15, 2006Earlier this year, I attended a tribute to my late friend Wells Keddie, at the Labor Education Center of Rutgers University. Wells died in April after a lifetime of struggle in the labor movement and as...
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Senator Allens monkeyshines
September 15, 2006Mel Gibson drove drunk and, when stopped by a traffic cop, slurred some anti-Semitic slurs. Some defended him thus: “it was just the liquor talking.” Trouble is, liquor does not talk, but people do, and as...
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The fear factor
September 15, 2006Here we go again. George Bush’s recent bellicose speeches on terrorism are a warning to all who care about peace and justice. Those speeches are aimed at discrediting the peace movement and silencing all dissent. They...
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LETTERS
September 15, 2006Takes issue with headline The headline “Class struggle is a fact, not a theory” (PWW 9/2-8) reflects a misunderstanding of the word “theory.” This misunderstanding has serious consequences. A theory is a principle that explains certain...
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EDITORIAL: Crass, cheap insult
September 15, 2006The president’s address to the nation on Sept. 11 was the closing scene of the first act of the 2006 elections. While Americans were at the beach, running kids to camp or trying to figure out...
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