Opinion
The Strauss-Kahn dismissal: Blaming the victim, again
August 24, 2011For a while, it looked like the victim might have her day in court, and win justice.
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“Jesus Was a Commie” and “Vapor Trail”
August 23, 2011Among the 59 short films screened at the Traverse City Film Festival, the title that attracted the most attention was "Jesus Was a Commie," directed by the accomplished actor Matthew Modine.
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Radical history will come to life at Oklahoma Laborfest
August 23, 2011One of the most remarkable features will be a special reading of Nor Iron Bars, which incorporates social realism, regionalism and agitation.
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Obama, the debt, and “shared sacrifice”
August 23, 2011"Shared sacrifice" has become a key talking point among many top politicians opposing the Republican Party's defense of the super-rich and refusal to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire.
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Dissident Arts Festival held in New York
August 23, 2011John Pietaro, a labor organizer and musician, along with poets and activists John and Steve Bloom, brought the festival to New York City last year from Beacon, N.Y., where it originated.
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