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Hold on to your seats in Redbelt
May 22, 2008Don’t miss “Redbelt”. But, when you sit down in the theater, make sure you have a good seat belt (regardless of the color). “Redbelt” is another David Mamet film that will excite and put you on...
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May 21, 2008Bush vs. Chavez, Washington’s War on Venezuela By Eva Golinger Building on her earlier book “Chavez Code” (Olive Branch Press, 2006), Eva Golinger has written “Bush vs. Chavez, Washington’s War on Venezuela,' (Monthly Review Press, 2008...
Read moreThis week in labor
May 21, 2008Bush abandons safety regs The Bush administration continues, on all fronts, to abandon enforcement of job safety and health standards. Recent Congressional hearings shed light on the administration’s almost total disregard of ergonomic injuries. The lax...
Read moreSeparatism threatens left gains in Latin America
May 20, 2008The approval of autonomy by voters in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz department on May 4 stimulated legislators from the right wing New Time Party in Venezuela’s oil rich Zulia state to propose a commission to study the...
Read moreOpinion: Thoughts about Israel at 60
May 17, 2008Feelings about the state of Israel occupy a broad spectrum of world opinion, from adoring admiration in some quarters to hate veering into outright anti-Semitism from some others. As an expression of the 19th- and 20th-century...
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