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From presidents and generals quotes on war and peace
March 21, 2003Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars … This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one...
Read moreSongs as weapons in the fight for dignity
March 21, 2003Throughout history cultural workers in general, and musicians describing themselves as “protest singers” in particular, have been integral components in the people’s various struggles for justice. Though armies have always marched to the throbbing pulse of...
Read moreMental health: self esteem and the soul
March 21, 2003Book ReviewRock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem, by bell hooks, Atria, N.Y., 2003, 226 pages, $23.00 In her new book, Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem, bell hooks (she prefers the lower-case lettering) argues...
Read moreRussell Brodine, musician and organizer, 1912-2003
March 7, 2003ROSLYN, Wash. – Russell Victor Brodine a musician, union organizer, and longtime member of the Communist Party USA died here Feb. 12. He was 90.
Read moreAlvena Seckar, walking the path of artistic activism
March 7, 2003“I wish I would have been more active in the movement,” Alvena Seckar said earnestly. My jaw dropped – collectively or, in part, her body of work epitomizes the very meaning of political activism.
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