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EDITORIAL: Marx was right
October 18, 2008It was only yesterday that “free market” ideologues were dancing on Karl Marx’s grave with scornful shouts that “greed is good” and “TINA” — “there is no alternative” to capitalism. These fat men guffawed contemptuously at...
Read moreNationalize banks, employ unemployed
October 17, 2008Last week the major economies of the world, including the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, China, Russia and Brazil carried out an unprecedented and coordinated reduction of interest rates. The effort itself was not immediately...
Read moreEditorial: Talking about race
October 10, 2008Two conversations about race are taking place in our country. One is reviving the ugly past. The other is looking to a brighter future. Stirring a lynch-mob atmosphere reminiscent of the worst in our nation’s history,...
Read moreLetters: October 11
October 10, 2008Taking issue I am insulted by Bruce Bostick’s article “Unity — the only road to victory” (PWW 9/20-26). He insults third parties and their supporters as having “no understanding” of the corporate power around Bush/McCain and...
Read moreThe Great Election Swindle
October 10, 2008“The Great Rock and Roll Swindle,” a movie that is alleged to be the true story of the ’70s punk rock band the Sex Pistols, tells a tale of how Malcolm McLaren, the band’s founder and...
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