Book Review
‘The Book Thief’ and ‘Red Orchestra’ offer anti-Nazi lessons
January 7, 2010It was the Mexican historian George Santayana who said those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Read moreEssential reading for labor, community activists
December 5, 2009"A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape The American Labor Movement" — a review.
Read moreFidel & Che: An interview with the author
November 2, 2009It lasted a mere 12 years, but the relationship between Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara changed the course of Cuba's history and continues to intrigue us today.
Read moreReligion and the economy: A theologian challenges ‘status quo’
October 24, 2009A Texas theologian challenges the idea that Jesus Christ's teachings must be contorted into support for big business and the "status quo."
Read moreA Stranger to Myself: Losing oneself in war
October 14, 2009As a German soldier on the frontlines of Hitler’s war machine, Willy Peter Reese endured and inflicted the unimaginable, saw the horrible and came face-to-face with the life and death realities of war.
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