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“Why Marx Was Right”: lively challenge to 10 myths
December 16, 2011Eagleton's bright, witty book marches forward into the usual stumbling blocks erected over the decades in the environment of popular ideology and topples them.
Read moreGene Sharp has half a recipe for revolution
December 6, 2011I first heard of Gene Sharp from a commentator on National Public Radio. He said that he had examined the "Arab Spring" upsurges in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Yemen.
Read moreStop police brutality against peaceful protesters!
November 23, 2011It is time for the federal government move in and stop what has become a pattern of attacks on the fundamental rights not only of Occupy protesters across the country, but on the rights of all...
Read moreOccupy Memphis rallies for Zuccotti
November 15, 2011In response to the unprovoked attack by the NYPD on peaceful protesters and the liquidation of the OWS encampment at Zuccotti Park, Occupy Memphis called an emergency General Assembly.
Read more“Pan Am”: Cold War nostalgia that has yet to take off
November 14, 2011It's obvious that Pan Am, ABC TV's ambitious new series, is a major network's bid to seize the audience that has made Mad Men a cable television sensation.
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