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New film from China on the horrors of the “Rape of Nanking”
January 3, 2012What the Japanese militarists did to China is a story that every Chinese person knows well, but, I think, not so much in the West.
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Wells Fargo sponsors anarchist’s art show: “Pissarro’s People”
January 3, 2012A powerful exhibit of the politically inspired paintings by 19th century anarchist artist Camille Pissarro delivers a clear message of inspiration and solidarity to today's Occupy movement.
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Spielberg’s “War Horse” is terrific, moving epic
January 2, 2012"War Horse" is simply a terrific war movie that makes its statements graphically and through sensitive portrayals, whether in actual battle scenes or not.
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Historian: Air Controller strike a turning point for the U.S.
December 16, 2011The 1981 PATCO strike permanently changed U.S. labor relations and opened the door to the bitter, ideological polarization now rife in U.S. politics.
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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.
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