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‘Girondines’ tells of the reformist women opposing the French Revolution’s Jacobins
November 2, 2023Composer Sarah Van Sciver and Librettist Kirsten C. Kunkle have come to town for a two-day, four-performance outing of their opera Girondines.
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International Publishers begins its second century of printing ‘books to change the world’
October 27, 2023Symposium at New York University's Tamiment Library marks the Marxist imprint’s 100th birthday
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New book surveys life of Seán O’Casey, great Irish playwright and lifelong communist
October 27, 2023While the study is an important one for O’Casey scholars to be aware of, it is refreshingly equally directed at readers beyond academia.
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Ohio’s Issue 1: Three women share their pre-Roe abortion experiences
October 24, 2023A ‘no’ vote on Nov. 7 could mean a return to those dark days before 1973.
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Same as it ever was: At 200, Monroe Doctrine still about neo-colonial control
October 24, 2023Contributor David Cavendish looks back on a 200-year-old piece of U.S. foreign policy—and his own 25-year-old article.
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