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The Importance of Being Tony Kushner
Coincidence combined with foresight on the part of my girlfriend Pat - she bought the tickets months ago - landed us at a performance of Tony Kushner's new play, …

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Hypatia and the Clash of Civilizations in Late Antiquity
When the Greeks spoke of "agora," they meant a place for political discussion, jury trials and a market. In other words, agora was the center of Greek life. …

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Defector from the Green Berets: A Review of William T. Hathaway’s Radical Peace
(Image: Trine Day) Instilling the will to kill in Special Forces training is equally important as teaching the skills to kill. Commandos are heavily indoctrinated in the …

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“Budrus” Shows “White Intifada” Can Beat the Israeli Occupation
Many have long maintained that a mass-based and sustained campaign of nonviolent Palestinian resistance - a "white intifada" - if vigorously supported by a united Palestinian leadership and by …

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Streets of Latin America Offer US a Roadmap for Social Change
(Image: AK Press) Dancing with Dynamite: Social Movements and States in Latin America By Ben Dangl AK Press, 2010 The …

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“What Will Happen to Me?“
(Image: Good Books) "What Will Happen to Me?" Howard Zehr and Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz (Good Books, 2010) $14.95US/$14.95CAN, ISBN-10: 9781561486892 In 2004, …

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History of Seventies Activism Debunks “Me Generation” Myth
(Image: Rutgers University Press) The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism Edited by Dan Bergen Rutgers University Press, 2010 Thirty-five years ago, journalist Tom …

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Why Churchill Matters
(Image: Henry Holt and Co.) "Churchill's Empire: The World That Made Him And The World He Made" Richard Toye Henry Holt, New York (2010) $32 …

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In the War on Drugs, Success Means Failure
Members of the Costa Rican Coast Guard prepare to board a fishing boat to inspect it for cocaine near Puntarenas, Costa Rica, March 4, 2011. (Photo: Tomas Munita …

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Labor’s Tangled Web: A Review of “Civil Wars in US Labor“
(Image: Haymarket Books) "There are no shortcuts in politics," bellowed a respected, much-older labor veteran as we young militants sat around hoping to pick up a few …