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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 …

Disaster Tourism: Honest Altruism or Insensitive Voyeurism?
A man walks through what remains of a police station destroyed in fighting between Hamas and Fatah forces, in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 20, 2007. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / …

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Questioning Obama’s Americanism
Some Americans, especially on the Left, seem to have almost forgotten that Barack Obama is an African-American whose rise to the presidency was one of the most unlikely political …

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Student Occupations at Five Campuses (Video)
Students at Tulane University sit in. (Screengrab: stopsweatshops) When it comes to budget cuts and policies that hurt students and campus workers, student activists are refusing to …

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Syrian Forces Seize Mosque That Was Uprising’s Symbol
Al-Omari Mosque, central Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo: delayed gratification) Beirut, Lebanon - Backed by tanks, helicopters and snipers, the Syrian military seized a landmark mosque that had become …

Women in Tyvek: Hope in Nontraditional Green Jobs
Caulking windows as part of the overall weatherization. (Photo: 350.org) Every morning the trucks roll out of the garage at Community Environmental Center (CEC), and every morning …

Was Qaddafi the Real Target of the Strike That Killed His Son?
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi during his address before the General Assembly of the United Nations, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009. (Photo: Todd Heisler / The New York Times) …

Will Public Workers and Immigrants March Together on May Day? (2)
(Photo: Working In These Times) One sign carried in almost every May Day march of the last few years says it all: “We are Workers, not Criminals!” …

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The Republican Plan With Lipstick
(Photo: Paula Bailey / Flickr) Republicans figure that if they can’t sell the pig, they’ll just put lipstick on it and find some suckers who will think …