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Book Review: Nemesis: Chalmers Johnson

Two books that I consider to be essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the "state of the union" as a loyal American are: The Sorrows of Empire and Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson. His essential...

3 comments    politics america americans
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Illegal immigrant labor: Antonio: a Border Memoir

One day I asked Ignacio if he knew anyone who could build a wall around my house and stucco both. He replied that his brother, Antonio, was a master mason and looking for work. I trusted Ignacio completely...

5 comments    business politics job
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Amnesty Get On the Bus 2009

Here are some photos from this year's (April 17th 2009) Amnesty International Get on the Bus demonstrations in NYC. Students from all over New England from Highschools and Colleges attend to express their...

6 comments    politics new york students
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Book Review: A Freewheelin' Time: Suze Rotolo

Suze Rotolo's memoir of Greenwich Village in the early sixties, A Freewheelin' Time, is an involving story from the epicenter of a cultural revolution. The ostensible reason most people will read the book...

4 comments    politics america book review
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Book Review: Naomi Klein: The Shock Doctrine

Please read Naomi Klein's new book The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism. This book, that carefully chronicles the rise and influence of Milton Friedman's school of economic theory and its...

3 comments    politics video america
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