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 Vol. 079 Issue 004 (April 1 2015)
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••Contents••
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 Editor's Note
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EDITOR’S NOTE by RUTH CONNIFF State of Surveillance Our man in Hollywood, Ed Rampell, brings us two great pieces in this issue. Ed landed an exclusive interview with Oscar-winning documentary...
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Comment
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COMMENT by RUTH CONNIFF Walker’s War on Workers Goes Nationwide iiT he labor organizations of the country are to I be smashed. The decree has been entered. The orders have been issued.” So wrote...
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No Comment
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NO COMMENT Hazardous Driving Conditions A Saudi historian recently defended his country’s prohibition against female drivers by saying that women who drive “don’t care if they are raped on the...
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Letters
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WE HEAR YOU Readers Respond to the “Racial Justice” February issue Thank you for your wonderful February issue focusing on the effects of racism and the impunity with which police and armed...
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On the Line
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ON THE LINE Walmart Workers Finally Get a Raise Walmart announced in February that after months of demands from its employees for better wages, beginning with the Black Friday protests last...
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Smoking Gun
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SMOKING GUN Massive License Plate Monitoring Revealed New documents obtained by the ACLU reveal a massive national Drug Enforcement Administration program that tracks Americans by license plate....
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Projects
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PROJECTS PUBLIC SCHOOL SHAKEDOWN Pennsylvania Legislature Eviscerates Public Schools By Jan Resseger In Pennsylvania, as in many other states, the legislature has chosen not to regulate charter...
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Are We Married Yet?
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Kearney, Matthew
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ARE WE MARRIED YET? By Matthew Kearney When she hears the news, Mary drops her unfinished crossword puzzle, grabs Kate, and hurries downtown. “I want it right now,”she says forcefully. The couple,...
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Nicaragua's Keystone XL
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Erlich, Reese
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Nicaragua’s Keystone XL by Reese Erlich metepe Island, Nicaragua. The waves lap languorously against the shore on this island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. Fishermen row out early each morning...
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Three Wise Guys: Muslim Comics for Free Expression
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Rampell, Ed
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Muslim Comics for Free Expression By Ed Rampell uslim-American comics are busy dispelling the notion that Islam is no fun. The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour brought a Muslim comic sensibility to a...
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Black America's State of Surveillance
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Cyril, Malkia Amala
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Black America’s State of Surveillance By Malkia Amala Cyril Ten years ago, on Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, my mother, a former Black Panther, died from complications of sickle cell anemia....
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An Interview with Laura Poitras
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Rampell, Ed
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An Interview with Laura Poitras By Ed Rampell During the 1930s, Jewish and antifascist artists such as Billy Wilder, Jean Renoir, and Bertolt Brecht fled the Nazis, finding a haven in Hollywood....
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Post-Traumatic Snow Disorder
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED by KATE CLINTON Post-Traumatic Snow Disorder ?limate change de-?niers deny that global warming has anything to do with the extreme winter in the Northeast. I agree. It has everything to...
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Books: We Should All Be Feminists
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Burke, Julia
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BOOKS A Flawless Case for Feminism By Julia Burke We Should All Be Feminists By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Knopf Doubleday. $7.95. 64 pages. hen actress Emma Watson spoke before the United...
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How Cassius Clay Became Muhammad Ali
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Zirin, Dave
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EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN How Cassius Clay Became Muhammad Ali February 25, 1964, is a day that should be recognized as a pivot upon which a great deal of sports history—and world...
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Poem: The Gift of the Book
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Hadas, Rachel
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POEM by RACHEL HADAS The Gift of the Book I gave someone this book. He took no time to more than flick it with a glance as speedily he tore the wrapping paper off. Judge it by its cover? Covers...
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The Debt-Collecting Scammers
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Hightower, Jim
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VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER The Debt-Collecting Scammers Good news, people: The “boom” is back! Yes, good times are here again, thanks to (of all things) bad times. As you might know from your...
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