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2012

05/09 Obama and Gay Marriage: Thanks for Nothing

03/15 May Day 2012: The Call for a General Strike

02/28 Make Your Vote Count for Socialism

02/07 The Price of a Good Night’s Sleep

01/10 The Normal Heart and Nijinsky’s Faun

2011

11/24 When We Fight Back

11/22 Remembering Danielle Mitterrand

10/08 Long Live the New American Revolution

06/02 War Against War: A Meditation on Bradley Manning’s Mind

05/04 May Day: A Festival of Solidarity

01/14 Rosa Luxemburg and the Libertarian Left

2010

11/02 Apocalypse Again: The Boom-and-Bust Cycle of Bipartisan Politics

10/20 Wars Will Cease When We Refuse to Fight

04/19 Why We Won’t Wait

2009

07/03 The Age of Paine

06/04 Prop. 8 and the Misery of the Law

05/01 Dare We Use the S-Word?

2008

10/24 A Less Perfect Union: Gay Marriage and the Subversion of the Republic

2007

04/20 Borders, Bullies and Global Health

               

               
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