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War Dead

War Dead by William Trent Pancoast [an excerpt from the novel Wildcat] Milt Jeffers and the gang roamed through the shop hitting E-stops, shouting, and motioning for the men to leave the factory. There was no persuasion needed, although some … Continue reading

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The Itch

The Itch by Miriam N. Kotzin On certain summer afternoons when shadows stretch across the lawn and deer come out—five doe, one fawn— a distant wood thrush pipes his tunes. The deer have come to graze on grass and eat … Continue reading

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The Revolution Will Be Edible: Occupy Wall Street; the Arab Spring, No Bread, No Peace

By Liam Hysjulien “let’s get together and get some land raise our food like the man save our money like the mob put up the fight, own the job”                         -James Brown Last February, World Bank President Robert Zoellick noted … Continue reading

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NO TO SOPA

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Normalized

Normalized by Zack O’Neill I. Waccamaw Brookgreen Gardens is situated on the Waccamaw River, a slow-moving blackwater river passable only in shallow-draft watercraft. The river gets its name from a little-known Native American tribe that still exists today, albeit in … Continue reading

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The Mickey Rourke Saga

The Mickey Rourke Saga  by Jennifer Spiegel —For Ian Jackman   This is all true, though it happened over a decade ago, a couple years after Nine Inch Nails came out with Pretty Hate Machine.  I was thinking, “Yes, I … Continue reading

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Franki Elliot

Miss in Polish by Franki Elliot My grandma can’t tell you my name but she knows I live in Chicago. She knows I have a brother, and he lives in Chicago too. She adjusts her hospital gown and says, “You … Continue reading

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ECONOMIC STIMULUS FOR WHOM?

GOVERNMENT SPENDING TODAY IS DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS DURING THE 1930s and 1940s.         Paul Krugman wrote in his New Year’s Day column in the NY Times that “Nobody understands debt.”  He complained about the “wrong-headed, ill-informed … Continue reading

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: OMNIDAWN POETS: CYRUS CONSOLE

FROM THE ODICY By Cyrus Console What is it with you Tony you describe Everything precisely as it was Even the way you are nodding now On your hands and knees, sort of touching Your forehead to the floor. “Another’s … Continue reading

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INSURGENT ANTHROPOLOGIES: A CRISIS OF NEO-LIBERALISM OR A CRISIS OF CAPITALISM?

          …all the forces which promote full employment can only remain operative if they do not themselves undermine the rate of profit, or if they are not accompanied by other trends which do so. Likewise, all … Continue reading

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