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Archive for October, 2007

Wed. 10/31: Susan Faludi on Manhood after 9/11

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SUSAN FALUDI exposes they way the 9-11 attacks led to a call to restore “traditional” manhood, marriage, and maternity. “Once again,” she says, Americans “fled from self-knowledge and retreated into myth.” Susan wrote the unforgettable book BACKLASH; Her new book is The [...]

Wed. 10/24: Mike Davis on the California Fires

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MIKE DAVIS talks about the politics, and the ecology, of the wildfires burning today in Southern California — which have now destroyed almost 1200 homes and led to the evacuation of almost 1 million people. Mike wrote the now-legendary piece, “The [...]

Wed. 10/17: Michael Moore’s SiCKO on DVD

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Health care may turn out to be a bigger issue in the 2008 elections than Iraq, and the case for universal health care is presented with wit and skill in MICHAEL MOORE’s movie ‘SiCKO.’  Kenneth Turan of the LA Times called “SiCKO” Moore’s [...]

Wed. 10/10: Iraq: No End in Sight

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“NO END IN SIGHT” is the first film to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, and anarchy. George Clooney says: “Watch this. Get your friends to watch it. Talk about it. Argue about it. [...]

Wed. 10/3: Seymour Hersh: Targeting Iran

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Legendary investigative reporter SEYMOUR HERSH says the White House has changed the targets it plans to attack in Iran. Bush and Cheney have concluded that the public didn’t believe their claims about Iranian nukes, so instead they have targeted the Revolutionary Guard Corps – arguing that [...]