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Old Days of the Radical Jews: How American Yiddish Theater Survived Through Satire Print E-mail
Written by Paul Buhle   
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
ImageThe world of Yiddish theater in its glory days on Second Avenue in Manhattan of the 1910s-1940s seems like one more leftwing Jewish tale of another faraway universe. However, the productions have not ceased entirely and various forms of translations bring the theater to new audiences. What we’ve lost more than anything is the vernacular qualities, the ways in which this theater drew upon various forms of entertainment and edification from the shtetl to the immigrant ghetto, and how fully it engaged an excited and sometimes infuriated Jewish public.
Are Pakistan and the United States on the Brink of War? Print E-mail
Written by Mustafa Qadri   
Monday, 06 October 2008
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Explosion at Pakistan-Afghan Border
As the United States steps up border raids into Pakistan, troops from both countries have commenced a deadly game of brinksmanship. Although aimed at asserting each other's military presence along the Pakistan-Afghan border, the skirmishes risk outright hostilities. U.S. strikes in Pakistan are nothing new. Washington has conducted unilateral missile strikes since soon after its invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001. But the tone of the U.S. presence changed this year.
This Toxic Life: Our World is Awash With Petro-Chemicals Print E-mail
Written by Wayne Ellwood   
Monday, 06 October 2008

Photo by Wayne Ellwood
A Bale of Plastic Bottles
‘Every time I come here my body gets sad and angry at the same time,’ says Ron Plain. ‘You can’t put into words what it means to me.’ We’ve just tumbled out of Ron’s jeep near the end of a three-hour tour of Sarnia, Ontario’s ‘chemical valley’. Ron calls it his ‘toxic tour’. He’s done it dozens of times so the patter is easy and familiar. Sarnia is a gritty blue-collar community of 70,000 people at the top of the St Clair River, on the Canadian side, about a 100 kilometres north of Detroit.
New Zealand: The Maori Struggle for Land and Life Print E-mail
Written by John Schertow   
Thursday, 02 October 2008
ImageThe Maori People of Aotearoa (New Zealand) are now standing at a crossroads, forced to choose between sovereignty and colonialism. Within the recent Maori settlement program, the government offers large sums of money and small fragments of land. In exchange, the Maori are expected to give up their independence and become New Zealand citizens. Recent history shows that the New Zealand government is more than willing to use intimidation and violence to control and assimilate the Maori.
Videos: Analyzing and Protesting The Wall St. Bailout Print E-mail
Written by Various Media   
Thursday, 02 October 2008
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