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“Enemy at the Gates,” by William Craig (2000) In 2001, ‘ Enemy at the Gates ’ was made into a film focused on the Soviet sniper Vassili Ziat...

“The Structural Crisis of Capital,” by István Mészáros, 2010   Mészáros / Mezaros is a former comrade of Georg Lukacs, who left Hungary in 1...

“In the Crossfire - Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary,” by Ngo Van, 2010 . Most of the books available in the US on the struggles in ...

“Indian Country Noir,” edited by Sarah Cortez & Liz Martinez. Various Authors Indian country noir seems a redundant phrase. White Eart...

“Red State Rebels – Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland,” Edited by Joshua Frank and Jeffrey St. Clair, 2008 What is disappoint...

“Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps,” by Oliver Stone, 2010 If you were expecting a sequel to the original film, 1987’s “Wall Street,” you’ll ...

Clintonites, Republicans, Friedmanites, Reaganites, one progressive and a couple of innocuous clucks. Take a look at the Initial Obama Cabi...

Progressive Fiction – 1 Line Reviews: In order to respond to the massive interest in shorter reviews, I give you a fiction roundup that migh...

“… or the Marxists, working to undermine our Constitution.” – Jon Stewart, Saturday, October 30 at the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/of Fear”...

“To Serve God and Wal-Mart – the Making of Christian Free-Enterprise,” by Bethany Moreton, 2009 Bethany Moreton, an assistant professor at t...

Some historical perspective from Doug Henwood: http://lbo-news.com/2010/10/31/taking-the-measure-of-rot/

Thanks to all who came to our discussion of Marta Harnecker's article Latin America & Twenty-First Century Socialism: Inventing to A...

"Society of the Spectacle,"  by Guy Debord, 1967, re-issued 2005 . This thin philosophical classic was written by Debord, a semi-M...

A piece at Globalresearch : In his intransigence, the Spanish leader is following the lead of other European governments. In France, despite...

An essay by Lydia Howell, published today at Commondreams: "President Bill Clinton’s 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty A...

Part II - “Liquidated – An Ethnography of Wall Street,” by Karen Ho. 2009 Ho continues her analysis of 1990’s Wall Street by finally ge...

An essay at Commondreams: The greater challenge looming over the One Nation campaign isn't just the optics—it's defining a weakened...