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An Interview with Professor David Graeber |
by JOSHUA FRANK
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15 May 2005
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 Without Cause: Yale Fires An Acclaimed Anarchist Scholar
David Graeber, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Yale University, and the author of Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value: The False Coin of Our Own Dreams and Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology, among many other scholarly publications. Last week Prof. Graeber was informed that his teaching contract at Yale would not be extended. However, it was not Graeber's scholarship that was ever in question; rather it was his political philosophies that may have played a heavy hand in the administration's unwarranted decision. Graeber, a renowned anarchist scholar, recently spoke with CounterPuncher Joshua Frank about the fiasco. As one of our other favorite anthropologists David Price put it, this "is a ghastly look under the hood at how academic knowledge is manufactured at America's 'finest' institutions." |
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News :: Media |
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Abu Ghraib: Double Standard Continues |
by Mr. J. David Galland
defensewatch02 (nospam) yahoo.com (verified) |
13 May 2005
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J. David Galland exposes the criminal double standard as relates punishment meted out to officer vice enlisted soldiers at Abu Ghraib Prison. Further, he exposes the corruption that is all responsible for the horror perpetuated by senior Army leaders. |
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Googling for Fun Can Be Depressing |
by Dave Lindorff
dlindorff (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) |
13 May 2005
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Pick an important story and google it. You’ll find plenty of hits, but f it’s critical of the current administration, odds are you won’t find many hits on corporate media sites—just on alternative and oversease media sites. No wonder the American public is turning away from mainstream purveyors of “news.” |
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Nuclear weapons and humans cannot coexist: A Japanese survivor speaks out |
by Taniguchi Sumiteru/People's Weekly World
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13 May 2005
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When 60 years ago the United States became the first (and since then the only) country to use atomic weapons by dropping them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Those at the hypercenter, or ground zero, were the “lucky” ones — they were instantly vaporized. Others died, but not instantly, living their last moments in pain and misery. Their flesh melting off, many perished while looking for water to ease their suffering. |
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More money down the drain: War cost bleeds states, cities |
by Susan Webb/People's Weekly World
pww (nospam) pww.org (verified) |
13 May 2005
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As U.S. casualties in Iraq topped 1,600, the U.S. Congress approved another $82 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and related spending, with the bulk going to the Iraq occupation. |
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Assata Shakur: 'To My People' |
by Assata Shakur
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13 May 2005
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Black brothers, Black sisters, i want you to know that i love you and i hope that somewhere in your hearts you have love for me. My name is Assata Shakur (slave name joanne chesimard), and i am a revolutionary. A Black revolutionary. By that i mean that i have declared war on all forces that have raped our women, castrated our men, and kept our babies empty-bellied. |
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News :: Human Rights |
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U.S. menaces Assata Shakur, Cuba |
by David Hoskins
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13 May 2005
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One day after millions of workers around the world had reclaimed the streets in celebration of May Day, the U.S. ruling class launched an attack on a powerful symbol of liberation for the workers and oppressed inside the United States, Assata Shakur. |
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Open Letter From Assata Shakur |
by Assata Shakur
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13 May 2005
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My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government's policy towards people of color. I am an ex-political prisoner, and I have been living in exile in Cuba since 1984. |
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