Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland
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Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland

By: Steven Yonil With a narrative reminiscent of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales and Boccaccio’s The Decameron, Coupland’s breakout novel, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, while a mouth full, is perhaps one of the best chronicles of the post-baby-boomer generation. Written in 1991 after Coupland wrote an article…

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December 16, 2011
IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN THE WEST: HONOR KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Sadia Sheikh
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IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN THE WEST: HONOR KILLINGS AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Shared By: Karim Arman Pictured to the right: Photo of Sadia Sheikh, who defied the family by living with a Belgian and refusing an arranged marriage, was shot dead when aged 20 on October 22, 2007 AND On December 12, 2011 her Father, Mother, Sister and Brother were convicted…

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December 14, 2011
The Many Faces of Tyranny?
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The Many Faces of Tyranny?

By OcJim Even Jim Crow laws in the South in the form of poll taxes and intimidation at the polls, which suppressed black voting for a hundred years after the Civil War, were not as universally imposed, or laser-focused against opposition voting as the anti-voting laws being passed in…

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December 13, 2011
This is Where We Take Our Stand; PBS Broadcast
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This is Where We Take Our Stand; PBS Broadcast

Dear Friends, I have good news and bad news. The good news: is that This is Where We Take Our Stand, a film about the Iraq Veterans Against the War Winter Soldier/Iraq & Afghanistan Investigation, has now been distributed to every PBS station in the country for broadcast in…

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December 13, 2011
The Naked Communist
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The Naked Communist

By: Donald Bisk Written during the height of the Red Scare of the Cold War in 1958 by former FBI agent turned faith-based political theorist, Cleon Skousen, The Naked Communist could possibly be the next biggest residual threat that is a result of post-Cold War conspiracy theories about a…

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December 13, 2011
Solyndra
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Solyndra

By: Frank Tissle Editors note: Shared from The New York Times - Please consider the following insert while reading this piece... "The Republicans hoped to prove that the Solyndra loan was a political favor to wealthy investors with Democratic ties, chiefly George Kaiser, An Oklahoma billionaire. They have not…

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December 12, 2011
Occupy: The 12/12 West Coast Port Shutdown
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Occupy: The 12/12 West Coast Port Shutdown

Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine expressing his support for The December 12th West Coast Port Shutdown. The shutdown is a co-ordinated response by the Occupy Wall Street movement to the brutal, co-odinated repression of OWS by the 1%. It is also in solidarity with the longshoremen's struggle…

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December 11, 2011
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