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Maynard Seider

Maynard Seider is emeritus professor of sociology from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, the writer and director of the documentary, "Farewell to Factory Towns?," and the author of "The Gritty Berkshires: A People's History From the Hoosac Tunnel to MASS MoCA." The website for the book is: www.thegrittyberkshires.com

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BOOK REVIEW: Norman Solomon’s ‘War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of its Military Machine’

Solomon details the ways in which the media accepts the premises of America’s wars—fighting for democracy, intervening humanely—and hides the horrific fate of its overseas victims, most often people of color in Asia or the Middle East.
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Needed: Pentagon Papers for Ukraine

The danger of two nuclear powers at war, one directly, and one by proxy, can’t be overstated. Lies at the highest levels only increase the likelihood of the war widening.
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North Adams is a union town

"On strike, shut it down. North Adams is a union town," picketers chanted as they marched on Marshall Street in North Adams as part of a one-day strike on Friday, August 19 called by the unionized employees of MASS MoCA, members of UAW Local 2110, to protest what they say is management's failure to bargain in good faith.
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