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March 8 is International Women's Day. Since 1908, women in almost every country have come together on this date in marches, meetings, rallies and festivals to demand their right to
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Bioencephalopathy: A manual for sufferersBioencephalopathy: A manual for sufferers
Behind the front part of my head lives something of which I am truly proud — my consciousness.
Despite my penchant for eccentricity and the occasional burst
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etails = The Marxists and the Jewish question: History of a debate 1843-1943By Enzo TraversoHumanities Press, New Jersey, 1996. 288 pp, $37 (pb)
Review by Chris Slee
This book reviews a century of writings by Marxists on the history, social
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