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Remembering David McReynolds

John Garvey

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A friend who spent many years in the Catholic Worker-inspired anti-war movement sent me an email about the death of David McReynolds and a link to a collection of photos taken by McReynolds throughout his adult ...

The Chicago Womenโ€™s Liberation Rock Band, 1970-1973

Naomi Weisstein

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A Memoir and Reflection on Badass Boffo Revolutionary Feminist Music by Naomi Weisstein Introduction by John Garvey Naomi Weisstein was a founding member of the Chicago Womenโ€™s Liberation Union in 1969 and, soon afterwards, a founding ...
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Whittling

Kelley Howell

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R was showing me this hunk of wood he preserved from a tree that fell. He wants to make an anvil out of it. With whatโ€™s left over, he was hoping to carve a Wind God. ...

Ira Berlin: In Memorium

Patrick Rael

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Ira Berlin, a great historian of slavery, died a few days ago. The following tribute to him is by Patrick Rael, a former student of Berlinโ€™s and no mean historian himself. It does honor to Berlin, ...