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  • Crossing the Danube

    Victor Grossman, an American Communist Who Defected to East Germany

    Between World War II and the fall of Communism, many fled Soviet-controlled East Germany and headed westward. The stories of these defectors have been exhaustively documented, but much less is known about the few who headed against the tide, west to east, repulsed by capitalism. Full story

    2013 May 13 Al Burian Stuff
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  • Celebrating the End of Capitalism on Lake Titicaca

    I heeded the call of Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, and joined thousands of people from around the globe to celebrate the end of the Mayan calendar and the beginning of a new period in human history at 12,507 feet above sea level on the island where the sun wa… Full story

    2013 Jan 5 Joel Balsam News
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  • The Return Of The Hat

    It's often stated that Kennedy's hatless inaugural appearance sparked a mass rejection of hat wearing from which the hat industry never recovered. Full story

    2010 Mar 2 Ian Svenonius, Illustrations: Tara Sinn Stuff
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  • China World - A Bootlegger Speaks

    The Face of Coutnterfeit Goods?

    I am 21 years old and just graduated from university. I was born and raised in a small city in Hunan with around 40,000 people. Now I am living in Shenzhen, a modern city in southern China, not so far from Hong Kong. Full story

    2007 Feb 1 Ameko Stuff
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