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  • Judith Clark, member of the Weather Underground accused of murder, robbery and assault in the shooting of two police officers and a security guard, at her arraignment, November 24, 1981.
    Judith Clark, member of the Weather Underground accused of murder, robbery and assault in the shooting of two police officers and a security guard, at her arraignment, November 24, 1981.
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    Fanaticism and the New York State Parole Board

    The case of Judith Clark

    byPaul Berman
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Jens Schott Knudsen/Flickr)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Jens Schott Knudsen/Flickr)
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    A Generation of Intellectuals Shaped by 2008 Crash Rescues Marx From History’s Dustbin

    For those too young to remember the Cold War but old enough to be trapped by the Great Recession, Marxism holds new appeal

    byMichelle Goldberg
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    Michael Walzer On the Proposed Coop Boycott

    ‘Dissent’ editor will speak Sunday in Park Slope

    byMarc Tracy
  • Norman Podhoretz at the Commentary offices, 1960s.
    Norman Podhoretz at the Commentary offices, 1960s.
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    The Pugilist

    Friends and Politics, Part 3: Norman Podhoretz. The neoconservative icon and I weren’t personally close, but we shared a more important bond, over the struggle to defend Israel and American Jewry.

    byRuth R. Wisse
  • Irving Howe in his office at City College, circa 1989.
    Irving Howe in his office at City College, circa 1989.
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    The Socialist

    Friends and Politics, Part 2: Irving Howe. The prominent critic and I worked on Yiddish translations together, but a dispute over Israel and its Arab neighbors ruptured our relationship—until we reconnected over literature.

    byRuth R. Wisse
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    Splendorous Americans

    More remembering of Harvey Pekar and Tuli Kupferberg

    byMarc Tracy
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    Jews Debate Jews Debating Obama

    Plus the other half of ‘Dysentery’ weighs in

    byMarc Tracy
  • Zinn, with well-known admirer Matt Damon, in New York City last year.(Scott Wintrow/Getty Images)
    Zinn, with well-known admirer Matt Damon, in New York City last year.(Scott Wintrow/Getty Images)
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    Appreciating Howard Zinn

    Problems and all, ‘A People’s History’ has made us a better people

    byMarc Tracy
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