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- Ann Garrison , BAR contributor“Putin enraged the West by putting the brakes the looting and refusing to let the new Russian oligarchs run the country.”
- Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor“Both have attempted to serve the people and important lessons can be gleaned from their efforts.”
- Mark P. Fancher“An alternative league would be the antithesis of the NFL and also take its cue from ‘Bingo Long’s Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings.’”
- Ken Morgan“Marx blamed the rulers of colonialism and those that exploited Irish workers for lower wages when they got to England, and not the exploited Irish worker.”
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor“The Panthers spoke out about the ravages of capitalism and aligned themselves with anti-imperialist and anti-colonial forces from Vietnam to South Africa to Palestine.”