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Werner Herzog’s 2009 update of Bad Lieutenant, the 1992 cop movie starring Harvey Keitel, largely follows the same plot, only shifting scenes…
In the December edition of Z Magazine, we published a lengthy feature examining the new politics of "anti-nuclear imperialism," a rhetorical strategy…
In the December edition of Z Magazine we published a lengthy feature examining the new politics of "anti-nuclear nuclearism," a rhetoric whereby…
In early 2007 four honored Cold Warriors published what appeared to be an unlikely op-ed in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) calling…
By Richard Lyman; Stanford University Press, 2009, 248 pp. During the Clinton era, many politically engaged students identified themselves as "activists" and…
By Rachel Corrie; W.W. Norton; 2008; 256 pp. Diaries are not written to be published. Few people’s daily scrib- blings ever make…
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