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You must always ask; you must always doubt.
--Hermann Hesse
A entendre certains fracas, on souhaiterait, pour ce qu'on estime, la dignité du silence.
--Jean Rostand
La gravité est le pilier des sot.
--Montesquieu
Every dragon gives birth to a St. George who slays it.
--Kahlil Gibran
I am not going to allow anybody to pull me so low as to use the very methods that perpetuated evil throughout civilization. I'm sick and tired of violence. I'm tired of the war in Vietnam. I'm tired of war and conflict in the world. I'm tired of shooting. I'm tired of selfishness. I'm tired of evil. I'm not going to use violence no matter who says it!
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
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January 2010
Issue date: January 11, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- The Contradictions Of Capitalism - Michael Doliner
- Taking Strong Action For Capitalist-Led Environmental Destruction - Michael Barker
- Check Your Underwear - Jan Baughman
- Blips #94 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- Nigeria: Hip, Hip, Hurrah! - Femi Akomolafe
- Hunting The Wild And Boring Banishees In Upper Michigan - Art Shay
- Eating Abroad - Short Story by Peter Byrne
- First We Read, Then We Write - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
- Kim Stanley Robinson's The Lucky Strike - Book Review by Paul Buhle
- Stars - Multilingual Poetry by Silvia dello Russo and Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: January 25, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Editorial - Marie Rennard (FR)
- Le Grand Ordinaire de la classe ouvrière - Photo journal par Jean-Claude Seine (FR)
- Les chômeurs et les « working poor » - Marie-Laetitia Gambié (FR)
- Page après page - Poème par Christian Cottard (FR)
- John Berger Unrepentant - Book Review by Peter Byrne
- Leslie Evans's Outsider's Reveries - Book Review by Louis Proyect
- The Ford Foundation And The Co-option of Dissent - Michael Barker
- Beginnings With No Known End - Gilles d'Aymery
- They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 - Book Excerpt by Milton Mayer
- Protests And Organizing - Martin Murie
- War On Terror: Target Nigeria? - Femi Akomolafe
- Good Nudes From My Naughty World - Art Shay
- The Case Of The Missing Sherlock Holmes - Film Review by Charles Marowitz
- The Last Haiku - Multilingual Poetry by Silvia dello Russo and Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
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February 2010
Issue date: February 8, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Vignettes On J.D. Salinger - Various Authors
- Blips #95 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- A Short History Of Stupidity - Part 1 - Michael Doliner
- Caring For Haiti - Michael Barker
- The Displaced Generation - Charles Marowitz
- Is Seattle Of Two Minds? Well, Yes And No - Steve Shay
- Nigeria: A Nation In Custody - Femi Akomolafe
- Cameras On White Africa - Peter Byrne
- Richard Quinney's A Lifetime Burning - Book Review by Paul Buhle
- Via Dimenticata - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: February 22, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Passport Propaganda - Jan Baughman
- Up The Revolutionary's - Peter Byrne
- Crocodile Tears For Haiti - Femi Akomolafe
- Corporate Social Responsibility As A Political Resource - Michael Barker
- Blips #96 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- T.S. Eliot: Un Objet Trouvé - Charles Marowitz
- Lunch With Louis Auchincloss - Isidor Saslav
- The Sundial - Short Story by Christine Spadaccini
- Identité Nationale, Vox Populi : Causons-zen ! - Marie Rennard (FR)
- Idiotitité Nationale - Jean-Claude Seine (FR)
- France Edito - Simone Alié-Daram (FR)
- stotra (song) - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
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March 2010
Issue date: March 8, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- A Short History Of Stupidity - Part 2 - Michael Doliner
- Buying Freedom For Africa - Michael Barker
- Blips #97 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- President "SEX MACHINE" Zuma's Virile Libido - Femi Akomolafe
- Orientalism In London - Peter Byrne
- James Cameron's Avatar - Film Review by Charles Marowitz
- The Jukebox Blues - Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.
- The Lily Suicides - Short Story by Christine Spadaccini
- Ruminations On Rusalka, The Ring, Cyrano, And Shreker - Part I - Isidor Saslav
- War (Paix Pace Peace Paz) - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Barbara Ehrenreich's Dancing In The Streets - Book Review by Martin Murie
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: March 22, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Blips #98 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- Weak Reforms Are Worse Than No Reforms - Joel S. Hirschhorn
- The Pessimist's Rant - Charles Marowitz
- Planned Parenthood For Capitalists - Michael Barker
- The Gray Lady And Copyright Insanities - Gilles d'Aymery
- The Lynne Stewart Story - Martin Murie
- Radical Comics - Paul Buhle
- Nigeria: Thank God Our President Is Back - Femi Akomolafe
- Collaboration - Art Shay
- It's A Nice Word, Comrade - Marie Rennard
- Ruminations On Rusalka, The Ring, Cyrano, And Shreker - Part II - Isidor Saslav
- The Open Gate - Short Story by Peter Byrne
- La dame de la péniche aux camélias - Christine Spadaccini (FR)
- Le corps français traditionnel - Jean-Claude Seine (FR)
- Hélix - Marie Rennard (FR)
- Comme... - Christian Cottard (FR)
- Le café - Poème par Simone Alié-Daram (FR)
- Blurred Vision - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte & Silvia Dello Russo
- Letters to the Editor
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April 2010
Issue date: April 5, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- In search Of Enemies - Femi Akomolafe
- Collecting Stupidities: Alexander Cockburn - Michael Doliner
- Eruption From The Id #1: Christopher Hitchens - Michael Doliner
- What's Left For Progressives? - Jan Baughman
- Liberal Philanthropy And Social Change In South Africa - Michael Barker
- The Scourge Of Plagiarism And Scrubbing - Gilles d'Aymery
- Not Forgetting The Armenians - Book Review by Peter Byrne
- The (Sp)arrow - Short Story by Christine Spadaccini
- Ruminations On Rusalka, The Ring, Cyrano, And Shreker - Part III - Isidor Saslav
- Court Of Hard Knox, With Apologies To G & S - Poem by Steve Shay
- Message For Twitterers - Poem by Charles Marowitz
- Two New Banana Republics: After France, the U.S. - Poem by Art Shay
- Others - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: April 19, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Mother Jones And The Defence Of Liberal Elites - Michael Barker
- A House Divided - Charles Marowitz
- Outrage Needed - Charles Pearson
- The Current Knowledge Crisis - Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.
- Reuven Kaminer On Hannah Arendt: A Response - Michael Doliner
- Happy Birthday, Ghana, But... - Femi Akomolafe
- The Collapse Of Jared Diamond - Book Review by Louis Proyect
- Back Again! The Return Of World War 3 Illustrated - Book Review by Paul Buhle
- Silence Please - Short Play by Peter Byrne
- Justice sociale et Jean Ferrat - Jean-Claude Seine (FR)
- Le principe de précaution : Entre utopie et entropie - Simone Alié-Daram (FR)
- Reliques - Marie Rennard (FR)
- L'amour c'est quand même un peu compliqué - Poème par Christian Cottard (FR)
- Pavese and Bible, Blending of Translations - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte & Novella Nicchitta
- Letters to the Editor
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May 2010
Issue date: May 3, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Blips #99 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- I'm Just So Piqued - Michael Doliner
- The Mother Jones Conspiracy? - Michael Barker
- There ARE Alternatives - Gilles d'Aymery
- Human Rights Watch Brings Neoliberalism To Africa - Michael Barker
- For Nigerians Life Is April Fools' Day - Femi Akomolafe
- Kerouac And Ginsberg - Jonah Raskin
- Waiting For PayPal - Humor by Art Shay
- Long Kesh And Environs - Peter Byrne
- John Gilbert: Last Of The Red Hot Lovers - Charles Marowitz
- Fragments of Intertextuality: Cosmopolitan Multilingualism of The Waste Land - Francesca Saieva
- U-utter SUBMISSION T-to SWANS (D-digislavographism) - Poem by Maxwell Clark
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: May 17, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Crisis Of Identity In Europe: Observations and Reflections - Jonah Raskin
- Excremental India - Peter Byrne
- Reconsidering Mencken - Charles Marowitz
- A Canine Perspective On Humanity - Book Review by Jan Baughman
- Imperialism And The Washington Office On Latin America - Michael Barker
- An American Lament - Michael Doliner
- Blips #100 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- Nigeria: The Curse Of Reluctant Leaders - Femi Akomolafe
- Pâtebook et Face à choux - Christine Spadaccini (FR)
- Ana - Marie Rennard (FR)
- L'accident - Christian Cottard (FR)
- Fugit irreparabile... - Poème par Marie Rennard (FR)
- Joyce - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: May 31, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- J.D.'s Long Shadow - Peter Byrne
- Acting Out - Charles Marowitz
- Jamie James's The Snake Charmer - Book Review by Louis Proyect
- Ronald Cohen's Work and Sing - Book Review by Paul Buhle
- "Is That Thing On?" - Steve Shay
- Harold Bloom On The Jewish Question - Maxwell Clark
- The Scientific World Picture - Michael Doliner
- George Soros And South Africa's Elite Transition - Michael Barker
- Goodbye, President Umoru Yar'Adua - Femi Akomolafe
- Let'em Eat Cake - Gilles d'Aymery (1999)
- The Tribulations Of The Toads - Gilles d'Aymery (2002)
- Generosity and Regulations - Gilles d'Aymery (1996)
- Cuban Heavens - Poem by Marie Rennard
- Ins Leben (To The Life) - Multilingual Poetry by Viviana Fiorentino & Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
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June 2010
Issue date: June 14, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Man Of Letters, Woman Of The Latter - Christine Spadaccini
- India's Untouchables Find Their Tongue - Peter Byrne
- Mexico Scrap - Bo Keeley
- In Honour Of Berel Rodal - Michael Barker
- An Abrupt Interview With Mark Dowie - Michael Barker
- Israel: A Bastard Behaving True To Form - Femi Akomolafe
- The Original Conspiracy - Book Review by Paul Buhle
- The Surge - Book Excerpt by William T. Hathaway
- Legal Measures - Charles Marowitz
- Time - Michael Doliner
- Fatigue - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: June 28, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Gulf War III - Cartoon by Jan Baughman
- The Gang's All Here - Michael Doliner
- Foundations And The Racial Politics Of Knowledge - Michael Barker
- Interview With Jerry Gershenhorn - Michael Barker
- Techspeak And The Abuse Of Language - Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.
- Il Manifesto: On the Wrong Side and Kicking - Fabio De Propris
- Amazon Walker - Bo Keeley
- Atlantis In The Gulf - Book Review by Peter Byrne
- Damian Kringas's Lenny Bruce: 13 Days In Sydney - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
- Respiro (Breath) - Multilingual Poetry by Claudine Giovannoni & Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
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July 2010
Issue date: July 12, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- The Golden Ball: Thank You South Africa! - Gilles d'Aymery
- Licensed To Rip Us Off - Femi Akomolafe
- Golden Donors And Cultural Imperialism - Joan Roelofs
- An Interview With Robert Arnove - Michael Barker
- An Interview With Dennis Buss - Michael Barker
- An Interview With Peter Seybold - Michael Barker
- An Interview With Mary Anna Colwell - Michael Barker
- An Interview With Edward Berman - Michael Barker
- North Star: A Tribute to Peter Camejo - Louis Proyect
- Mathematics - Michael Doliner
- India Ajog - Short Story by Peter Byrne
- Langella In Close-Up - Charles Marowitz
- Metamorfosi Del Cavallo Di Troia - Poetry by Fabio De Propris (with Peter Byrne)
- Impression - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte & Francesca Saieva
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: July 26, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- The Miracle Of La Grande Boucle - Gilles d'Aymery
- Doing India French - Peter Byrne
- Laissez Faire And The Depression - Bo Keeley
- Here We Go Again! - Femi Akomolafe
- William Appleman Williams Versus Reinhold Niebuhr - Paul Buhle
- From Sharp To Lovins: Elite Reform as Progressive Social Change - Michael Barker
- On The Fallacy Of Proclaiming Fallacies - Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.
- Phony Bastards - Michael Doliner
- Remembering Peter Barnes - Charles Marowitz
- The Repair Chronicles - Poetry by Art Shay
- Babel, From The Beginning - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
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August 2010
Issue date: August 9, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Tony Judt: An Appreciation - Louis Proyect
- Destruction Accomplished - Gilles d'Aymery
- It's A Berlusconi World: Part I - Fabio De Propris
- Why So Much Disinterest In Italian Politics? - Karen Moller
- Bill Clinton's Philanthropic Propaganda - Michael Barker
- Scientific Theories And Experiments - Michael Doliner
- Obama Takes Off The Gloves - Charles Marowitz
- And The Parliamentarians Blink First - Femi Akomolafe
- Cities Sunny And Tragic - Book Reviews by Peter Byrne
- Der Ferne Klang At Bard - Isidor Saslav
- Recette pour bien vivre - Poème par Simone Alié-Daram (FR)
- Collier de pluie - Poème par Christine Spadaccini (FR)
- Avec toi - Poème par Christian Cottard (FR)
- Aphrodisiaque - Marie Rennard (FR)
- Lacrimae Rerum (tears of things) - Multilingual Poetry by Claudine Giovannoni & Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: August 23, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Political Disconnect And The Invisible Shackles - Jan Baughman
- Of Conflict And Misdirection - Michael Barker
- Sarko The American - Gilles d'Aymery
- It's A Berlusconi World: Part II - Fabio De Propris
- The Phrenology Of Mind - Maxwell Clark
- The Cost Of Living Is Killing Me - Femi Akomolafe
- Bill Press's Toxic Talk - Book Review by Charles Marowitz
- The Great Game Lost - Peter Byrne
- Current Offerings At Some European Opera Houses - Isidor Saslav
- L'examen de minuit (Midnight Enquiry) - Poem by Charles Baudelaire
- ápokatástasis - Multilingual Poetry by Claudine Giovannoni & Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
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September 2010
Issue date: September 6, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Welcome To The Bright Future - Gilles d'Aymery
- Greasing The Cogs Of Corporate Environmentalism - Michael Barker
- Listen To The Dust Of Istanbul - Fabio De Propris
- Everyone Wins, Mexican Style - Bo Keeley
- Na Degree We Go Chop? (Can We Eat Degree?) - Femi Akomolafe
- The Age Of Olivier - Charles Marowitz
- Andy Warhol: The Art Of The Commodity (5 Theses) - Maxwell Clark
- When the Devil Lost His Manhood - Peter Byrne
- Défiance d'entrée - Ksavijer (FR)
- L'éprise de la bastide - Nouvelle par Christian Cottard (FR)
- Elé-Gant ! - Marie Rennard (FR)
- Conseil à un rebelle - Poème par Simone Alié-Daram (FR)
- àdhara: part I - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: September 20, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- The Economy Is Not Coming Back: Part I: A Short History of the Maelstrom - Gilles d'Aymery
- What Is Fascism? - Maxwell Clark
- An Interview With Thomas Patterson - Michael Barker
- Euro-Africa Relations: The End of Lecturing and Hectoring? - Femi Akomolafe
- On All Fours In Dog City - Fabio De Propris
- Dinner With Schmucks - Film Review by Charles Marowitz
- Roberto Bolaño's Poetic Justice - Peter Byrne
- àdhara: part II - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
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October 2010
Issue date: October 4, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
A Special Issue On Immigration
- Introduction To This Special Issue On Immigration - Gilles d'Aymery
- A History Of The Passport System - Louis Proyect
- Anti-Immigration's Malthusian Knights In Green Armour - Michael Barker
- Territory, Identity, And Capital - Maxwell Clark
- Migration: Opening Pandora's Box Reveals Much Evil, But Little Hope - Graham Lea
- American History As World History - Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.
- We Are All Immigrants - Jan Baughman
- Immigrants On My Mind - Jonah Raskin
- Everyone Wins, Mexican Style: Americans Beware - Photo Essay by Bo Keeley
- Rainbow: The Colour Of France - Marie Rennard
- Chauvinism In The Age Of Immigration - Walter Trkla
- On People's Migration - Femi Akomolafe
- The Door That Won't Be Closed - Short Story by Peter Byrne
- Macaroni (In memory of Paolo S.) - Short Story by Christine Spadaccini
- Apricot - Short Story by Fabio De Propris
- Boats Of Death From Africa - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: October 18, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- The Economy Is Not Coming Back: Part II: The Reasons it Won't - Gilles d'Aymery
- Jeffery Klaehn's The Political Economy Of Media And Power - Book Review by Michael Barker
- The New Man - Michael Doliner
- The Inspector General Of Police And His Convoy - Femi Akomolafe
- Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw - Charles Marowitz
- Fantenomics - Fabio De Propris
- The Personal And The Political - Book Review by Paul Buhle
- Becalmed In Carmel - Travelogue by Charles Marowitz
- A Happy Train Trip - Short Story by Peter Byrne
- africa - Multilingual Poetry by Claudine Giovannoni & Guido Monte
- Charles Bernstein: Poet - Poem by Maxwell Clark
- Letters to the Editor
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November 2010
Issue date: November 1, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Elite Philanthropy, SNCC, And The Civil Rights Movement (Part I of III) - Michael Barker
- We Exploit Our Troops - Film Review by Jan Baughman
- After The Fall - Michael Doliner
- Nigeria's 2011 Elections: Logic-Defying Permutations - Femi Akomolafe
- Breathing Right In India: Part I, Pondicherry - Peter Byrne
- Breathing Right In India: Part II, Auroville - Peter Byrne
- French Literature And Jean Giono - Graham Lea
- Whatever Blues - Short Story by Marie Rennard
- La Fortezza (Fortess - Vision of a Prisoner) - Multilingual Poetry by Viviana Fiorentino & Guido Monte
- MASSIF: A Protocol For My Eulogy - Poem by Maxwell Clark
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: November 15, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- The Economy Is Not Coming Back: Part III: The Reasons it Shouln't - Gilles d'Aymery
- Frick-Fracking Away, Or Frackicide - Francis Shor
- Elite Philanthropy, SNCC, And The Civil Rights Movement (Part II of III) - Michael Barker
- Seeing Red With Post-Election Blues? - Jan Baughman
- Domestic Insurgents - Jim Travis
- An Evening With Avital Ronell - Maxwell Clark
- Department Of Decriminalization - Charles Marowitz
- Thinking It Over - Michael Doliner
- Can The Chief Justice Spell ETHICAL? - Femi Akomolafe
- Green Dogs On The Spianada - Story by Peter Byrne
- l'âme archétype (lament of a prisoner) - Multilingual Poetry by Claudine Giovannoni & Guido Monte
- Comparison - Poem by Fabio De Propris
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: November 29, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- Blips #101 - From the Martian Desk - Gilles d'Aymery
- Elite Philanthropy, SNCC, And The Civil Rights Movement (Part III of III) - Michael Barker
- Reforming Broadcast Media - Michael DeLang
- WikiLeaks' Limited Vision - Francis Shor
- Facebook Follies - Charles Marowitz
- Europe: A Union Of Capital - Charles Pearson
- Scientific World Pictures - Michael Doliner
- Stieg Larsson's Dark Vision & Hollywood - Jonah Raskin
- The Tumultuous Afterlife Of Paul Gauguin - Peter Byrne
- Love Me Tender (Far From Walhalla) - Fabio De Propris
- Un auteur, un livre, Richard Beard - Marie Rennard (FR)
- Quatre saisons - Christian Cottard (FR)
- Petit sonnet d'hiver - Poème par Simone Alié-Daram (FR)
- La Femme Esclave - Alfred Jarry (FR)
- lament of a prisoner, part II - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Digi-Greenland Of The Heart - Poem by Maxwell Clark
- Letters to the Editor
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December 2010
Issue date: December 13, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
A Special Issue: Perspectives on 2010
- America 2010: Out/In - Editorial Cartoon by Jan Baughman
- The Autumn Of The Hegemon - Louis Proyect
- The Slow Agony Of Absurdistan - Gilles d'Aymery
- Political Amnesia - Harvey E. Whitney, Jr.
- The Jig Is Up - Charles Marowitz
- The Sweetest Dream - Jonah Raskin
- On The Road To Nowhere And Beyond - Francis Shor
- A Year Of Gallic Protests - Marie Rennard
- The Year In Dissent - Peter Byrne
- The Fall Of The House Of Pompeii - Fabio De Propris
- Other Rhythms? A Contrarian View - Maxwell Clark
- Terzani's words: year-end messages in a bottle - Multilingual Poetry by Guido Monte
- Letters to the Editor
Issue date: December 27, 2010. A description of each published work and the Note from the Editors can be read in this Past Issue.
- 2011 Predictions - SWANS
- No Pain, No Gain - Jan Baughman
- 2010 Stats In A Nutshell - Gilles d'Aymery
- Letters to the Editor
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