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BY SARAH MARTIN On Nov. 13, the Middle East Committee of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) hosted a report back from Syria with Judy Bello, a national peace and justice leader.  Judy reported (from NY via Skype) on her most recent trip to Syria. This was her second participation in a…

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BY ED FELIEN It’s the biggest deal he’s ever done. If he gets this done, he’s the richest, most powerful man in the whole world. It’s worth a trillion dollars. And it wipes out the billion dollars he owes the Russian oligarchs and Gazprom for bailing him out of his…

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BY ED FELIEN The city DFL will be holding precinct caucuses on April 4.  Anyone who cares about this city and their community should attend.  The caucuses will elect delegates who will endorse a candidate to represent their community on the City Council at a ward endorsing convention on either…

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BY JANE RAMSEYER MILLER Want to attend a fascinating concert on MLK weekend? Look no further! Two years ago I had lunch with a composer friend from Cincinnati who asked if I would be interested in commissioning a musical oratorio on the life of gay, African-American civil rights activist Bayard…

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BY JOHN KARRIGAN There was not much for me to write about for the December issue, or perhaps I was hiding again. Anyway I did not produce a column. Then I learned there were two deer seen near my corner of the park (15th Avenue and 35th Street). In the…

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BY ED FELIEN We won a tremendous victory at Standing Rock. Probably because of tremendous popular pressure, Obama ordered the Corps of Engineers not to approve the permit to allow the pipeline to cross the Missouri River at the location they intended. The pipeline company is confident that Trump will…

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BY CHRISTINE, OUR REV MN VOLUNTEER Our Revolution Minnesota (ORMN) will definitely be involved in the Minneapolis city elections next year.  We will be endorsing and volunteering for candidates, including mayor, park board, City Council and more.  We’re still growing rapidly with new members at every meeting, and new chapters…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE There was always a New Year, and there was always a New Year’s Day, the first day of the New Year. We owe the Romans our date of Jan. 1, as we owe them for the word “calendar,” the fact that most of the business world…

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BY ED FELIEN When I got back to Minneapolis I heard about some people around the University who were thinking about starting a newspaper. I met with some of them. They were much younger than me. One of them, though, had actual experience working on a newspaper in college. This was invaluable because I…

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BY ED FELIEN Did the elected officials and city staff who were so obviously enjoying themselves at the Vikings game on the front page of the Star Tribune last week violate the City Code of Ethics by accepting free tickets from the Wilf brothers? The ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT Chapter of…

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BY ADAM M. SCHENCK The Guthrie’s new artistic director, Joseph Hajj, brings a Christmastime drama to the Guthrie, “The Lion in Winter,” a political intrigue play that offers Minneapolitans hope. Could it be that our times are better than in 1183, when Henry II of England mulled over which son…

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BY POLLY MANN It’s called the “Disposition Matrix” or “PPG,’’ a guide released in May 2013, describing the U.S. government’s use of drones to assassinate undesirables. It contains the names of terrorism suspects, including sealed indictments and clandestine operations; when strikes may be used against terrorist targets; where there is…

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BRIDGIT This recipe is from my   grandmother Betsy Jean Kendrick.  She was known for having huge, unruly dogs—the last two dogs she owned were a Samoyed and a Newfoundland. So while she liked her real dogs big, hairy and slobbery, she liked her dog cookies delicate and delicious. Chocolate Dogs…

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BY ED FELIEN Nov. 5 marked the halfway point between the Autumnal Equinox and the Winter Solstice. The ancients marked this time to remember the dead and to celebrate life, the resurrection of the body and a new year. The oldest of the rituals common at this time of year…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Two years ago at this time, we regaled you with a flood of traditions from around the world and their interrelationships. Some were from only vaguely known almost prehistoric relatives, and some were from Americans and invented in the 1960s. You know what? We barely scraped…

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