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    Commentary / Department: Fiesta

    By Reginald Harris, June 20, 2011

    We have become inured to war.

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  • Rubber Dollie

    Commentary / Department: Fiesta

    By Scott Hightower, June 17, 2011

    A poem about the theater of cruelty that was Abu Ghraib.

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  • Other Mothers

    Commentary / Department: Fiesta

    By Persis Karim, June 16, 2011

    A mother confronts her son going off to the army in this powerful poem.

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  • The Day Obama Decided

    Commentary / Department: Fiesta

    By Margit Berman, June 15, 2011

    Margit Berman's poem about the day the president decided to end the wars.

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  • Pepsi, Pot, Porn...and Politics

    Commentary / Department: Fiesta

    By Fouad Pervez, June 8, 2011

    Osama bin Laden

    The false contradictions of bin Laden's life on the run.

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  • Breaching the Wall through Art

    Commentary / Department: Fiesta

    By V. Noah Gimbel, June 6, 2011

    Keating

    The wall that divides Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories is ugly and oppressive. It is far from a work of art. But now it is the subject of art.

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  • Blood on the Trackpads

    Review / Department: Fiesta

    By Peter Certo, May 12, 2011

    Mike Daisey

    Monologist Mike Daisey takes on Apple and challenges audiences to exercise their consumer power to effect change.

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  • Interview with Cynthia Schneider

    Interview / Department: Fiesta

    By John Feffer, March 25, 2011

    Cynthia Schneider

    As part of our special focus on Islamophobia, Cynthia Schneider talks about the stereotyping of Muslims in American culture, engaging with the TV show 24, and watching the rise of Islamophobia in the Netherlands

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  • The Refugee Child Photographers

    Commentary / Department: Fiesta

    By V. Noah Gimbel, March 24, 2011

    Lebanon photo

    Photos of life in Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps by children aged five through 12 give a glimpse into their hopes amid tragic surroundings.

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  • Interview with Wajahat Ali

    Interview / Department: Fiesta

    By John Feffer, March 11, 2011

    Wajahat Ali

    The playwright Wajahat Ali talks about the King hearings and the cultural impact of Islamophobia.

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