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pursuing a detailed study of the Bible and its fascination for ‘ordinary and unimportant’ people

Nietzsche and Heidegger appear beside those of literary figures including Melville

the Fourth International

Rai examines Chomsky’s assault on journalistic self-censorship and business control of the mass media

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