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Vol. 71/No. 14      April 9, 2007

 
Letters
 
Workers behind bars
I think it was Lenin who pointed out that “foreign policy is an extension of domestic policy.” This was driven home to me by recent developments among workers behind bars. According to a friend now imprisoned in Washington State, guards now harass prisoners by saying things like, “We are hiring new guards who had their training at Abu Ghraib, so watch your step.”

This comes after word through sort of a “prison Samizdat” of a censored news article that revealed how fascist outfits were recruiting among guards in northwestern prisons. It seems that the most dishonorable profession on earth is about to get worse.

E.M.
New Jersey

‘Wind that Shakes the Barley’
Could you comment on Ken Loach’s new film, The Wind that Shakes the Barley? I found its demonstration of the necessity for the socialist transformation of a nationalist, revolutionary movement to be impressive. Not being an expert on the history of the period, I wonder if the filmmakers have portrayed the political situation of that time accurately.

Jack Angstreich
New York, New York  
 
 
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