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 Taken from H. Bruce Franklin: A Personal Farewell to an American Hero by W. D. Ehrhart:
Only recently did I learn that H. Bruce Franklin, the prolific scholar, cultural historian, and passionate teacher, died in mid-May. Aside from a June 7th obituary in the New York Times and brief mentions on a couple of left-progressive websites, Franklin's death went almost unnoticed by both mainstream and progressive media.
The whole world paid homage when Daniel Ellsberg died eleven months earlier because Ellsberg—by stealing and revealing the infamous Pentagon Papers—had become famous: front-page, top-of-the-fold headline news for months and even years. But in his own way, Bruce Franklin was equally committed to truth-telling and exposing the lies, frauds, and crimes committed constantly by those in power in and out of government.... Read More
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- VVAW Library and Learning Center Updates by VVAW
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- Gerald McCarthy: Haunted Marine, VVAW Activist, College Professor by Jan Barry (reviewer)
- Race in the Crucible of War by John Bromer (reviewer)
- I Was a Hero Once by Jan Barry (reviewer)
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- Dominic Albanese: War Vet, Wild Man, Poet by Jan Barry
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- The Good Lord Willing and the Creek Don't Rise by John Ketwig (reviewer)
- 26 August 71 (poem) by Marc Levy
- Arachnid Blues (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
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- Netan Yahoo! (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
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