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Hey everybody let's learn about socialism and other news from the Thomas Merton Center.

Lots of interesting prog news from the Thomas Merton center this week. Unfortunately because I was late in posting this some of these events are...
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Noam Chomsky, arguably world's smartest man, to receive Thomas Merton award this November.

In the Watchmen graphic novel there's a character named "Ozymandias" who's billed as the "world's smartest man". I sometimes...
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Newest Merton newsletter features Tuesday meeting against Highmark insurance rate hikes.

Here's the newest Thomas Merton newsletter even though I missed yesterday's gathering on unemployment in front of the Pittsburgh offices of our two...
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Thomas Merton Center weekly news features coffee, videos and various actions.

This is the weekly news from the Thomas Merton center. Sort of speaks for itself. Oh, and we're losing on all of these progressive issues. But you...
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Merton Center's weekly news includes 1000 mile bike rides, help for Haitian students and more.

The Thomas Merton Center has some interesting weekly news for us. The thing that caught my eye is Malik Rahim's attempt to ride a 1000 miles for...
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Some thoughts on the Thomas Merton Center and their latest weekly news.

When I was reporting on what had been happening with the Thomas Merton center some weeks ago--here and here-- I wasn't aware that there had been a...
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Thomas Merton boardmember also clarifies TMC finances and asks for volunteers for Book Em project.

I received a second email from yet another TMC boardmember, Rosemary Anderson. Her explanation comes off as ambiguous because while she clarifies...
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Pittsburgh peace activist/legend Molly Rush comments on Thomas Merton Center's financial problems.

I might comment on this later but here's a statement from Molly Rush about the financial problems that the Thomas Merton center is currently having...
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Thomas Merton Center to close down its monthly paper NewPeople and TMC's other weekly announcements.

It is with some sadness that I must announce that it looks like the Thomas Merton is closing down its newspaper The NewPeople. You can read all the...
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Spend 35 bucks and fight the War Machine with the Thomas Merton Center on March 20th.

The Thomas Merton Center will be taking a busload (or two hopefully) to Washington DC on March 20th to protest military spending.And various wars....
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