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"It was the fall of 1948, I was entering my senior year at City College, and the country was in turmoil, politically."

"Reading the NY Times November 25th I came upon Clyde Haberman’s 'NYC' column. Its head: 'Naming a Senator Who Can Follow Clinton’s Tough Act.' And its subhead: 'A black Catholic lesbian would do nicely, especially one from upstate.'"

"I recently read an excellent piece by Elaine Bernard of Harvard’s Labor and Worklife Program in the Fall 2008 issue of DSA’s Democratic Left."

"I cannot describe the joy I feel in seeing so many young people in the Boston area committed to the Jewish Labor Committee, and to its role as a bridge between the labor movement and the Jewish community."

"Since the beginning of 2010, I had been working with Marie Ariel, a wonderful librarian, to get the Boston Workmen’s Circle Library in shape."

"An undertaking of which I am especially proud was the June 14, 1968 Government Employees Fast Day."

"I have previously written about my six years at the Jewish Labor Committee (1956-62), and the move to Washington DC in December 1964 to be the Education Director of AFSCME."

"One evening, toward the end of August in 1968, I received a call from someone named Stan Weir, explaining that he had just arrived in Washington from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and that a mutual friend gave him my name."

"Yesterday, September 15, 2011, I attended a Civil Rights Symposium, my first in at least 15 years or more."

"(I tend to begin most of these pieces with 'When.' When I was… When in the course… So here we go again.)"
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