Why the Germans Haven’t Returned $1 Billion Worth of Nazi-Looted Painting

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Click Here to Read:  Why the Germans Haven’t Returned $1 Billion Worth of Nazi-Looted Paintings Munich authorities seem more interested in protecting an art dealer than in returning stolen works to their rightful heirs By Saul Austerlitz on the Tablet website on November 14, 2013.

A self portrait by Otto Dix is seen on screen at a press conference on Nov. 5, 2013, in Augsburg, Germany, on the discovery of nearly 1,500 paintings, including works by Picasso and Matisse, looted by the Nazis. (Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Click Here to Read:  Looted Treasures in Pandora’s Box on this website.

Click Here t Read: In a Rediscovered Trove of Art, a Triumph Over the Nazis’ Will on this website.

Was Stalin Necessary for Russia’s Economic Development?

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Click Here to Read: Was Stalin Necessary for Russia’s Economic Development? by Anton Cheremukhin, Mikhail Golosov, Sergei Guriev and Aleh Tsyvinski on  from National Bureau of Economic Research.

Click Here to Read:   Was Stalin Necessary for Russia’s Economic Development? Anton Cheremukhin, Mikhail Golosov, Sergei Guriev, Aleh Tsyvinski from the Voxeu.org website on October 10, 2013.

‘Bad negotiators’: Experts say Congress is getting it wrong in fiscal talks

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Click Here to Read: ‘Bad negotiators’: Experts say Congress is getting it wrong in fiscal talks By Carrie Dann on the  NBC News website on October 16. 2013.

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, look at their notes during a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in July.

Diego Rivera’s “Battle of Detroit”

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Click Here to Read: The working class and the Detroit Industry murals at the DIA: Diego Rivera’s “Battle of Detroit” By Tom Mackaman and Jerry White on The World Socialist Web Site on  October 3, 2013.

Demonstrators on Miller Road outside of the Rouge Plant flee as teargas and bullets are released on them by Dearborn Police and Ford Servicemen during the 1932 Ford Hunger March [Source: Reuther Library]