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"It seems to me to be kind of inescapable that one has to be interested in the issue of gender and gender equality. I dont really expect any credit for going in that direction. Its the only natural direction to go in. Why is it that some people dont see that as so patently obvious as it should be?"
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Source: Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 29, 2011.
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