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To be of use by Marge Piercy

Marge Piercy is a daughter of Detroit, ferociously Jewish in temperament and upbringing, an unrelenting social critic, a fine novelist…

2 min readNov 23, 2020

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Marty Manley

Lessons on Brompton Bike Touring

I like to tour between towns on a bike and the six-speed Brompton has become my steed of choice. Many people have come to the same…

7 min readSep 27, 2021

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Lessons on Brompton Bike Touring

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Marty Manley

Your Power is Turning Our Darkness to Dawn

On the eve of the Second World War, Woody Guthrie wrote an ode to the Grand Coulee Dam, which was nearing completion and represented the…

7 min readApr 17, 2017

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Your Power is Turning Our Darkness to Dawn

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Marty Manley

Think that You Can Eliminate a Small, Useless Federal Program?

Democracies are much better at starting things than ending them. At best, legislatures resort to extra-legislative processes like military…

6 min readApr 11, 2017

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Think that You Can Eliminate a Small, Useless Federal Program?

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Marty Manley

On a City Bike, all Traffic Lights are Yellow

Bicycles have grown wildly popular in both US and European cities. According to the League of American Bicyclists (which endorses none of…

3 min readApr 12, 2015

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On a City Bike, all Traffic Lights are Yellow

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Marty Manley

Women’s Pay

More women than men now enroll in college. Women earn better grades than men and are more likely to graduate. But at every level of…

10 min readDec 18, 2012

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Women’s Pay

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Marty Manley

What Happened to the United Farmworkers?

Frank Bardacke dropped out of Harvard after his freshman year and moved west to change the world. Unlike Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg…

13 min readJan 5, 2012

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What Happened to the United Farmworkers?

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Marty Manley

Remembering December 2011

Shakespeare’s immortal eulogy delivered by Mark Anthony for Julius Caesar resonates this week: “The evil that men do lives after them; The…

8 min readDec 20, 2011

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Remembering December 2011

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Marty Manley

“We are Going to Pass”

Ten Reasons that VCs Turn Down Startups

11 min readJul 2, 2011

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“We are Going to Pass”

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Marty Manley

Venturing in the Slipstream: the Magic of Astral Weeks — Work of the World

In 1968, Van Morrison recorded Astral Weeks under awful circumstances. Today, he is widely recognized as having captured lightning in a…

8 min readFeb 5, 2011

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Venturing in the Slipstream: the Magic of Astral Weeks — Work of the World

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Marty Manley

Marty Manley

Once a machinist, union guy, McKinseyist, Assist Sec of Labor. Co-founder and ex CEO Alibris, RedLink. Author: A Better Bargain. Contradictions are personal IP.

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