On the first anniversary of the death of our dear friend Leo Panitch, we republish this 2015 interview with Leo by Chris Hedges.
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I am reminded, but not exactly of part of a quatrain from Khayam’s Rubaiyat after listening to more than 20 minutes of this interchange between the late Mr Panitch and Mr Hedges: Out each door I came as I went in.