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Note from the Editor, Gilles d'Aymery:

If there is one good thing to be said about 2006, the consensus on Swans would have to be, "it's almost over." Or as Milo Clark puts it, "huff and puff and blow 2006 into history..."

In our year-end issue, we present a variety of perspectives, ranging from a "New Way Forward" for Swans in 2007 by Jan Baughman, to comprehensive overviews in the respective styles of Gilles d'Aymery, Ed Herman, Milo Clark, and Phil Greenspan. The anti-immigration movement and the power of political expression were topics at heart for Eli Beckerman and Michael
DeLang. Bob Wrubel analyzed the failure of the anti-war movement, while Martin Murie celebrated three noteworthy successes of the year. Gerard Donnelly Smith looked at the unfinished business that should be attended to in 2007, should the midterm election mandate be taken seriously rather than falling into the political dustbin of broken promises described by
Charles Marowitz. American expat Troy Headrick provided his perspective on the year and the U.S. from his home in Turkey; and another expat, Peter Byrne, sent a wonderful Swans-centric holiday gift of his creative humor and wit. George Beres told a World War II story in which British and German soldiers put down their weapons and shared Christmas on the battlefield, and Guido Monte painted another of his colorful poems.

Finally, we close with your letters and our wishes for a peaceful holiday season. We'll be back on January 1st with our traditional, irreverent, and downright impertinent predictions for 2007.

As always, please form your OWN opinion, and let your friends (and foes) know about Swans.

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2006 And Counting - Jan Baughman

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Was 2006 A Worthy Year? - Gilles d'Aymery

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Reflections On 2006 - Edward S. Herman

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Three Victories In 2006 - Martin Murie

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The Year That Wasn't - Eli Beckerman

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A People's Resolution - Michael DeLang

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Unfinished Business (2006) - Gerard Donnelly Smith

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The Anti-War Movement Failure - Robert Wrubel

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2006: Promises, Honored Or Broken - Charles Marowitz

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Coming Full Circle - Troy Headrick

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A Year Of Implosion - Milo Clark

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The Year The Obvious Was Acknowledged - Philip Greenspan

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Merry Xstress 2006 - A Dialogue by Peter Byrne

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Killing And Christmas Year In Year Out - George Beres

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2006: Pulvis et umbra sumus - Poem by Guido Monte

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