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Topic: Thinking Politically

  • Abolish ICE: Beyond a Slogan

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    fitzdon

    Back in 2013, Marisa Franco was working with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) as the campaign director of #Not1More, a movement that demanded President Obama stop deportations. The campaign, which had the backing of immigrant rights organizations nationwide, was also a response to the unlawful, racist ways that the then-Maricopa County sheriff, Joe…

  • Is Bavaria the start of a green revolution in Germany?

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    fitzdon

    Berlin (CNN)The elections in the state of Bavaria on Sunday suggest a shift is underway among some German voters — and the future is looking a lot greener. Despite big gains by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), it was the Green Party, pledging to fight climate change and gender inequality and to reduce border…

  • The Constitution and Homelessness

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    fitzdon

    When the police violate the US Constitution, are they criminal? In what court can their conduct be judged illegal? For recourse against crimes against the people for violation of the Constitution, to whom can we turn? We finally found out that it was illegal all along for the Berkeley PD to raid and disperse homeless…

  • The Other ’68: Black Power During Reconstruction

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    fitzdon

    From the urban rebellions to the salute at the Olympics, commemorations of 1968 — a pivotal year of Black Power — have appeared in news headlines throughout this anniversary year. Yet 2018 also marks the 150th anniversary of 1868 — the height of Black Power during Reconstruction. It’s not surprising this anniversary has been ignored.…

  • Why Mexico’s Next President is No Friend of Migrants

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    fitzdon

    When it comes to immigration and refugees, Mexico’s progressive president elect, Andres Lopez Obrador, has more in common with US president Donald Trump than you’d expect. While the world watches on as the US deports refugees and immigrants and locks up children, Mexico is already deporting more Central Americans than the US. Further, between 2016…

  • The Negan Syndrome

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    rsburke
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    Overnight, like a flash of light, the far right took another big step forward on the world stage. Brazil’s latest voting results as of October 7th are testimony to the grinding power and overwhelming influence of the irrepressible far-right, a worldwide phenomenon that brings in its wake the death knell of liberal democracy, aka the…

  • The Great Drought

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    rsburke
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    The most hazardous global warming risk for society at large is widespread loss of grain production because of a synchronized worldwide drought. It would be a colossal killer. It’s happened before, known as The Great Drought 142 years ago.   Unmistakably, droughts feed off global warming and world temps are heading up, not down. Thus,…

  • UN Report: Revolution Needed to Prevent Climate Disaster

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    rsburke

    Only a revolution can save us. That’s the take home message of the latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released on 8 October.

  • The Return of the Party

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    rsburke

    Why are mass parties back? Because they're still the best way to organize the powerless to take on the powerful.

  • Will It Be Socialism or Barbarism?

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    squirrel

    While we socialists have been making the argument against lesser evil politics for decades, with only modest success, today things have profoundly changed; have presented us with a new, undeniable reality. That new reality is that today the planet’s climate has changed as a consequence of capitalism’s long-standing assault on the Earth’s environment. More to…