Topic: Thinking Politically
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With Literal Nazis Running for Office, NYT Suggests Candidate’s Israel Criticism Is Antisemitic
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Eight overt white nationalists are running for office in 2018—a new record, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Overt fascists, inspired by the rise of President Donald Trump, have found a place both within and just outside the margins of the official Republican Party. Over 20,000 people voted in a GOP primary this past…
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The racist origins of voting bans for ‘returning citizens’
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Alamance County District Attorney Pat Nadolski filed criminal charges against 12 people who voted while they were ineligible because they were on probation or parole. Eight of them are black in a county where African Americans make up only 19 percent of the population. (Image is a still from this video.) Twelve people in Alamance County, North Carolina,…
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Other Revolving Doors
It’s more than doors between government and the businesses that they supposedly regulate that go round and round. One of the other swinging doors is between the Democratic and Republican Parties. A second door Perhaps the best known case is when Al Gore ran for president in 2000, he picked Joe Lieberman as his running…
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Commentary on the Concept of Enlightenment
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An essay on a classic of Marxist philosophy. Unfortunately much of the World-Left has neglected to learn its' lessons.
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“Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society” by Michael Albert: A Review Essay
“Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society by Michael Albert: A Review Essay” Oakland: PM Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-62963-381-7 By Kim Scipes This is an important book. It’s important because it asks questions that rarely if ever get asked, and it tries to provide coherent answers to them. However, whether you agree or not…
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An Agricultural Movement for People-to-People Reparations Puts Itself on the Map
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Looks at new movement by people of color to build communities based on sustainable agriculture; features an interactive map of projects in a number of countries, and looks like it will be expanding
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Immigrant children tied down, hooded, beaten, stripped and drugged
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Court documents made public in Virginia and Texas give a glimpse of the systematic brutality being meted out to immigrant children in both public and private jails. Children are strapped down, hooded and beaten, or drugged by force, as part of the everyday procedure in what can only be called the American Gulag. An Associated…
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Why Our Green Parties Haven’t Taken Off
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A solid majority of Americans polled want to see a third party compete with Republicans and Democrats. On a range of issues too, the public is well to the left of both the ruling class parties. So why hasn’t the Green Party taken off and made itself a contender? The answer is a mix of…