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Topic: Thinking Politically

  • The Untouchable Leader Who Stood Up to Gandhi

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    rsburke

    Arturo Desimone relates the story of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, who challenged Gandhi's support for the caste system.

  • The Myth of “Populism”

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    rsburke

    For too long 'populism' has been a term of political abuse. The time has come for the American Left to reclaim the mantle of one of its most illustrious ancestors.

  • Why Are Police in the USA so Terrified?

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    fitzdon

    In a recent incident in the United States, yet another unarmed man was shot dead by police after opening his front door in response to their knock. The police were going to serve an arrest warrant on a domestic violence suspect – the man’s neighbour – but went to the wrong address. See ‘Police kill…

  • Book Review: Lenin 2017

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    rsburke
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    Lenin 2017   In recent years Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek has engaged in a rather interesting project: editing and introducing writings by great revolutionary leaders. In 2002 Revolution at the Gates, a collection of Lenin’s writings from 1917 (including the critical “April Theses”) was published. In 2007 writings by Robespierre, Trotsky, and Mao for Verso’s…

  • Reflections on Anti-Communism

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    rsburke

    A reprint of a classic article stating the case against anti-communism from a socialist perspective.

  • The Rifle on the Wall: A Left Argument for Gun Rights

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    fitzdon

    That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. — George Orwell1 As can be expected, in the aftermath of the horrific mass murder committed in Las Vegas by Stephen Paddock, the issue of “gun control”…

  • The Few Who Won

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    rsburke

    In a sympathetic but critical review, Bhaskar Sunkara provides an overview of the Bolshevik Revolution from the vantage point of a century later.

  • A film from yesterday and an audience from today

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    fitzdon

    With its theme a little-known event of over a century ago, the film was ancient in cinema terms, its rather unsuccessful premiere was way back in 1926 and the performance Monday evening marked an event even earlier than that, one which is rarely discussed and even less celebrated. Yet the theatre was sold out and…

  • Police Unions vs. Black Lives

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    fitzdon

    In “progressive” Portland, Oregon the city’s police stand out as political outliers. Whereas most of the city leans left the average cop is, unapologetically, on the far-right of the political spectrum. Portland’s rightwing cops mirror the politics of police across the country, reflected in the early endorsement that the nation’s largest police union gave to…

  • A Century After “Ten Days”

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    rsburke

    Andrew Hartman examines the life and career of John Reed, author of Ten Days that Shook the World.