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Clinton’s Speeches Inspire Gifts, Gratitude and Potential Conflicts
When Hillary Clinton arrives in Silicon Valley this week to give her latest speech, the likely presidential candidate will be among friends.
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Obama’s Legacy: Permanent War and Liberal/Radical Accommodation?
African American radicals can't afford to be unclear about the nature and interests of the white supremacist, patriarchal, colonial/capitalist order.
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Alternatives to Incarceration: Be Careful What You Wish For
It is necessary to be careful about any sort of presumption of correlation between criminality and incarceration.
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Syriza’s Greece: From a New Social Deal to an Updated Version of the Economics of Social Disaster
Syriza's swift failure to rid Greece of the eurozone's harsh austerity measures makes it harder for progressives across Europe.
Palast to Syriza: Don’t Lie, It’s Impossible to End Austerity Within the Eurozone
Journalist Greg Palast explains why Syriza cannot deliver on its economic platform while keeping Greece within the eurozone.
With Disability Cuts Likely to Advance in Congress, Progressive Groups Rally to Block Them
Progressive groups are calling on supporters to defend disability benefits.
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“Transit Revolution”: Will Los Angeles Become Gentrification Ground Zero?
The tension between improving LA's public transit infrastructure while not driving families out of their neighborhoods is ongoing.
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What the Media Still Get Wrong About Paul Ryan
There's plenty of evidence that Paul Ryan's overriding goal is to redistribute income from the poor to the 1%.
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On the Left/Right Paradigm, Capitalism’s Grow-or-Die Imperative and Murray Bookchin
In the twenty-first century we go on using the terms, but what is left of the Left?
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We’re Young, Passionate and Bent on Justice: Why #BlackLivesMatter Is Irresistible
This movement is showing what wholeness looks like and demanding a whole and uncompromised justice.