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Robert S Becker

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Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Robert S Becker
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

The Shifting, Double-edged Sword called ‘Populism’

Hell or high water, the protean, populist clamor sets disparate ordinary people against variously infamous foes.
by
Robert S Becker,
SpeakOut
July 7, 2014
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GOP Backslide Finds Suitable Nemesis: It’s the Constitution, Stupid!

Haven’t we seen this barefaced sideshow before? The GOP sabotages another Democratic president “to save America.” Predictably, racism has made wary, less culpable Obama an easier mark than…
by
Robert S Becker &
Robert Scheer,
Truthout
August 22, 2010
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The Audacity of Ruin: Risk-Adverse President Enables High-Risk, Rogue Driller

Iraq and Afghanistan are not yet wholly “Obama’s wars,” but the White House’s piece-meal, deferential retreat from out-of-control Gulf deluge has become his and his alone. The Big…
by
Robert S Becker &
Robert Scheer,
Truthout
July 23, 2010
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