Truthout
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Black Liberation: The Ghosts of the Past, the Potential of the Future
We have to learn how to imagine the future in terms that are not restricted to our own lifetimes.
Inequality Casts a Long Shadow
We can write about the evils of inequality all we want, but unless we offer lasting remedies for them, our analysis must remain partial and open to valid criticism.
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Building Human Connections and Resistance in Solitary Confinement
Todd Ashker details his efforts against solitary confinement at the infamous Pelican Bay State Prison in California.
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Former Economic Hit Man Returns to Take on the “Death Economy“
The economic hit men system is fueled by something far more dangerous than a global conspiracy. It is driven by concepts that have become accepted as gospel.
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“Broken Promises”: How Congressional Democrats Are Pushing the TPP to the Brink
The TPP looks far more in doubt than it ought to at this stage.
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How Trayvon Martin’s Lynching Galvanized a Movement
The murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in the winter of 2012 was a turning point.
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Terrorism Is American as Apple Pie
This nation was founded upon terrorism, namely that of slavery, whose unspeakable degradations hardly ended with formal emancipation.
Henry A. Giroux | The National Insecurity State
The war on terrorism has morphed into a new form of authoritarianism whose real enemy is not terrorism at all, but democracy itself.
The Elite of the Deep State Pull the Strings of the Marionette Theater in Washington
The “Deep State” is system composed of high-level elements within the intelligence services, military, security, judiciary and organized crime.
Noam Chomsky | Notion of Elite Guardian Class Dates Back to Founding of US
Noam Chomsky discusses the historical embedding of an elite “guardian class” in US society going back to the framers of the Constitution.