Truthout
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A Blueprint for Ending War
We are confident that viable alternatives to war can and will be constructed.
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The National Security Elites Are Co-Opting Democracy
Throughout history executives have used the administration of justice as a tool to intimidate and pressure legislators.
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We Must Create a Nation Where People Can Age With Dignity and Fair-Wage Support
The United States is about to experience an “elder boom.”
Introducing David Theo Goldberg’s “Sites of Race”
Racist expression and exclusion are denied their social origin and systemic content, reduced to matters of private discrimination.
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The Killing of Osama bin Laden Did Not Stop the Use of Fear to Justify US Wars
“Covering bin Laden” is an exploration of the iconic status of Osama bin Laden achieved through government propaganda.
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Without Social Security, Income Inequality Would Be Even Worse for Seniors
“Social Security Works!” argues that expanding, rather than cutting, Social Security will benefit individual people and the US as a whole.
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On Being Raised by Radicals and Growing Into Rebellious Motherhood
In her book, Frida Berrigan gives advice on how to integrate child rearing into fighting for change.
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Climate Change Is Violence
Climate change is global-scale violence against places and species, as well as against human beings.
Born at War
The United States grew out of the idea that it was common sense to launch a war to settle political differences.
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Remembering the Paris Commune: When Workers and Women Rose Up Against the Oligarchy
Many historians regard the Paris Commune as the precedent for subsequent uprisings against the plutocracy and ruling elite.