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Comic Con on the Couch: Analyzing Superheroes
The shrink wants to know how Batman is feeling. In this case, Batman is a husky mid-40s native of uptown Manhattan’s working-class Washington Heights neighborhood, his own personal Gotham. Under …
Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the US Economy in Decline
The fact that the Occupy movement is unprecedented is quite appropriate. After all, it’s an unprecedented era and has been so since the 1970s, which marked a major turning …
The Corporate Media’s Attempt to Kill the Occupy Movement
Protesters with the Occupy Wall Street movement make their way down Broadway in New York, May 1, 2012. (Photo: Michael Appleton / The New York Times) This May …
Epistle to the Ecotopians
[This document was found on the computer of Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach (1929-2012) after his death.] To all brothers and sisters who hold the dream in their hearts of a future …
The People’s Bishop
Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard is detained by police after Occupy Wall Street protesters attempted to use a lot owned by Trinity Church as a camp site, in New …
Progressive Election Strategy and the Norman Solomon Campaign
Norman Solomon speaks at an event in August 2007. (Photo: Steve Rhodes)We can't devise a successful electoral strategy for "The Left"—meaning the forces of peace, social/economic justice and sustainability—unless …
Bernie Sanders Advocates a Free Market in AIDS Drugs
Drugs are cheap. Patent monopolies are expensive. These are simple facts that everyone should know, but for some reason few do. The point here is simple; the vast majority …
A Question of Timing: What America Can Learn From the Revolt in Europe
David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the Annual Meeting 2012 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2012. (Photo: Moritz Hager / World …
Robots “R” Us: Military-Style Drones Reported on 63 Bases in the US
New York City - It’s easy to understand why presidents, politicians, and the military love robots. They don’t talk back. They follow orders. You press a button and they …
Raza Studies: Inside or Outside of Western Civilization?
The struggle to defend Raza Studies in Tucson, Arizona isn't simply an epic struggle; it is civilizational in scope. While it may sound hyperbolic, such a characterization actually comes …