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Sadism as Politics: Rick Perry, Paul Ryan, Anti-Abortion Politics and Kicking the Poor
The common denominator in redistricting, austerity policies, voter restriction policies, criminal justice and anti-abortion policies is the privileged (pathological) need to maintain power and control.
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A Concise Answer to Ido Aharoni’s Query “Why Boycott Israel?”
Ido Aharoni, Israel's Consul General for New York, and also “the founding head of Israel's brand-management team and the originator of the Brand Israel movement” recently wrote an op-ed …
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Howl Now: The Beaten Masses & Mass Disaster
The costs of education and student loan debt are used as weapons to enforce a neo-feudal caste system that sentences us to a lifetime of wage slavery. With the …
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When Activist Burnout Meets Anxiety and Depression
As a committed feminist and social justice activist, I am constantly in touch, in communication, online, on alert, engaged. There is rarely a moment where I am away from …
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Facebook, Hate & Trayvon Martin
Week one of the trial of George Zimmerman was a trying and often painful week to watch. From the visible pain of Sabrina & Tracy, Trayvon's parents, to watching …
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Limits to Growth – of What?
James K. Boyce discusses the tension over growth and income declaring that we need to
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Edward Snowden’s Long Flight: What a Whistleblower Thinks a Fellow Whistleblower Might Have Thought
Fellow whistleblower Peter Van Buren reflects on Edward Snowden and the confusion he must feel as he attempts to run away from the US.
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President Obama in Berlin: Why Not Ask for More?
Experts, activists are asking why President Obama settles for so little in nuclear arms control goals.
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“Pure” Capitalism Is Pure Fantasy
Call it “crony, gangster, casino” or “monopoly” capitalism, its supposedly objectionable features - big government, monopolies, the Federal Reserve, welfare, taxation and labor unions - are intrinsic to any …
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Finding your activist voice
I was a really shy kid. In middle school, I tried to get through class without saying anything. But by high school it got so bad that at a …