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Op-Ed
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ISIS vs. Ebola: A Blank Check to Bomb ISIS While Funding to Fight Ebola Is Slashed
A stunning disproportion in spending on ISIS versus Ebola crises highlights a fatal distortion in US priorities.
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Banksy: Graffitist of the White Bourgeoisie
Middle-class outrage at the recent removal of Banksy's graffiti in an area of poverty and racial tension indicates how disconnected the bourgeoisie are from the realities of working-class life …
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Nothing About Us Without Us: The Token Palestinian and Authentic Narrative
I recall, with particular awkwardness, my first talk at a socialist student gathering at the University of Washington in Seattle nearly two decades ago. When I tried to offer …
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Beware of Turkey’s Sacred and Secular Geographies
It is easy to forget that there are no maps of the world, only maps of worldviews. And even though blind materialism and economic utility seems to reign in …
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Why Evo Morales Will Likely Win Upcoming Elections in Bolivia
Overall, it is the success of Morales' party in bringing about positive change, as well as its ability to co-opt certain social movements and further controversial but lucrative extractivist …
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The Not-So-Good News About the Border Crisis
The Obama administration is making it harder for Central Americans to get refugee status.
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Warsaw Has Lots of Apples – and Candles
Poles are being urged to eat apples and then eat some more. It's their patriotic duty.
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Olive Garden Executives Parachute Away
The nation's largest full-service restaurant chain is sending three top executives off with $68 million while paying workers $2.13 per hour.
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The Despotic Chimpanzee and the Ultra-Rich
Only a new form of reverse dominance can free us from oligarchic domination, and make us genuinely free.
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Obama’s New Oil Wars
Until recently, the use of the term u201cthe oil weaponu201d has largely been identified with the efforts of Arab producers to dissuade the United States from supporting Israel by …