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On Reinventing the Meaning of Politics and What Needs to Be Done
A global war to resurrect a sense of
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Obama Needs to Stand His Ground
Republicans in the House are like a bunch of 3-year-olds playing with matches, which means President Obama has to be the disciplinarian in this dysfunctional family.
Hurricane: When Structural Neoliberal Adjustment Hits Home
Manifest destiny. Run them off their land. Drive them from their homes.
Black Innocence?
Is there such a thing as
Why Didn’t OWS Transform Into a Political Movement?
Two years later, author & journalist Nathan Schneider takes a look at concrete victories and missteps of the Occupy movement.
Pro Football’s Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Out of the 31 owners of NFL teams, seventeen - more than half - are billionaires.
Being Hannibal Lecter
Film, depicting various human situations and inviting critical analysis as it does, can provide a mother lode of potential enlightenment.
Reforms for Converting the Present Corporate Democracy into Meaningful Civilian Democracy
Democracy may be one of the best of all the existing
What is Evil?
Simply ask yourself if a particular option will cause suffering. The decision then becomes easy, and it becomes particularly easy on questions of war.
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Henry A. Giroux | Intellectuals as Subjects and Objects of Violence
Henry Giroux: Public intellectuals must use their resources to question the authoritarian forces of war, violence and privatization threatening the planet.