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High School Massacres Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg Among Youth Gun Deaths
An excerpt of Gary Younge's book “Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives.”
Donald Trump Uses Right-Wing Populism to Unite Divergent Groups
Trump himself is not a far rightist but he has used anti-elitism to mobilize the various right wingers.
The Far Right Regards Human Inequality as “Natural”
The following excerpt is from the introduction to Matthew N. Lyons's new book, “Insurgent Supremacists.”
Puerto Ricans Battle Disaster Capitalism to Achieve Self-Determination
Naomi Klein's “Battle for Paradise” details Puerto Ricans' fight for ownership of their water, land and energy.
A Continuous Thread Runs Through US History: Hucksterism
Trump is really an apotheosis of the American fantasy-industrial complex.
When the GOP Went Off the Rails
An excerpt of Kurt Andersen's “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire.”
Revolution, Not Amelioration, Is Necessary to End Oppression
If the change we need is almost unimaginable, we're in an extremely dangerous situation.
Henry A. Giroux: The Nightmare of Neoliberal Fascism
It's time we recognized that capitalism is not democracy.
A Democracy in Exile Fights Against Fascism
There is no change without a broad-based movement of collective resistance.
Noam Chomsky: Building Spaces of Resistance
Capitalism atomizes society into individuals who accept the status quo.