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Paris, the New Normal?
Diana Johnstone files an in-depth report from Paris on the political reaction to the Charlie Hebdo shootings; The Treachery of the Black Political Class: Margaret Kimberley charts the rise and fall of...
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Anatomy of Torture
Historian Christopher Dietrich on the 100-year-long history of American torture; Jeffrey St. Clair on the implications of giving impunity to the CIA’s torturers; Chris Floyd on how the US has exported...
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Bernie Sanders’ Embrace of Bayard Rustin’s Hopeful Message
It was nice to see a reference to Bayard Rustin and his seminal 1965, article “From Protest to Politics” in Professor Steven Conn’s “Bernie Sanders Meet Bayard Rustin” published in the Huffington...
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Slave Masters, Company Town Bosses, and 21st Century U.S. Politics
A very interesting moment occurs during Bernie Sanders’ speeches. We have all heard echoes of it. It pertains to the “political revolution” and the need for courage. He argues that democracy is a...
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Resentment and Aspiration: How Donald and Hillary Explain America’s...
In the first 18 years of my life my parents liked to say that we were part of the middle class. It brought them pride and helped alleviate the pain and insecurity we dealt with daily. That phrase,...
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U.S. Politics and Minstrel Shows
Juli Hansen | Shutterstock.com If an important step in beating addiction is admitting one is an addict, then perhaps we should accept that the United States political system is wholly undemocratic....
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