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The Empire Is Running Out of War Stories. Or is it? Will American Exceptionalism Rise Again?
The First American War Stories Are Still With US American Exceptionalism remains one of the innermost ideas shaping our national identity and still lies behind all of the war stories used to justify US foreign policy. Exceptionalism has been a … Continue reading
Soldiers and Veterans are Anti-War Leaders. Could This Be The Peace Movement of Our Time?
“The greatest purveyor of violence in the world: My own government.” — Martin Luther King If you want to stop the wars, challenge the empire and deal with climate crisis then support our anti-war soldiers and veterans. Soldiers and veterans carry … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture, Climate Change, Empire, Green Party, Martin Luther King, Movement Culture, organizing, Organizing Strategy, Racism, revolutionary strategy, Strategy, War, War creates Climate Change, Working Class
Tagged Climate Change, Green Party, History, Martin Luther King, non-violence, War
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Howling Hypocrisy?
After two years of non-stop saber-rattling and war preparations against possible microscopic meddling by Russia, the mere mention of a verifiable truth that Israel meddles in our affairs on a continuous basis draws faux-righteous rebukes from the elites. With the … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture, Corporate Power, electoral strategy, Empire, Racism, Red Scare, War, White Privilege, White Supremacy
Tagged Corporate Power, electoral strategy, History, Racism
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You Can’t Go Home Again: The Liberal State Is No More
Also in Counterpunch. In a previous article I argued that often confusing and divergent arguments within the neoliberal critique could be best understood as the tensions between two opposing currents of thought. One tendency understands neoliberalism as the unfettered reign … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture, Capitalism, Corporate Power, electoral strategy, Empire, History, Organizing Strategy, Racism, revolutionary strategy, Socialism, Strategy, War, White Supremacy, Working Class
Tagged American Revolution, Corporate Power, History, Organizational Culture, organizing, revolutionary strategy, White Supremacy
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Neoliberalism: Free Market Fundamentalism or Corporate Power?
Also in CounterPunch. I’ve been hearing about neoliberalism for a long time now and never could make much sense of it. It turns out the story we tell about neoliberalism is as contradictory as neoliberalism itself. Two currents within the … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture, Capitalism, Corporate Power, electoral strategy, Empire, Green Party, History, Labor Movement, Martin Luther King, Movement Culture, organizing, Organizing Strategy, Prefigurative politics, Racism, revolutionary strategy, Socialism, War, Working Class
Tagged American Revolution, Democratic Party, History, Martin Luther King, Movement Strategy, Organizational Culture, organizing, organizing strategy, revolutionary strategy
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Is the Green New Deal a “Revolutionary Reform?”
The movement around the Green New Deal is the ultimate testing ground for the kind of political skills and strategy needed to win the most important political battles of all. What do you think of the Green New Deal? … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Cooperation, Corporate Power, Empire, Green Party, History, Movement Culture, Organizing Strategy, Prefigurative politics, Racism, revolutionary strategy, Strategy, War
Tagged American Revolution, Corporate Power, Democratic Party, Green Party, History, Movement Strategy, Organizational Culture, Racism, revolutionary strategy
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The Betrayal of the American Man
Susan Faludi’s book “Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man” takes a remarkably compassionate and revealing look at the crisis of modern masculinity from a feminist prospective. Faludi is an award-winning writer with the skills required to make a challenging … Continue reading
