Category Archives: White Supremacy

One Winning Way to Build the Peace Movement And One Losing Way

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Richard Moser

Q. What cloaks the empire and turns a mighty movement into a mirage?  A. Narrow partisan politics. When anti-war activism plays second-fiddle to “follow the leader,” the chosen champion and the opposing villain loom so large that they become the … Continue reading →

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Howling Hypocrisy?

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Richard Moser

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 →

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You Can’t Go Home Again: The Liberal State Is No More

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Richard Moser

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 →

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The Betrayal of the American Man

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Richard Moser

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 →

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Jackson Rising

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Richard Moser

Also in Counterpunch “Revolution is based on land. Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality….” Malcom X Jackson Rising is the most important book I have read in a long time. … Continue reading →

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Whiteness Won’t Be Wished Away

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Richard Moser

Ninth in the series: Organize the White Working Class! White Workers Have Double Consciousness White workers have at least a dual identity — we are both workers and white. The history of white working-class community organizing as told by Amy Sonnie and … Continue reading →

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Community Organizing in Philly and New York

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Richard Moser

Eight in the series: Organize the White Working Class! In Hillbilly Nationalists, James Tracy and Amy Sonnie shows the hidden depths of working class resistance and organizing. The pathbreaking work of Chicago’s white workers in JOIN, The Young Patriots and … Continue reading →

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The Young Patriots, The Original Rainbow Coalition and Rising Up Angry

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Richard Moser

Seventh in the Series: Organize the White Working Class! Young Patriots* In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, the social movements crossed over into revolutionary territory. The victories and the failures of the civil rights movement, massive urban rebellions, the … Continue reading →

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Jobs or Income Now!: JOIN and White Working Class Leadership

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Richard Moser

Sixth in the Series: Organize the White Working Class! Yes, that is Harry Belafonte visiting JOIN in 1965. Peggy Terry is on far right. JOIN and Emergence of White Working Class Leadership. Jobs or Income Now (JOIN) was a Chicago … Continue reading →

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The Sanders Campaign, Greater Appalachia and Young Workers

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Richard Moser

This article also appeared in CounterPunch. Tenth in the Series: Organize the White Working Class! The white working class is ready. Are you? The 2016 Democratic primary gives us a way of assessing the potential for organizing among white workers. This … Continue reading →

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