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The Poverty of 21st Century Progressivism

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"The West is living through an economic and social crisis so unprecedented in its tempo, so complex in its effects, that there are many who do not know that it is taking place." Michael Harrington, The Next Left (1987)

 

The nationalization of American International Group and the continuing turmoil in the economy have forced many Americans to take a second look at some of the complex issues facing capitalism in the new millennium.  read more »

From an Ordinary Campaign to an Extraordinary Politicis : Where Do We Go From Here?

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Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

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A Kinder, Gentler Imperialism?

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"Even those who do not share the views of the old generals and proconsuls of the U.S. world empire (which were those of Democratic as well as Republican administrations) will agree that there can be no rational justification of current Washington policy in terms of the interests of America's imperial ambitions. . . ."

Eric Hobsbawm

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The End of Politics: Lessons from the Wright Saga By COREY D. B. WALKER

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"Are the legitimate political institutions of our societies in a position to redress even the most perilous situations by democratic intervention in the process of actual decision making, as traditional political discourse keeps reassuring us, despite all evidence to the contrary?"

István Mészáros

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The Politics of Jeremiah Wright By COREY D. B. WALKER

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"Stigmatizing the uncounted as backward, dangerous, etc., then, is the best way to ward off a more profound evil': the emergence of a popular subjective force that would be capable of opposing the sterility of comfortable self-perpetuation. . . .

Steve Corcoran  read more »

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