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The political/economy of empire
While it’s useful to focus on what we can all do to make things better, going local will only go so far. Entering a presidential election between two deeply unpopular candidates, we are faced with problems that require a national … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2016 presidential election, Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, American benevolence, Barak Obama, China, Cold War 2.0, Consortium News, Democrats are the party of war, Donald Trump, foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, isolationism, Libya, NATO, neoconservative, political/economy of empire, Putin, regime change, Robert Parry, Russia, SL Tribune, Syria, war on terror, washington post
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Job Interview
The 51 State Department officials who signed a memo urging the Obama administration to bomb Syria must be applying for a position in the future Hillary Clinton administration. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has made it known that she favors … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barak Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Consortium News, Donald Trump, gang of 51, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, John Kerry, neo-conservatives, neoconservative agenda, NY Times, regime change, Robert Parry, State Department, Sunni terrorists, Syria, The Center for Citizens Initiative (CCI), threat of nuclear war, war crime
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Misery Loves Company
Media and political consultants are in full mea culpa mode now that Donald Trump has essentially clinched the Republican nomination to be President. As part of this reckoning there’s also an effort underway to assess why it is that Republican … Continue reading →
How Neoliberalism Became a Pejorative
Neoliberal’s have gotten a touch defensive lately. Recently, New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait tweeted, “What if every use of ‘neoliberal’ was replaced with, simply, ‘liberal’? Would any non-propagandistic meaning be lost?” Neoliberalism is the generally accepted name for the socially atomizing, inequality-generating, environmentally … Continue reading →
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Tagged banana republic, Barak Obama, class warfare, Corey Robin, Democratic Party, divide and rule, Hillary Clinton, inequality, Jacobin, Jonathan Chait, Keynesianism, liberalism, market, neo-liberal, Never Let A Seious Crisis Go To Waste, New Deal, no alternative, Phiip Mirowski, The New Republic, unions, Washington consensus
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We Live in a Political World
Economic insecurity does strange things to a society. When both political parties pursue economic policies that benefit the 1% at the expense of the rest of the population those who are left behind turn to an alternative. Welcome Donald … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barak Obama, Charles Pierce, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, foam the runway, global labor arbitrage, GOP, Little Timmy, monkey brains, NAFTA, neoliberalism, One Market Under God, political world, Republicans, Ross Perot, Thoma Frank, Timothy Geithner, TPP, wall street crash, What's a Matter With Kansas?
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Kindness is a Revolutionary Act
The Frankenstein candidacy of Donald Trump has been brought to life by neoliberal economic policies pursued by Republicans and Democrats alike. To be sure, Trump’s rise is predicated on his appeal to racial resentments and xenophobia. Normally this racism … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barak Obama, culture of meanness, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, Emmanual Goldstein, FDR, Flint, Hillary Clinton, Hitler, Ian Welch, kindness is a revolutionary act, lead poisoning, Michigan, Mussolini, neoliberal, New Deal, savage race to the bottom, social-Darwinism
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