Without a vision of a new society, run by the majority and transcending capitalism, the contradictions of the current class system will invariably produce only more Trumps
It seems to be a law of modern politics that the health of a democracy stands in inverse proportion to the length of its presidential campaign season
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If there is an antidote to this toxic reality, it will in the long run be found less in new gun laws or regulations, but in the radical vision of a new kind of society
As the Black community has thrown off āthe customary conditionsā of their lives to express renewed opposition to discrimination, social neglect, and police violence, racist attitudes among sectors of the white public have been etched in even sharper relief
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