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Left-wing populism, not austerity and corporate liberalism, is essential to containing the rise of the White Right
Tom Hayden
After forty years of activism, politics and writing, Tom Hayden still is a leading voice for ending the war in Iraq, erasing sweatshops, saving the environment, and reforming politics through greater citizen participation. Currently he is writing and advocating for US Congressional hearings on exiting Iraq. This year he drafted and lobbied successfully for Los Angeles and San Francisco ordinances to end all taxpayer subsidies for sweatshops. He recently has taught at Pitzer College, Occidental College, and Harvard's Institute of Politics. He has written eyewitness accounts for The Nation , where he serves on the editorial board, about the global justice movements in Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Chiapas, and India. He is the author or editor of thirteen books.
The primary blame for this disaster is on the Bush administration but also on all those who succumbed to a Superpower Syndrome
Already there is grumbling among Republicans, neo-conservatives, and within the armed forces about Bergdahl’s statements, and rumors that he went AWOL
California against climate change
The next battle against Wall Street may be brewing in Los Angeles City Hall
American higher education’s racial stratification will be cemented by the Republican Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Michigan ban on affirmative action
The State Department is considering lifting its designation of Cuba as a “terrorist state”
While the first Cold War was fought against communism, a successor Cold War is steadily unfolding against democratic electoral outcomes unfavorable to America’s perceived interests
Haven’t the Republicans, the neo-conservatives and the mainstream media been telling us all these years that America won the Cold War?
Propelled by passionate grass-roots environmentalists, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed an anti-fracking moratorium