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A talk at Open University of the Left
The fact that business executives and military generals no longer require middle-men to negotiate their interests should worry anyone interested in living in a quasi-democratic society
We need activists to operate with less emotions and urgency, and with more focus, which requires discipline, education and time
The more we can focus our critiques on the institutions of power and not those who temporarily occupy those institutions, the more successful we’ll be in the long-term
Massive wealth and capital haven’t budged one bit, so far. We have to give it a huge push if we want to see something different in our society
Howard Zinn reminds us about who changes the world — it’s the millions upon millions of unknown activists, organizers and revolutionaries who sacrifice their resources and sometimes their lives in the pursuit of truth and justice
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence recently released a declassified report concerning Russia and the 2016 US presidential elections. The report is…
One of my best friends, and someone I served with in the United States Marine Corps, sent me John Nixon’s book, Debriefing the President:…
On Monday, December 5, close to 1,000 veterans marched to the front lines of the barricades in a symbolic protest. Without question, the gesture was visually striking and significant, but it wasn’t why most of the veterans came to Standing Rock
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