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Glenn Greenwald Throws a Fit | The New Republic
Glen Greenwald is no Marxist or has changed from my awareness from his previous holding reactionary libertarian views.
He has a sordid history of interacting with fascists, such as his pro-bono
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Glen Greenwald is no Marxist or has changed from my awareness from his previous holding reactionary libertarian views.
He has a sordid history of interacting with fascists, such as his pro-bono
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A note on US democracy
If the average American was as smart and erudite as the anarchist John Zerzan in rejecting the ritual of electoral politics, alot of trouble could be avoided. As Zerzan recently said, it's a choice
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If the average American was as smart and erudite as the anarchist John Zerzan in rejecting the ritual of electoral politics, alot of trouble could be avoided. As Zerzan recently said, it's a choice
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R.O.
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Re: A Liberal “Moral Reckoning” Can’t Solve the Problems That Plague Black Americans
At least you’re posting a link to the article & not insulting him him in such puerile ways as you do with Chomsky and Monthly Review.
Specifically, what’s your disagreement with the following
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At least you’re posting a link to the article & not insulting him him in such puerile ways as you do with Chomsky and Monthly Review.
Specifically, what’s your disagreement with the following
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Viejo Oso Gruñon
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Re: A Liberal “Moral Reckoning” Can’t Solve the Problems That Plague Black Americans
"The fact that former ALEC affiliates can “embrace” constructs like ... “systemic racism” tells us something vital about where this road will take us."
Wow, what is this supposed to mean??
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"The fact that former ALEC affiliates can “embrace” constructs like ... “systemic racism” tells us something vital about where this road will take us."
Wow, what is this supposed to mean??
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Tristan Sloughter
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H-Net Review [HABSBURG]: Vari on Hakkarainen, 'Comical Modernity: Popular Humour and the Transformation of Urban Space in Late Nineteenth-Century Vienna' and Hödl, 'Entangled Entertainers: Jews and Popular Culture in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna'
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Andrew Stewart
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Tony McKenna on lesser-evilism
(From FB)
A few weeks back Owen Jones wrote words to the effect that he would walk over broken glass to vote for Biden if it prevented a Trump second term. I
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(From FB)
A few weeks back Owen Jones wrote words to the effect that he would walk over broken glass to vote for Biden if it prevented a Trump second term. I
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Louis Proyect
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Re: Glenn Greenwald Throws a Fit | The New Republic
His piece was nonsense, why wouldn't an editor push back?
He was arguing that the Hunter Biden story was not reported on because of the vehement support for Biden in the media. What he leaves out in
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His piece was nonsense, why wouldn't an editor push back?
He was arguing that the Hunter Biden story was not reported on because of the vehement support for Biden in the media. What he leaves out in
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Tristan Sloughter
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Re: It’s Good That DSA Didn’t Endorse Joe Biden – The Call
Come on ROGER --- Noam Chomsky (was Chompsky a pun attempting to call him a "chump" --- if so, very clever!) has been a fierce critic of American Imperialism since at least 1964 ---- I have read loads
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Come on ROGER --- Noam Chomsky (was Chompsky a pun attempting to call him a "chump" --- if so, very clever!) has been a fierce critic of American Imperialism since at least 1964 ---- I have read loads
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Michael Meeropol
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“We Don’t Protest”: Borough Park’s Mask-Burning Orthodox Jewish Demonstrators
“We Don’t Protest”: Borough Park’s Mask-Burning Orthodox Jewish Demonstrators
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“We Don’t Protest”: Borough Park’s Mask-Burning Orthodox Jewish Demonstrators
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Louis Proyect
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Re: NYT editors condemn entire Republican Party
I agree completely with what Mark wrote. When Obama visited South Africa couple of years ago, I wrote a commentary in a popular Sunday newspaper showing up our duplicity and insincerity, how he
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I agree completely with what Mark wrote. When Obama visited South Africa couple of years ago, I wrote a commentary in a popular Sunday newspaper showing up our duplicity and insincerity, how he
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Ismail Lagardien
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The Relevance of Marxist Critique
A review of Marxist Literary Criticism Today by Barbara Foley.
"In its prologue and throughout many offset explanatory text boxes, Marxist Literary Criticism Today puts forth a coherent political
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A review of Marxist Literary Criticism Today by Barbara Foley.
"In its prologue and throughout many offset explanatory text boxes, Marxist Literary Criticism Today puts forth a coherent political
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Richard Modiano
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Re: It’s Good That DSA Didn’t Endorse Joe Biden – The Call
The article raises some good points, but I don't believe it goes far enough in denouncing the DSA tactic of working within the Democratic Party,to "push it to the left".
As someone not in the DSA
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The article raises some good points, but I don't believe it goes far enough in denouncing the DSA tactic of working within the Democratic Party,to "push it to the left".
As someone not in the DSA
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Roger Kulp
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Re: NYT editors condemn entire Republican Party
Totally agree Mark that that's what the ruling class wants --- they actually hope to unite around a government of national unity.
The problem for the Democrats inclined to acquiesce is that the
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Totally agree Mark that that's what the ruling class wants --- they actually hope to unite around a government of national unity.
The problem for the Democrats inclined to acquiesce is that the
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Michael Meeropol
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Re: NYT editors condemn entire Republican Party
Again, as with other media projects on other issues, we should probably not draw too heavily on anything corporate media is peddling. What "liberal" and "conservative" mean has always been a bit
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Again, as with other media projects on other issues, we should probably not draw too heavily on anything corporate media is peddling. What "liberal" and "conservative" mean has always been a bit
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Mark Lause
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Revolutionary Parliamentarism with August Nimtz
I've already posted a link to this podcast. After listening to it myself, I have to recommend it a second time. August is brilliant.
https://cosmonaut.blog/tag/august-nimtz/
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I've already posted a link to this podcast. After listening to it myself, I have to recommend it a second time. August is brilliant.
https://cosmonaut.blog/tag/august-nimtz/
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Louis Proyect
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A Liberal “Moral Reckoning” Can’t Solve the Problems That Plague Black Americans
Toure Reed writes the same exact article that his dad Adolph and Cedric Johnson write as if constant repetition will win people to their
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Toure Reed writes the same exact article that his dad Adolph and Cedric Johnson write as if constant repetition will win people to their
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Louis Proyect
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Green Devolution - Los Angeles Review of Books
In her new book Resource Radicals, Thea Riofrancos analyzes the split in the left over the usage of fossil fuels, tracing the historical arc of “anti-extractivism”
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In her new book Resource Radicals, Thea Riofrancos analyzes the split in the left over the usage of fossil fuels, tracing the historical arc of “anti-extractivism”
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Louis Proyect
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Re: Why I voted for Howie Hawkins
What we do for those 3 minutes it takes us to fill out a ballot card should flow from what we do the other 525,597 minutes in the year. In Anthony Boynton's case, it has. He said he campaigned for
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What we do for those 3 minutes it takes us to fill out a ballot card should flow from what we do the other 525,597 minutes in the year. In Anthony Boynton's case, it has. He said he campaigned for
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John Reimann
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Re: Glenn Greenwald Throws a Fit | The New Republic
So what? Was there a political point to Greenwald's resignation? I found the argument that he fell afoul of liberal anxieties about a Trump victory rather convincing.
Robbie Mahood
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So what? Was there a political point to Greenwald's resignation? I found the argument that he fell afoul of liberal anxieties about a Trump victory rather convincing.
Robbie Mahood
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rmahoo3@...
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Re: Why the Record Vote Turnout May Not Matter
An excellent analysis, but a bit one-sided. There is a difference between halting the count of mail-in ballots already received and refusing to count mail-in ballots received after November 3, even if
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An excellent analysis, but a bit one-sided. There is a difference between halting the count of mail-in ballots already received and refusing to count mail-in ballots received after November 3, even if
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John Reimann
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