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Re: The Insufferable Hubris of the Well-Credentialed
"Our credentialing function is beginning to crowd out our educational function. Students win admission to these places by converting their teenage years — or their parents converting their teenage
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"Our credentialing function is beginning to crowd out our educational function. Students win admission to these places by converting their teenage years — or their parents converting their teenage
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Covid conspiracy thinking
Clay Claiborn's article casting doubt on whether or not Trump really has Covid 19 is a perfect example of the conspiracy theory thinking that is all too common on the left. Never mind the fact that a
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Clay Claiborn's article casting doubt on whether or not Trump really has Covid 19 is a perfect example of the conspiracy theory thinking that is all too common on the left. Never mind the fact that a
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John Reimann
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The Social Network | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
If Mezrich’s book took liberties with the facts, Adam Sorkin’s screenplay can best be described as a hot air balloon that has become detached from its moorings. For example, in the
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If Mezrich’s book took liberties with the facts, Adam Sorkin’s screenplay can best be described as a hot air balloon that has become detached from its moorings. For example, in the
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Louis Proyect
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Re: Worse than John Brown movie?
What would one expect of this disgusting poser? Has he ever done good to any cause except that of his overweening and repellant narcissism?
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What would one expect of this disgusting poser? Has he ever done good to any cause except that of his overweening and repellant narcissism?
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Re: Is the White Church Inherently Racist?
Christianity--like Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, and all other forms of supernatural religion as well as the superficially atheistic Zen Buddhism, the elitist religion of a savagely murderous and
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Christianity--like Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, and all other forms of supernatural religion as well as the superficially atheistic Zen Buddhism, the elitist religion of a savagely murderous and
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Re: Worse than John Brown movie?
I saw a preview of selected scenes. The movie shows Jerry Rubin making Molotov cocktails, something that the Yippies never did. It also shows bra-burning which didn’t happen in Chicago ‘68. The
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I saw a preview of selected scenes. The movie shows Jerry Rubin making Molotov cocktails, something that the Yippies never did. It also shows bra-burning which didn’t happen in Chicago ‘68. The
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Richard Modiano
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Re: “Julian Assange’s case is the John Peter Zenger case of the twenty-first century"
Despite a boatload of suspect, subverted, or less-than-credible advocates--and Assange's class-blind libertarian/conspiracist outlook etc.--I think this is one of the worst cases of political
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Despite a boatload of suspect, subverted, or less-than-credible advocates--and Assange's class-blind libertarian/conspiracist outlook etc.--I think this is one of the worst cases of political
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“Julian Assange’s case is the John Peter Zenger case of the twenty-first century"
More than that, with the continuing coercive power of the US globally, it is the litmus test for informed journalism from here on out. The US prosecution team, having failed in the
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More than that, with the continuing coercive power of the US globally, it is the litmus test for informed journalism from here on out. The US prosecution team, having failed in the
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ralphjohansen
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A mentally ill man, a heavily armed teenager and the night Kenosha burned
National A mentally ill man, a heavily armed teenager and the night Kenosha burned
Cast by conservatives as a battle between antifa agitators
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National A mentally ill man, a heavily armed teenager and the night Kenosha burned
Cast by conservatives as a battle between antifa agitators
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Louis Proyect
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Re: How a #BlackLivesMatter Leader Spends His Sundays
#blacklivesmatter
I met Hawk Newsome in February 2018, in front of a Bronx courthouse. Hawk and I were two of about a dozen activists who had a rally demanding that Sgt. Hugh Barry (who was on trial) be convicted of
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I met Hawk Newsome in February 2018, in front of a Bronx courthouse. Hawk and I were two of about a dozen activists who had a rally demanding that Sgt. Hugh Barry (who was on trial) be convicted of
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Glenn Kissack
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Re: Is the White Church Inherently Racist?
I spoke with Robby Jones on my podcast a few weeks ago.
https://lifeaftergod.org/091-white-too-long-feat-robert-p-jones/
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I spoke with Robby Jones on my podcast a few weeks ago.
https://lifeaftergod.org/091-white-too-long-feat-robert-p-jones/
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Ryan
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The Full Measure of America’s Farming and Food Crisis
The Full Measure of America’s Farming and Food Crisis
By Corby Kummer
NY Times Sunday Book Review, Sept. 7, 2020
PERILOUS BOUNTY
The Looming
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The Full Measure of America’s Farming and Food Crisis
By Corby Kummer
NY Times Sunday Book Review, Sept. 7, 2020
PERILOUS BOUNTY
The Looming
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Louis Proyect
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Is the White Church Inherently Racist?
Is the White Church Inherently Racist?
By Jemar Tisby
NY Times Sunday Book Review, Aug. 18, 2020
WHITE TOO LONG
The Legacy of White Supremacy in
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Is the White Church Inherently Racist?
By Jemar Tisby
NY Times Sunday Book Review, Aug. 18, 2020
WHITE TOO LONG
The Legacy of White Supremacy in
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Louis Proyect
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How a #BlackLivesMatter Leader Spends His Sundays
#blacklivesmatter
(I get a laugh out of Adolph Reed Jr. describing BLM as a corporate tool. Does this guy sound like he is going to be invited for lunch at Goldman-Sachs any time soon?)
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(I get a laugh out of Adolph Reed Jr. describing BLM as a corporate tool. Does this guy sound like he is going to be invited for lunch at Goldman-Sachs any time soon?)
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Louis Proyect
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A Black Belgian Student Saw a White Fraternity as His Ticket. It Was His Death.
A Black Belgian Student Saw a White Fraternity as His Ticket. It Was His Death.
Sanda Dia’s death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident.
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A Black Belgian Student Saw a White Fraternity as His Ticket. It Was His Death.
Sanda Dia’s death after an initiation ritual was regarded as a tragic accident.
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Louis Proyect
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Re: Worse than John Brown movie?
Has anyone seen it yet?
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Michael Meeropol
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Ex-Twitter CEO says selfish capitalists will be ‘shot in the revolution’
https://nypost.com/2020/10/01/ex-twitter-ceo-in-hot-water-for-controversial-comments/
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https://nypost.com/2020/10/01/ex-twitter-ceo-in-hot-water-for-controversial-comments/
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Louis Proyect
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Worse than John Brown movie?
Adam Sorkin wrote and directed it. Sacha Baron Cohen plays Abby Hoffman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAaZIfeQzT0
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Adam Sorkin wrote and directed it. Sacha Baron Cohen plays Abby Hoffman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAaZIfeQzT0
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Louis Proyect
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J.K. Rowling's Transphobic Views Opposed By 1,500 Authors
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a34256944/jk-rowling-transphobia-letter-trans-rights/
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https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a34256944/jk-rowling-transphobia-letter-trans-rights/
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Louis Proyect
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Is Capitalism A Disease?
This article is great. Levins writes about crisis that existed in United States health care system twenty years ago and says what people are saying today. Nobody pays
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This article is great. Levins writes about crisis that existed in United States health care system twenty years ago and says what people are saying today. Nobody pays
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