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Hillary Clinton: Born Again Progressive or Architect of Empire?
Hillary Clinton: Born Again Progressive or Architect of Empire?
Doug notes of her review of a book by Henry Kissinger,
he praised his “breadth and acuity” and described him as “a friend,” on whose “counsel” she relied while Secretary of State. Her appreciation of her predecessor seems apt. There’s something reminiscent of Kissinger about Hillary – the ruthlessness, the admiration of toughness and force, the penchant for deception and secrecy, the view of diplomacy as war continued by other means.
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Family, Welfare, and the State: Between Progressivism and the New Deal
Family, Welfare, and the State: Between Progressivism and the New Deal
“Family, Welfare, and The State leaves no doubt that the New Deal was not only the last resort to save capitalism from the danger of working class revolution, but was also in essence a productivity deal that was structured to maintain a patriarchal and racist order.” —Silvia Federici, from the Preface
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It’s Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment
It’s Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment
This history lives through the words and actions of the men and women who made these revolutions, and the everyday experiences of the millions of people who put new revolutionary ideas into practice under the pressures of enormous internal and external forces.
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On Rebel Friendships and Affinity Groups
On Rebel Friendships and Affinity Groups
Benjamin Shepard explores the way friendship infuses social movements with the social capital necessary to move bodies of ideas forward...offering a new take on the ties between friends who are connected through affinity and efforts aimed at social change.
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Oil, War and Value Creation: A Marxist Perspective
Oil, War and Value Creation: A Marxist Perspective
Understanding the petroleum industry is necessary for any anti-capitalist project. This is the purpose of the course.
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What Is Capitalism?
What Is Capitalism?
...if we don’t define what capitalism is then what does it means to be ”anti-capitalist”? Don’t we first have to know what something is to know what it is we’re against? Otherwise, how can we ever know if the movement we’re building is based on strategies, tactics, issues and demands that, even if successful, will actually move us beyond capitalism instead of once again simply reinforcing its rule?
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Paget Henry’s 70th Year: A Symposium and Celebration
Paget Henry’s 70th Year: A Symposium and Celebration
Organized by The Caribbean Philosophical Association Co-sponsors: The Caribbean Philosophical Association and The Marxist Education Project Special tributes by: Donna Edmonds Mitchell First Nation activist, community scholar, poet and creative artist Elaine Olaoye Professor and poet Participants Include: Linda Alcoff, Philosophy, Hunter College & CUNY Karida Brown, Sociology, Brown University Drucilla Cornell, Political Science and ... Read more