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Lead Story

Tent State University - University of Central Arkansas YDS 2008

Three years of weekly visibility and educational events, letter writing drives, and occasional mass-mobilizations elicited no response from legislators. Other than the massive pre-war convergence, the local and national media was preoccupied with the scrabble to rationalize our occupation of Iraq and paid lip service to student and local antiwar activity.
In February of 2005, […]

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U.S. Politics and Issues

The Salt of the Earth»

We all know Hillary Clinton the millionaire senator, Hillary Clinton the first lady and Hillary Clinton the corporate lawyer. Fewer know the story of Hillary Clinton, working class hero.
Our future president was born in a sod house by the shores of Lake Winola, PA. Modern obstetrics had not established itself in that part of the […]

Theory

Why the Left Needs an Economic Justice Agenda Now»

[The text is a slight revision of remarks given to the annual convention of the Democratic Socialists of America’s New York City local on Oct. 13, 2007 at Judson Memorial Church.]
Addressing a rally at the old Madison Square Garden at the tail end of his first presidential re-election campaign, Franklin Roosevelt caught the ethic of […]

International Issues

Pakistan - Historical Roots of the Current Political Crisis»

The following article is a brief examination of the political situation in Pakistan, its historic roots, the need for a progressive party of the people in Pakistan and the way that US aid should be redirected to help the fortunes of the multitudes of Pakistanis toiling in systemic poverty.After almost a decade of uninterrupted rule, […]

Culture

The Salt of the Earth»

We all know Hillary Clinton the millionaire senator, Hillary Clinton the first lady and Hillary Clinton the corporate lawyer. Fewer know the story of Hillary Clinton, working class hero.
Our future president was born in a sod house by the shores of Lake Winola, PA. Modern obstetrics had not established itself in that part of the […]