the many polarizations of america

And a third new book, Michael Lind’s “The New Class War: Saving Democracy From the Managerial Elite,” does an important part of that work, by explaining an aspect of our present polarization that can’t be traced to specifically American racial fears or constitutional debates: Namely, the way..

re-instate kpfa workweek radio now!

It has covered the attack on injured workers in California, the attacks on trade unionists who are whistleblowers and the need for union democracy. ... It underscored the importance of democracy at work at the point of production. ..

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de gaulle would see our afghanistan war as folly

And just last week, Congressman Adam Schiff, leader of Democratic team, said on Senate that key concern of his was protecting and projecting democracy around the world.. ... He has written for publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los..

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un report warns isis is reasserting under new leader believed to be

Islamic State Iraq and Levant, following its loss of territory, has begun to reassert in both Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq, mounting insurgent attacks, calling and planning for the breakout of ISIL fighters in detention facilities and exploiting weaknesses in the environment of both countries... ..

the democrats won't defeat trumpism

This is what a crisis of democracy looks like, and it has shocked millions into mobilizing to do something about it. ... The problem is that while the Democrats chase down Trump-Putin links, they will ignore the very real and homegrown crisis of democracy unfolding all around them: cuts to..

how the nicaraguan revolution was lost

As he puts it, “It was this problem—the lack of democracy—that led to the specific sort of betrayal of the revolution, and to the unique way in which the FSLN was transformed into an authoritarian party. . . . ... articulates the necessity for a “new revolutionary movement that places at the..

weakest link: impeachment and national security

The idea—persistent in the annals of American exceptionalism—is that waging war or intervening militarily overseas (sometimes described as “supporting the spread of democracy”) will somehow make Americans safer in their homes. ... If the 2020 election is not considered legitimate, the..

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foreign interference in u.s. elections is even worse than you thought

But elections ought to be of the highest concern to Americans because fundamental principles of representative democracy are involved. ... It remains unclear how much the original Russian motivation was to discredit American democracy and how much to help elect Trump. ..

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