by Jesse Benn/Revolution News I’m all for the idea of a political revolution. I guess I’m just not sure what that has to do with running a presidential campaign within our existing electoral system. But let me give Bernie Sanders and his supporters some credit and go with […]
by Shane Burley/ROAR Magazine As we get further away from the shocking chain of foreclosures that marked the 2008 financial crisis, it has become more apparent just how deep the catastrophe hit. The crisis led to 2.9 million foreclosures that year — a level of housing displacement comparable […]
by CIC/Guest The largely unknown until recently Kurdish city of Kobane managed to attract the attention of the world with its fierce resistance[i] against the invasion of the Islamic State and became an international symbol, compared to the defence of Madrid and Stalingrad. The bravery and heroism of […]
by Aaron Williams/AlterNet Noam Chomsky, 87, is without a doubt the most significant academic figure to cast a highly critical eye on U.S. foreign policies. The 2016 U.S. presidential primaries are in motion and with democratic socialist Bernie Sanders challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, it […]
by Christopher Casey/Guest In a recent article for Truthdig, Chris Hedges reiterated what many of us on the Left have been saying for some time. The Bernie Sanders campaign will NOT bring about any fundamental change, and represents a tragic diversion of social justice energies into the Democratic […]
by Danica Johnson/Everyday Feminism Angry Americans have a lot to say about welfare. Some of it’s questionable, most of it’s derogatory, and almost all of it is incorrect. There are millions of people who currently receive government assistance in our country. To some Americans, this rings alarm bells. But how much do […]
by Joshua A. Turner/Guest If one were to have watched the media coverage of American politics over the last six months, one might be forgiven for thinking that the only two stories going on are Donald Trump and the GOP circus, and the tightening race between former Secretary […]
by Hana Selimovic/Guest As an American-Muslim, it is easy to say that I am constantly in a battle with the general public about its personal views and stances on Islam. Just as my religion preaches, however, I try to teach more than I try to argue. There were […]
by Alexander Reid Ross/It’s Going Down The Malheur Rebellion took overnight control of all screen time throughout social media and conversations about it quickly became pervasive. I felt compelled to go to the site and try to gain some perspective. I contacted Ben Jones, and we decided to go down together […]
by Dilar Dirik/Guest We publish this letter here on Love and Rage from Dilar Dirik, a committed activist in the Kurdish liberation struggle. It is an open letter in response to the recent publication of a racist cartoon depicting Alan Kurdî in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. Kurdî […]
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