Short Guide to Political Salvation [excerpt]

Posted on Friday, December 3rd, 2010

As Washington has grown obsessed with the deficit, the economy has collapsed, and some of the stupidest wars we’ve ever seen (and that’s saying something) have broken records for duration, a movement has formed to encourage the shifting of our resources from war to peace. For links and resources, see http://defundwar.org War as a money-making [...]

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The Poverty Of Philosophy

Posted on Thursday, November 18th, 2010

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Treading the Edge of a Precipice: Bill Moyers on America’s Class War

Posted on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

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Wall Street CEO’s not in jail

Posted on Sunday, October 10th, 2010

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A movement that began with the first US acts of war in 1945.

Posted on Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Required Reading: Yes, 1945. In September and October of that year, eight troopships were diverted from their task of bringing American troops home from Europe to transport US-armed French soldiers and Foreign Legionnaires from France to recolonize Vietnam. The enlisted seamen on those ships immediately began organized protests. On arriving in Vietnam, the entire crews [...]

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Short Guide to Political Salvation [excerpt]

The Poverty Of Philosophy

Treading the Edge of a Precipice: Bill Moyers on America’s Class War

Wall Street CEO’s not in jail

A movement that began with the first US acts of war in 1945.

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