All Articles on Frances Fox Piven
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Views We Must Be Prepared to Nonviolently Defend a Democratic Election in the Streets Trump must go. And then the real work of democratic politics can continue. Read more |
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Views America for the Rich or the Poor? Which America will be ours after the pandemic? Read more |
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Views Throwing the Base Under the Bus—and Other Deep Thoughts From NYT Edsall wants Democratic candidates to appeal to white working-class voters, not by offering them real economic succor, but by throwing the rest of the party under the bus. Read more |
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Views Common Ground: For Secure Elections and True National Security Tensions are festering between two nations with large quantities of nuclear weapons on virtual hair-trigger alert; yet the current partisan fixations in Washington are ignoring the dangers to global stability and, ultimately, human survival. Read more |
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Views Why the Democrats and Movements Need Each Other The Democrats are not just gaining voters. They are gaining activists determined to transform the party. Read more |
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Views Whither the Resistance? The incredible outpouring of protest against Trump’s presidency and policies, from the amazing global women’s marches to organizational responses to all of his egregious executive orders, portends a diverse and enormous mass movement. With the most recent executive order banning Muslims from seven... Read more |
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News 'Resistance Means Resisting': Dems Accused of Being Too Soft on Trump "Senate Dems' response to millions taking to the streets is beyond disappointing. It is outright shameful," says Shaunna Thomas of advocacy group UltraViolet Read more |
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Views Dawn of the Resistance As someone once said, a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts its boots on. In the 2016 presidential election, right-wing billionaire Donald Trump’s lies may have carried him as far as the White House, but with this past weekend’s global Women’s March on Washington the truth... Read more |
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News With Vows of Collective Power, Trump Opponents Plan for 'Day After Friday' 'Americans against Trump are in the majority. If we want to resist his agenda, we have to do it together, and we have to start now' Read more |
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Views Throw Sand in the Gears of Everything When it comes to stopping Trump, petitions aren’t going to do it. Read more |