All Views Articles for 2013-01-21
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Kevin Martin What Would King Say of the Obama Era? The coincidence that the presidential inauguration should fall on Martin Luther King Day provides much food for thought. Certainly, Barack Obama’s decision to use King’s Bible for his swearing-in... Read more |
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Vandana Shiva Our Violent Economy is Hurting Women There is a connection between the growth of unjust economic policies and the intensification of crimes against women. Read more |
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Kara Dansky Obama Must Tackle Criminal Justice Reform in His Second Term President Obama is the first sitting president in recent history to speak out against criminal justice policies that hurt inner city and rural communities. This is a big deal . Read more |
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Glenn Greenwald MLK's Vehement Condemnations of US Militarism are More Relevant Than Ever His vital April 4, 1967 speech is a direct repudiation of the sophistry now used to defend US violence and aggression Read more |
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Laura Flanders At Obama's Second Inauguration, How Emancipated Are We Really? As Obama's re-inauguration approaches, Americans celebrate other key anniversaries. But the promised land remains elusive. Read more |
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Peter Dreier Martin Luther King Was a Radical, Not a Saint Today Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is viewed as something of an American saint. His birthday is a national holiday. His name adorns schools and street signs. Read more |
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Chris Hedges A Time for ‘Sublime Madness’ The planet we have assaulted will convulse with fury. The senseless greed of limitless capitalist expansion will implode the global economy. The decimation of civil liberties, carried out in the name... Read more |
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Bill Quigley MLK Injustice Index 2013: Racism, Materialism and Militarism in the US “We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values…when machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism,... Read more |
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Paul Buchheit The Extremist Cult of Capitalism A 'cult,' according to Merriam-Webster, can be defined as "Great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work..(and)..a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion." Read more |
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Glenn Greenwald Brookings' Bruce Riedel Urges Intensified US Support for Saudi Despots Every now and then, leading mavens of the Foreign Policy Community have an uncharacteristic outburst of candor Read more |