All Views Articles for 2019-11-26

Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Americans have also paid dearly for these wars: $6.4 trillion, plus significant losses of life and limb. (Photo: Shutterstock) Peter Certo
End the Wars, Win the Antiwar Vote
Hard data shows ending our wars would be smart politics—and the first step toward repairing a moral calamity.
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It holds that Obama promised “Hope and Change” but instead delivered boilerplate centrism that produced a disillusioned working-class, paving the way for a right-wing populist resurgence. (Photo: Kent Kanouse/flickr/cc) Leland Nally
Obama Is Wrong to Push Democratic Party Centrism
Obama’s recent comments highlight an important division in the Democratic Party, one that’s prompted the recent emergence of two new candidates: Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts and personal friend of Obama, and Michael Bloomberg.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during an event to introduce Sen. Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act of 2017 on Capitol Hill on Sept. 13, 2017. (Photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters) Ady Barkan, Bonnie Castillo
Medicare for All Will Take a Movement, Not a Politician
Two prominent single-payer activists—one who backs Elizabeth Warren and another who back Bernie Sanders—explain why winning Medicare for All us going to be one epic battle.
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The shambling body of that president of ours—thanks to a set of media decisions about what truly draws eyeballs on this planet—simply blocks out much of the rest of the world, everything but HIM and anything or anyone faintly relevant to or associated with or ready to attack him and his strange imperial solar system. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Tom Engelhardt
Which Witch Are We Witch Hunting?
What does the Trump phenomenon really represent? And far more important, what lurks behind all the attention paid to him (other, of course, than a climate-changed planet)?
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In a world where it’s fun to hate billionaires, a money-maker who gives to nice causes, hates guns and supports environmentalism is the person who can give capitalism a good name again. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Ari Paul
Bloomberg Scandals Don't Bother the Billionaire's Punditry Class Cheerleaders
If the media are going to celebrate Bloomberg’s achievements as a private and public executive, they need to address his baggage in those roles as well.
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Despite the severe repression, on October 25, 2019, 1.2 million people marched in Santiago, representing diverse sectors of Chilean society including social movements, Indigenous people, women, retired people, unions, students and more. (Photo: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images) Alison Bodine
Chile Despertó! Chile Has Woken Up! The Rising Fight Against Neo-Liberalism in Chile
Today in Chile the working class and oppressed people are under brutal attack, economically, politically and socially, by the Sebastian Piñera government and imperialist exploitation.
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The capitalists and our corrupt governments are largely to blame for this destruction and the extinctions. (Photo: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images) Simon Whalley
The Choice Is Ours: Extinction or Rebellion?
Due to capitalism’s rapaciousness, our species is hurtling towards ecocide at a frightening pace.
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It was an actual political victory, and those don’t happen very often. (Photo: Dana Shurholz) Jim Page
WTO Shutdown: "Shut It Down. Didn't We. Don’t Let Them Tell You That It Can’t Be Done."
People say, "Why do you sing political songs?" And I say that’s the wrong question. The correct question is, "Why don’t you sing political songs?"
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