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BOOKS | A political realignment over climate? A reflection on Naomi Klein
If Klein is half-right, most Democrats may choose climate justice over their irrational ties to corporate and confederate Democrats. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | December 8, 2014 Naomi Klein doesn’t say much about California in her brilliant … Continue reading
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Message to the president
Now is the time to fight for a legacy you can be proud of, and to lay down a path to victory for your coalition in 2016. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | November 6, 2014 The Congressional … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 Elections, 2016 Elections, Midterm Elections, Obama Legacy, Obama Presidency, Political Strategy, Rag Bloggers, Tom Hayden
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Battling Ebola: Cuba leads while U.S. lags
The U.S. has 550 military personnel in Africa on counterterrorism missions while over 5,000 Africans have succumbed to the non-military threat of Ebola. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | October 26, 2014 In what a New York Times … Continue reading
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Marching for a green economy ‘built to last’
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030, calling it ‘a moral imperative.’ By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2014 NEW YORK — With hundreds of thousands … Continue reading
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From Vietnam to Iraq, lessons never learned
We cannot trust the ‘best and brightest’ to have the answers any more than students trusted their pedigreed elders 50 years ago. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 17, 2014 [The following remarks, provided to The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Ann Arbor, Iraq War, Peace Movement, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, Vietnam War
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Where is Obama’s exit strategy?
The Islamic State wants the Americans to bomb and invade its territory because foreign aggression is the surest way to unite all Sunni factions. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 10, 2014 A disturbing omission in President … Continue reading
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Tagged George W. Bush, Iraq War, ISIS, Islamic State, Long War, Obama Foreign Policy, Rag Bloggers, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy
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There are alternatives to more war in Iraq
To reject the ‘Long War’ doctrine, the American Left first has to understand it. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | August 16, 2014 Hillary Clinton’s flapping of her hawkish wings only intensifies the pressure on President Barack Obama … Continue reading
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BOOKS | Counterinsurgency architect Kilcullen on the ‘coming age of the urban guerrilla’
David Kilcullen leaves Iraq and Afghanistan behind to concentrate on how to keep malignant masses of desperate people at bay in a coming urban apocalypse. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | July 8, 2014 [Out of the Mountains: … Continue reading
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Are we seeing the ‘dismemberment’ of Iraq?
The other Hayden says Iraq is ‘dead’ and will be replaced by three ‘successor’ states. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | June 21, 2014 Former CIA director Michael Hayden says Iraq is dead, “will not be reconstituted,” and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Divided Iraq, Iraq War, Long War, Michael Hayden, Middle East, Rag Bloggers, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, War on Terror
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The madness in Iraq and the comeback of the neocons
The original blame for this disaster is on the Bush administration, but also on all those who succumbed to a Superpower Syndrome, which claimed we could redesign the Middle East. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | June 17, … Continue reading
