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BOOKS | ‘All-American Rebels: The American Left from the Wobblies to Today’
There’s hardly an important rebel who isn’t mentioned in the pages of Cottrell’s book. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | August 18, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, California — Robert C. Cottrell’s survey of radicalism in the U.S. in the … Continue reading
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Tagged All-American Rebels, American Left, Jonah Raskin, Radical History, Rag Bloggers, Robert Cottrell
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POLITICS | A left strategy for the 2020 elections and beyond
Election campaigns are not a bothersome sideshow, but are at the center of our work. By Carl Davidson and Bill Fletcher Jr. | The Rag Blog via Truthout | April 25, 2019 As the 2020 presidential campaigns begin in 2019, … Continue reading
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The life and times of leftist journalist
Jack A. Smith (1934-2017)
Including a personal memoir from the former Guardian editor, plus the Rag Radio interview. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | July 20, 2017 Below, see “Jack A. Smith: My life and times at The Guardian,” originally published by … Continue reading
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Tagged American Left, Deaths, Hudson Valley Newsletter, Jack A. Smith, Leftist Journalists, Obituary, Rag Bloggers, Rag Radio, The Guardian, Thorne Dreyer
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The political time of day: Neoliberalism, resistance, and a left yearning to grow
Progressives today must mobilize against Trumpism while articulating an alternative political and economic analysis. By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | May 30, 2017 The rift within the Democratic Party was on full display at the California Democratic Party … Continue reading
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Tagged American Left, Harry Targ, Neoliberalism, Progressive Politics, Rag Bloggers, Resistance, Trumpism
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METRO | Sustainability as solidarity
Imagining a new eco-political ideology for the American Left. By Scott Squires | The Rag Blog | December 7, 2016 AUSTIN — In the middle of a sweaty crowd blocking traffic on the Congress Street Bridge Wednesday night, November 9, … Continue reading
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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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The Democrats’ delusions and a strategy for change
A central goal of the left in the U.S. should be to create an independent electoral base, a voice from which the left can speak directly to the mainstream. By David P. Hamilton | The Rag Blog | June 30, … Continue reading
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Working for a realistic left politics in Texas
To our friends outside Texas, we ask: Is it really so much better where you live? Where in mainstream politics in the United States is there much sanity? By Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood | The Rag Blog | February … Continue reading
Van Gosse : What Would an American Left Look Like?
Radical reconstruction: root and branch. Image from en.academic.ru. Begin the walk: What would an American Left look like? I propose that a consequential Left can only proceed as a project for reconstructing American democracy, root and branch. By Van Gosse … Continue reading
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Tagged American Left, Democracy, Leftists, Radical Change, Revolutionary Movements, Van Gosse, Voting Rights
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