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Harry Targ : Expanding the ‘Iraq Syndrome’
Image from Democratic Underground. Cooperation over conflict: We need to expand the ‘Iraq Syndrome’ As we reflect on the 10-year anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War, the madmen inside the beltway are talking about increasing U.S. military involvement … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Targ, Iraq Syndrome, Iraq War, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, Vietnam Syndrome, Vietnam War
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Harry Targ : Human Sustainability and the Living Wage
Image from This Magazine The jobs/income problem:How do we sustain human life? Given the vision that animates the progressive majority and the need to build broad coalitions, rebuilding living wage campaigns could be an important part of its organizing future. … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Harry Targ, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Progressive Movement, Sustainability
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Harry Targ : Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 2
Paul Sweezy and Paul Baran, shown photographed in Cuba, wrote about a new era of monopoly capitalism. Image from Fotopages. Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 2 Revisionists argued that while security, ideologies, personalities of elites, and even human nature had … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Capitalism, Economists, Harry Targ, Historical Revisionists, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Harry Targ : Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 1
Historian William Appleman Wiliams circa 1986. Image from Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections / Daily Barameter / The Nation.Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 1 William Appleman Williams’ classic text, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, broke new ground in the … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Advancing a Progressive Coalition
Obama inauguration: mobilizing the progressive coalition. Photo by Win McNamee / Getty ImagesAdvancing a progressive coalition In his second inaugural address, the President clearly articulated a progressive agenda for the next four years that we on the left should organize … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Dr. King and the Civil Rights-Labor Alliance
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy lead a march by sanitation workers in Memphis, March 28, 1968. Photo by Sam Melhorn / AP.Martin Luther King and the civil rights and labor alliance King knew that black … Continue reading
Harry Targ : ‘The Untold History of the United States’
It’s not untold…The ‘Untold History of the United States‘ Stone and Kuznick’s 10-part series is a brilliant and entertaining narrative of the United States’ role in the world since the onset of World War II. By Harry Targ | The … Continue reading
Harry Targ : In Times Like These
“In Times Like These” performed by Arlo Guthrie.In times like these:Give peace a chance By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2012 In times like these when night surrounds meAnd I am weary and my heart is … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlo Guthrie, Harry Targ, Higher Education, Peace Movement, Peace Studies, Social Change, Woody Guthrie
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Harry Targ : The Two Faces of the 2012 Elections
Tea Party favorite Mike Pence is the new governor of Indiana. Photo by Darron Cummings / AP.Electoral contradictions:The progressive majority andthe reactionary state governments Challenges to a progressive future do not come just from Washington, Wall Street, or the Pentagon. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, American Society, Conservative Politics, Harry Targ, Indiana, Mike Pence, Progressive Movement, Tea Party
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Harry Targ : Class, Gender, and Division in Capitalism
Art from race class and gender.Similarities and differences: The political economy of capitalism Creating divisions among male and female workers and workers of different races and ethnic backgrounds has often weakened workers’ struggles to achieve economic justice. By Harry Targ … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century Socialism, Capitalism, Class Warfare, Harry Targ, Political Economy, War on Women
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ELECTION 2012 / Harry Targ : ‘Vote Today, Organize Tomorrow’
Graphic by Favianna Rodriguez / favianna.com.Assessing the election: ‘Vote today, organize tomorrow’ In the months ahead, progressive forces need to reexamine the history of social change in America, conceptualizing movement possibilities everywhere… By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading
Harry Targ : The Real Romney Foreign Policy
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up? Image from Foreign Policy.Unleashing the military:The real Romney foreign policy Military spending would grow in a Romney administration, especially because of ties to the neocons and a hawkish Congress which promotes military … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Mitt Romney, Peace Movement, U.S. Military
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