The tone-deafness that was Day 2 of the DNC in Philly was encapsulated in this one tweet Continue reading #MothersOfTheMovement, #BlackLivesMatter and Neoliberal Tone-Deafness | #DNC on Blog#42
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Elegance: The Philosophies of Angela Davis And Michelle Alexander (.@NewJimCrow) | #PoliticalRevolution on Blog#42
In an interview with Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Dr. Angela Davis covered Continue reading Elegance: The Philosophies of Angela Davis And Michelle Alexander (.@NewJimCrow) | #PoliticalRevolution on Blog#42
Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Baltimore
It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions, Continue reading Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Bernie Sanders news roundup 7/13-15 on Blog#42
I think I’ll be posting a Bernie news roundup three times a week Continue reading Bernie Sanders news roundup 7/13-15 on Blog#42
Ronald Dworkin on mistakes, the Tea Party and secondary education | Philosophy on Blog#42
Ronald Dworkin took part in the panel, “Is Democracy at Risk?” Continue reading Ronald Dworkin on mistakes, the Tea Party and secondary education | Philosophy on Blog#42
Bernie Sanders is not a Socialist. He’s a Democratic Socialist | #Socialism on Blog#42
Now that both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have declared their candidacies and are running in the Democratic primary for Election 2016, those opposed to Bernie, both on the Republican and neoliberal sides of the Democratic tent are harping on the “S” word. Continue reading Bernie Sanders is not a Socialist. He’s a Democratic Socialist | #Socialism on Blog#42
MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
I came across an excellent mash-up of segments from Martin Luther King’s speeches on poverty and the end of an interview of James Baldwin in PBS’ “The Negro and The American Promise.” These two men expressed, in ten minutes and fifty three seconds, far more than Thomas Piketty did in a seven hundred-page book. Continue reading MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
Polarization: who is to blame? | Analysis
President Obama gave Vox an interview last month. In it, he blamed a lack of uniformity of facts and worldview as we had them 20 and 30 years ago on a “balkanization” of the media. He blamed Fox News and MSNBC for contributing to polarization, and technology, presumably the internet, for furthering it. It has been reported that MSNBC is currently making changes to make the network less progressive. President Obama doesn’t watch cable news.
Michael Brown: A collection of the best reporting to date
Michael Brown spent his last day with his friend Dorian Johnson. Here’s what Johnson saw. – Vox
By Ezra Klein
November 25, 2014Earlier today, I wrote that Officer Darren Wilson’s newly released account of his altercation with Michael Brown was unbelievable. Which isn’t to say it was wrong. It was just hard to believe that events played out exactly as Wilson described.
But the story Wilson tells makes much more sense if you also read it alongside Dorian Johnson’s testimony — and use the two accounts to balance each other out. Continue reading Michael Brown: A collection of the best reporting to date
Election 2014: Lessons for progressives
It was my hope, a week after the election, that I would hear and read meaningful analyses on the cause, consequences and long-term outlook for Democrats after their losses this midterm election. Very little of what I read this week was “filling,” until I came across William Greider’s “How the Democratic Party Lost Its Soul” in The Nation. Greider concludes:
The tattered authenticity of the party matters more now because both the country and the world face dangers and disorders that demand a fundamental reordering of the global economic system. This requires bold action, at a time when neither party is confronting the threatening situation. The Republicans are a wholly owned subsidiary of the business-finance machine; the Democrats are rented.