by Medea Benjamin & Zoltan Grossman Since George Floyd was murdered, we have seen an increasing convergence of the “war at home” against Black and brown people with the “wars abroad” that the U.S. has waged against people in other countries. Army and National Guard troops have been deployed in U.S. cities, as militarized police treat our cities as occupied war zones. In … [Read more...] about 10 Reasons Why Defunding Police Should Lead to Defunding War
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Orwell’s Doublethink, Alive and Well in Trump’s America
Anthony DiMaggio George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel about authoritarianism, and is widely understood as a critique of Stalinism and centralized communist states. But Orwell believed that propaganda functioned in both communist and capitalist states alike. His insights about the uses and abuses of propaganda are remarkably relevant when studying American and … [Read more...] about Orwell’s Doublethink, Alive and Well in Trump’s America
Injustice Is Done (Again)
In December 2009, Tim DeChristopher attended an auction held by the Bureau of Land Management at which they were to auction various parcels of land for oil & gas drilling. He was intending to protest, but when was asked if he wanted to bid, he saw the opportunity to do more. He bid successfully on several parcels. Although the auction was later declared invalid because the … [Read more...] about Injustice Is Done (Again)