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Bernard Weiner:
NEW:
The Momentous Confrontation in Turkey.
The Erdogan government in Turkey made a bad mistake in
unleashing massive violence against those opposing its Istanbul
redevelopment project -- like going after a bothersome gnat with
a howitzer -- and now it's not clear which side will emerge
victorious. Either way, it's going to be of monumental
importance in the region.
REPRISE:
The Water Is Wide: Building a Revolution.
All across the world, capitalism is reverting to its inner
shadow: extreme greed as a life-philosophy, imperialism as a
governing imperative, more and more tax breaks for the rich (at
the expense, needless to say, of the middle-class and poor),
corporatism hand-in-glove with government (which was Mussolini's
definition of fascism), austerity for ordinary citizens and more
profits for the already wealthy." (First published June 4, 2011)
Ernest Partridge
R.I.P. American Democracy.
The winner of the upcoming
Presidential election will be the candidate preferred by the
“oligarchy” – the one-percent of the one-percent who
effectively own the Congress, the Courts, the Media, half of
the nation’s private wealth, and the machines and software
that count and compile the votes. This apparently means that
Mitt Romney will be the next President, for he is one of the
oligarchs. The preference of the American voters is
quite irrelevant.
REPRISE:
"Shut Up!" -- They Explain. Those of us who suspect that the
2004 election was stolen (a.k.a. “conspiracy
nuts”), have presented an impressive array of evidence – statistical,
anecdotal and circumstantial – to support our claims. In response to this we
have been provided scant rebuttal evidence. Instead, we have been
ridiculed, vilified, and, most damaging of all, ignored.
(From February 1, 2005).
REPRISE:
Romney, Mormonism, and "The Religious Test." The
leaders of the Latter-Day Saint Church in Salt Lake City may be
finding the candidacy of Mitt Romney to be a mixed blessing.
Which leads one to wonder if a candidate's religious conviction
should always be totally "out of bounds" in considering his or
her qualifications for public office.
(A revision of "About
This Mormonism Thing" from December 18, 2007.
Conscience of a Progressive.
A Book in Progress
Guest Essays -- Archive
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