The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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The Coming Iran Crisis and the Urgency for a Progressive Foreign Policy Alternative
A progressive foreign policy would reject the use of the American military as a global police force, support social democracy internationally instead of unfettered global capitalism, and push strongly for demilitarization.
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The Republican Party Owes the American People an Apology, and So Do We
The Democratic Party is the only viable vehicle through which to achieve a more egalitarian and just society.
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Act Out! [86] - Support Troops not Veterans, Blue is Blood Red, Going Green & Appease Me
You may have heard thousands of veterans got hosed by the military industrial complex — well, here are the details.
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Delusional and Dangerous: Retired Admiral and JSOC Commander Speaks Out
It’s important to contest William McRaven’s ahistorical analysis, which offers a deluded account of the past and prescribes a dangerous course for the future of U.S. foreign policy.
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Why Paris Reveals the Horror – and the Hypocrisies – of Global Terrorism
If the objective is to oppose or prevent terrorism, the most logical strategy is not to dismantle civil liberties at home and send militaries and weapons abroad, but to stop participating in terrorism itself.
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Act Out! [37]: Audio Podcast - Veteran’s Day: in their own word
What’s Veteran’s Day without talking to some veterans? We speak with former Marine Jake Bridge and former Army journalist Emily Yates about their time in the military, life as a veteran, and what you can do to help.
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Act Out! [37] - Veteran’s Day: in their own words
What’s Veteran’s Day without talking to some veterans? We speak with former Marine Jake Bridge and former Army journalist Emily Yates about their time in the military, life as a veteran, and what you can do to help.
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Outsourcing Atrocity: The School of the Americas and the C.O.I.N. Fundamentalists
It’s no exaggeration to say that the School of the Americas has painted an entire region in blood.
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Storing Data, Burning Carbon: The Ecology of a National Security State
The indiscriminate and warrantless collection of personal data from millions of people not only violates the U.S. Constitution — the data farms are also an extreme waste of water and electricity.
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How Big Oil and the GOP Subverted American Democracy
Morally twisted right-wing orthodoxy has taken the “conserve” out of conservatism, as GOP honchos' knee jerk slavishness to petroleum interests have infected America.
