Category: Politics
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Hundreds of Canadian Artists Slam Anti-Terror Law for Its “Direct Attack on Creative Arts, Free Expression”
Signatories inlcuding Margaret Atwood write that C-51 “gives the government carte blanche to suppress any voice they don’t like.” Andrea Germanos writes.
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Bootstrapping Social Change With a Guaranteed Income
Reviving an American idea: R.V. Murphy considers liberal, libertarian and conservative arguments for a guaranteed basic income.
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The Left and Its Constant Splits
Thoughts from Greece on the modern Left in Europe, Latin America and the US.
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China’s New Normal Crushed by Business as Usual
So much depends upon a red growth economy, glazed with presumptions, beside the white knuckle stockbrokers. Deric Gruen reports.
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An Informed Electorate
On the premise of an informed electorate rests the foundation of democracy. Jon Ravenscroft plays Winston Churchill in this piece about what constitutes information.
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Connecting The #FeelTheBern Crowd With #BlackLivesMatter Supporters, If That’s Your Thing
José Amador spent the weekend engaging both sides off the Sanders/#BlackLivesMatter scuffle and came away with numerous observations.
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Against Identity Politics
The decisive results of the District 3 contest in Seattle’s August 4 city council primary elections have given us an excellent opportunity to discuss the folly of identity politics. Jeff Stevens explains.
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Could New Bipartisan Bill Force 2016 Contenders to Tackle Too-Big-To-Fail Banks?
The Glass-Steagall Act returns for the 21st Century. Deirdre Fulton reports.
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May It Displease the Court: Race and Justice Sotomayor
A book on Justice Sotomayor reveals the bruising backstory to the Texas affirmative action case set to be heard again this fall. An interview with the author, Joan Biskupic.
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European Parliamentarians to Vote Tomorrow: Fix Our Broken Copyright Law!
Jeremy Malcolm weighs in on the European parliament’s compromises.