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Los Angeles Post-imperial Economics

Strategic hamlets: a tool in class warfare

A rather self-righteous friend called me into question because of my government job, saying that I was part of the System and not really against it...
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If this economy is as good as it gets, then what?

Our political class, full of optimism, themselves, and tipping the next election or poll in their favor, has been on the Mother of All Campaign...
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Haiti is not the latest Katrina, but Haiti predicted it by some 200 years

The US Marines are en route to earthquake-devastated Haiti where they will be greeted as liberators once again, saving the Haitian revolution by...
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Let all workers have tenure

Theeducation reform debate has inadvertently pointed to a solution for all workers while it has a the same time attacked them. As Queen Marie...
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Republic UK campaign highlights what we all miss in populist politics

The Republic UK group may be unknown to most in the United States. This country achieved this organization's aims over 200 years ago. Republic UK...
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Newsflash: elite schools ranked as best but fail the mission to public democracy

United Press International (UPI) has filed a strange story from US News & World Report: our elite institutions still rank themselves among...
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Radical Prince?

Has the heir to the British throne gone cuckoo and turned on his class, like a scorpion poisoning itself, or is he shining a bright light into the...
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Like a good person of color I am supposed to celebrate the nomination and confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the nation's High Court. And I...
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Our liberal elites in Hollywood show shallow support for progressive cause while real economy booms

The LA Times reports that the star-hosts of the reality show, "American Idol" [NBC] are in contractual negotiations for higher salaries....
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July 26th

Vietnamese liberation fighter, Ho Chi Minh, said that despite the successes of the anti-imperialist movement to wear down French occupiers in...
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