Link to an article by Sarah Jaffe:
“Activists in Ferguson Broaden Scope, Unveil ‘Power Behind the Police'”
Bonus links: “A Long Time for Killing” and “The Politics of Mass Incarceration”
Tag: Politics
Jason Hickel – The Problem with Saving the World
Link to an article by Jason Hickel:
Christopher Brauchli – The Jump-Up-and-Down Congress
Link to an article by Christopher Brauchli:
Christos Tsiolkas – Greek Tragedy
Link to an article by Christos Tsiolkas:
“Greek Tragedy: Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Greece’s Economic Crisis”
Bonus links: “The Defeat of Europe” (“Whatever one thinks of our government, this episode will go down in European history as the moment when official Europe, using institutions and methods that no treaty legitimised (the Eurogroup, the Euro Summit, the threat of eviction from the eurozone), dealt a major blow to the ideal of an ever-closer democratic union. Greece capitulated, but it is Europe that was defeated.”) and “Europe’s Big Banks are Fueling the Continent’s Far-Right Fascists”
Norman Ball – Possible Future Shifts in Public Policy: Ten Questions for Lee Drutman
Link to an interview with Lee Drutman (author of The Business of America Is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate) by Norman Ball:
“Possible Future Shifts in Public Policy: Ten Questions for Lee Drutman”
Greg Fulton – Greece Succumbs to Imperialist Banksterism
Link to an article by Greg Fulton:
“Greece Succumbs to Imperialist Banksterism”
Bonus links: “A Problem Called Germany” and “Déjà Vu: Germany Tightens Its Economic Power Over Europe”
Eric Draitser – China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion
Link to an article by Eric Draitser:
“China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion”
Christian Parenti – The Making of the American Police State
Link to an article by Christian Parenti:
Jonah Walters – A Guide to the French Revolution
Link to an article by Jonah Walters:
“A Guide to the French Revolution”
Bonus quote: “The impact of the French revolution on western civilization – too soon to tell.” Zhou Enlai
Paul Street – Beneath the Billionaire Class
Link to an article by Paul Street: