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Clinton Democrats Embrace Losing Strategy to Combat ‘Sanders-Style Socialism’ in Midterms

Democratic Party elites stand in the way of a movement that believes the country should move away from destructive corporate politics.

July 26th, 2018

By Kevin Gosztola

Clinton Democrats Embrace Losing Strategy to Combat ‘Sanders-Style Socialism’ in Midterms

Democratic Party elites are increasingly concerned the midterm elections will be a “base election” and make their centrist politics even more irrelevant, as insurgent candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez garner widespread support. The think tank, Third Way, recently held a conference in Ohio with Democrats,

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Kevin Gosztola

Kevin Gosztola is managing editor of Shadowproof Press. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, "Unauthorized Disclosure."

Leaked Emails Reveal UAE and Saudi Efforts to Penetrate the Republican Platform in 2016

The Saudis are constantly maneuvering to keep the American public in the dark concerning their role in 9/11.

July 02nd, 2018

By ZeroHedge.com

Leaked Emails Reveal UAE and Saudi Efforts to Penetrate the Republican Platform in 2016

Late last week Middle East Eye published the bombshell contents of newly leaked emails which confirm that "the relationship between the Emiratis and the

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New Poll Shows Americans Don’t Think for Themselves

Americans perceive public policy as good or bad not based on its merits or lack thereof, but based on whether their favored politicians backs it.

June 19th, 2018

By Frank Sellers

New Poll Shows Americans Don’t Think for Themselves

A recent survey conducted by Reuters shows how many Americans base their support or opposition to a given political stance not on the soundness of the policy, but based on whether or not it comes with the backing of a favored or disfavored political authority. The present situation surrounding the breaking up of migrant families at the border is

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From D.C. to Rome Populist Politicians Are Hacking Away at a Broken Status Quo

Unless progressives come up with a more convincing Plan B, the disrupters of the far right will establish something even more unjust and unsustainable.

May 24th, 2018

By John Feffer

From D.C. to Rome Populist Politicians Are Hacking Away at a Broken Status Quo

Imagine a trio of tech-savvy and entrepreneurial souls on the prowl for the next killer app. They’re staying up late in their dorm, or perhaps they’re celebrating at a nightclub after finishing their MBA program. They want to make money. They want to change the world. They want to create something that gets snatched up by the titans of e-industry

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John Feffer

John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of the dystopian novel Splinterlands (Dispatch Books/Haymarket, 2016).

The Political Organization Men

Many working-class Americans voted for Donald Trump believing he would address their needs, not those of rich Republicans. But all pols, it seems, end up conforming to their political group’s priorities.

October 30th, 2017

By Lawrence Davidson

In 1956, William H. Whyte published a book entitled The Organization Man about America’s societal changes in the post-World War II economy. Basing his findings on a large number of interviews with CEOs of major American corporations, Whyte concluded that, within the

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New Poll Finds Majority Of Americans Think President ‘Unfit To Serve’

Fifty-seven percent of independents and ninety-four percent of Democrats think president not equipped to hold nation’s highest office.

September 28th, 2017

By Common Dreams

New Poll Finds Majority Of Americans Think President ‘Unfit To Serve’

A new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday shows that a majority of Americans believe Donald Trump is "unfit to serve" as commander-in-chief and head of the nation's executive branch. Alongside an overall disapproval rating of 57 percent (with only 36

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A New Global Order? How Coronavirus Will Change the World Forever

The post-coronavirus world will look fundamentally different from anything that we have seen or experienced, at least since the end of World War II.