The best book reviews are as much about the review author as the book being reviewed while at the same time being fair to the book. That's what I strive for when I review, although probably with mixed success. Anyway, I thought of this when...
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This is a good history of how the Fight for $15 started, how SEIU has promoted it, and the impact it has had on American political life. The groundwork for.
Most colleges and universities are still on their winter break. So the 2015 new pastime of complaining about college protesters no matter what they do is on break. I know.
I have no idea why the right has so demonized Saul Alinsky as the greatest evil of all time, although that...
Scott has provided the fundamental case for Obama's reelection, no matter how disappointed with him you might be. I want to build on that a bit by summarizing a few.
One doesn't usually look to Pop Matters for political essays, but this piece praising Michael Moore and lambasting Jon Stewart is interesting. Michael Moore is one of the few heroes.
One hallmark of Occupy Wall Street has been consensus decision-making. Over the last decade, progressive groups have come to rely on consensus as the primary way they make decisions. And as OWS is finding out, this really falls apart whenever you have a large group....