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Category Archives: Industrial Revolution
An hour we can’t get back: Steve Bannon on 60 Minutes
By ann summers We will be at the mercy of Bannon’s whiteboard roadmap for a Trump who primarily watches TV Charlie Rose interviewed Steve Bannon for CBS 60 Minutes, which was broadcast on Sunday, with an extended version available online. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Fascism, Government, History, Industrial Revolution, Presidential Elections
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Politics, trump
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Reclaiming the possibility of democracy or creating libertarianism warlordism
Sophie’s Hobson Choice on Maggies Bullet Farm: George Miller’s nearly aboriginal-free post-apocalypse vision or JJ Abrams’ non-LGBTQ utopian dystopia -— What a lovely day for Star War’s POC clone diversity already signalled What remains certain is that Reconstruction failed, and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Capitalism, Civil War, Economic Policy, Economics, History, Industrial Revolution, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Political Science, Racism, Society, States, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged economic crisis, panic of 1873, Racism, reconstruction, Republicans
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Slow Food is not a fast answer
By ann summers The need for better tools to analyze capitalism makes it important to look at the larger systemic pathologies that have brought us to a place where we tend to think less of Bread and Puppets and more … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Austerity, Economics, environment, FDA, History, Industrial Revolution, Investing, Media, Society, Stock Market, Uncategorized
Tagged agriculture, food, natural resources
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neo-classical liberalism: an idea whose time has come….
Classical libertarianism, per Wikipedia, “…is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as its principal objective. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and freedom of choice, emphasizing political freedom, voluntary association, and the primacy of individual judgment.” By ann summers What would … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Art, Capitalism, Conservatives, Economic Policy, Economics, Enlightenment, History, Industrial Revolution, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Renaissance, Socialism, United States, World History
Tagged Privatization of Public Education, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US Trade Deals
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