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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results24 Connexions Library1 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 1 Sources Library 1 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAsian American Activism Stirring: Against The Current vol. 91 Kurashige, Scott Article 2001 For a brief but wonderful moment in 2000, the Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke Presidential campaign drew widespread public attention to its central theme of restoring democracy by challenging corporate powe... Bogus, Misdirected and Effective Monbiot, George Article 2010 The Tea Party movement is steeped in misinformation and denial. But it has a lot to teach the left. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 3, Number 2 - April 1978 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1978 Connexions Digest: Volume 12, Number 2 - Issue 48 - Winter 1988-89 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Democracy Against Politics: Against The Current vol. 136 Feinberg, Joseph Grim Article 2008 “¡Que se vayan todos!” shouted rebellious crowds during the Argentine economic crisis of 2001, “Out with them all!” The call soon spread throughout Latin America: for a new politics without politician... Democratic Revolution and Socialist Revolution: A Reply to Malik Miah Bloom, Steve Article 1998 IN ATC 75 Malik Miah presents an analysis of events surrounding the fall of Indonesian President Suharto (“Indonesia's Democratic Revolution”). As a descriptive report of what has been happening in th... Fighting for Union Autonomy: Mexican Miners On Strike: Against The Current vol. 122 La Botz, Dan Article 2006 On April 20 eight hundred state and federal police launched an assault on 500 striking workers who had been occupying a steel mill in Lázaro Cárdenas. Two were killed, five seriously injured and 40... From PRI to Foxismo: Against The Current vol. 88 Almeyra, Guillermo Article 2000 Mexico on July 2 experienced an alternation of parties in power at the national level. But the more fundamental shift away from the one-party state had begun already with the Salinas administration (1... Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?: Sources News Release Article 2012 Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. John Reed Clubs and Proletarian Art - Part I Hemingway, Andrew Article 2015 The writings of Marx and Engels provide no support for the idea, frequently associated with Marxism, that the movement of the working class to emancipate itself from capitalism and build a classless s... The Left and the Elections: Against The Current vol. 110 Phelps, Christopher; Luce, Stephanie; Brenner, Johanna Article 2004 Two electoral paths will be taken by those left of center this year, and all the spilled ink in the world won't affect the choices. Letter to a Progressive Democrat: Against The Current vol. 110 Felton, Paul Article 2004 Dear Progressive Democrat: I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and I'm proud of it. You voted for Nader and you regret it (or, you voted for Gore, even though you liked Nader better). Looking Back -- and Ahead: Against The Current vol. 133 The Editors Article 2008 The year 1968 stands out as one of those pivotal years on multiple political and cultural levels. Against the Current will devote considerable space to discussing what the upheavals of that year meant... Nader, Greens and Socialists: Against The Current vol. 91 Hawkins, Howie Article 2001 Blaming Ralph Nader for Bush is like blaming the abolitionists for slavery. The Greens ran Nader to end corporate oligarchy, not to support one wing of the oligarchy as a lesser evil against the other... Noam Chomsky: Trump's First 100 Days Are Undermining Our Prospects for Survival Polychroniou, C.J. Article 2017 No recent US president has demonstrated such an overwhelming ignorance about governing as the current occupant of the White House. But is Trump's apparent inability to govern and conduct himself in a ... Notes from a Revolution Dying: Against The Current vol. 134 Pirani, Simon Article 2008 In June 1922, five years on from the Russian Revolution, a group of Moscow communists gathered to discuss a letter by Vladimir Petrzhek, an auto worker, tendering his resignation from the communist (o... Parliamentary Names & Numbers Online Serial Publication (Periodical) Lists all federal Members of Parliament and Senators, all provincial legislators, federal ministries, federal agencies and Crown corporations, Canadian embassies abroad, provincial and territorial min... Russiagate and the Democratic Party are for Chumps Street, Paul Article 2017 Now Trump and the nation's 34 Republican governors get to wield the ever-expanding powers of the police state in a nation whose populace has lost faith in nearly every major U.S. institution but two: ... Thieving Sons of Bushes: Against The Current vol. 91 Miah, Malik Article 2001 “Never Trust a Son of Bush” was one of many signs at George W. Bush's presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20. Some 25,000 marched in Washington and 15,000 rallied in San Francisco... Trump the Gardener Longley-Cook, Giles Article 2017 In an interview defending his Presidential candidate, Silicon Valley billionaire and undisguised self-interested Randian fanboy Peter Thiel assured the public that when Donald Trump asserted that he w... We need popular participation, not populism Wainright, Hilary Article 2017 Wainright dissects the problems with liberal democracy and argues for real democratic self-government. What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America  Frank, Thomas Book 2004 Explores the rise of conservative populism in the United States through the lens of Frank's native state of Kansas. According to his analysis, the political discourse of recent decades has dramaticall... Where Is Indonesia Going?: Against The Current vol. 87 Miah, Malik Article 2000 For both admirers and critics of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, the picture is disturbing: At the presidential palace in Jakarta there are signs of a new “royal court” in the making. Official... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesNews and Letters An organization of Marxist-Humanists standing for the abolition of capitalism, both in its private property form and ins its state property form. We stand for the deveopment of new human relations; wh... Sources LibraryCuriouser and curiouser Tea Party members aren't foaming at the mouth racist bigots Raban, Jonathan 2010 A journalist travels to the first National Tea Party Convention in Tennessee as a delegate and finds the other delegates privately share his disdain for the racism and conspiracy theories the group f... From the Connexions ArchivesThe Red Menace A libertarian socialist newsletter Serial Publication (Periodical) 1975 Articles on topics such as socialism, Marxism, anarchism, work, popular education, organizing, wages for housework, Leninism, bureaucracy, hierarchy, jargon, prostitution, obscenity, science fiction, ... |
