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The Past Does Not Predict the Future

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

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The Past Does Not Predict the Future

Pessimism is self-fulfilling. When we expect nothing to change, then we do nothing to create change.

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Animal Rights or Human Responsibilities?

Friday, December 7, 2007

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Animal Rights or Human Responsibilities?

In their efforts to protect animals from unnecessary suffering, some people want to extend the fight for human rights and liberation to animals. While this sounds appealing, it confuses the meaning of rights and liberation

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Machismo at Work

Saturday, September 29, 2007

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Machismo at Work

Until they fight back as a class, workers will continue to construct more dehumanized conditions for themselves.

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Where’s the Justice?

Saturday, September 1, 2007

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Where’s the Justice?

Those who want to “crack down on crime” ignore the root cause of crime; the capitalist system of organized thievery.

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Whose Property?

Saturday, July 28, 2007

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Whose Property?

The differences between private, public, common and personal property are very important and rarely understood.

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Alienation and Dissociation: The Two Sides of Powerlessness

Saturday, July 21, 2007

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Alienation and Dissociation: The Two Sides of Powerlessness

Alienation and dissociation reinforce each other to create a deep sense of powerlessness.

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A Time of Transition

Saturday, July 7, 2007

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A Time of Transition

Rising social discontent is not yet matched by a rise in class struggle.

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Impressions of Northern Ireland

Saturday, May 5, 2007

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Impressions of Northern Ireland

How could a party that stands for Irish independence join with British loyalists to administer Northern Ireland for Britain?

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Abortion: Whose Decision?

Saturday, April 28, 2007

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Abortion: Whose Decision?

The Supreme Court has banned a form of late-term abortion on the basis that it wants to protect women from making harmful decisions. Where did it get the idea that abortion is harmful, or that women can't be trusted to make their own decisions?

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Mayonnaise and the Middle Class

Sunday, April 8, 2007

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Mayonnaise and the Middle Class

The middle class functions like an emulsifier, binding workers and capitalists in the social arrangement of capitalism.

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