Dateline: Roger Nowosielski
Weblog: takeitorleaveit.typepad.com
Articles: 59
I'm Polish-born but as American as apple-pie. I've seen a great many changes since I first set foot in this land in 1961 - many of them, I'm afraid, not for the better. Thanks to the Internet era and the "blogging" phenomenon, we can address the issues that ail us, establish new means of communication, form new alliances, perhaps make a difference in the end.
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Rats abandoning the sinking ship used to be an apt metaphor, but I’m afraid our once respected banking industry has raised it a notch better: while at it, why not sell what remains for scrap?
Altruism is an alternative to competition as the all-definitive, if not vulgar, expression of the evolutionary principle. The question is, how can we put it to work?
It's one thing to try to mobilize the masses to rise up against the oppressor; community building is another. Both are important elements of revolutionary thought and action.
"Liberal." Imagine everyday political discourse without recourse to this all-convenient label. You can’t!
No philosophy of political or social institutions can be complete without articulating the philosophy of the subject. In what follows, I hope to rectify this shortcoming.
“No countries, no possessions, only a brotherhood of man” What's so hard to understand? John Lennon was a prophet.
The war on terror and the resulting "state of exception" are quickly becoming regular features of everyday life. The question is, have we reached the end of history or are we about to enter another chapter?
Anarchism emerges as the only viable political philosophy for our times. We had better acquaint ourselves with its first principles since the movement is already well underway.
Richard D. Wolff's online seminar on class structure and class relationships is not to be missed. Be there or be square.
The failure of modern-day politics can be traced to the abject failure of the State, the overarching political construct. Consequently, anarchism emerges as the only coherent political philosophy.
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