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Note. The following articles are recommended, because of: their relevance, mostly sound analyses, and/or useful factual information. However, recommendation does not mean that there is never disagreement with some particular assumption and/or assertion and/or point of analysis.
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A1. ECONOMIC JUSTICE – GENERAL (workplace, consumers, housing, etc.).
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A2. ECONOMIC JUSTICE – PUBLIC SERVICES (education, transit, welfare programs, etc.).
♦ Eric Blanc: Billionaires vs. LA Schools (2019 Jan 15) @ https://portside.org/2019-01-15/billionaires-vs-la-schools.
♦ Dawn Foster: The NHS Is Already Disappearing, and There’s Only One Way to Stop It (2019 Dec 03) @ http://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/nhs-national-health-service-boris-johnson-tory-jeremy-corbyn-labour .
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A3. ECONOMIC JUSTICE – GLOBALISM (colonialism & neocolonialism).
♦ Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J S Davies: Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism (2019 Oct 12) @ https://portside.org/2019-10-12/crises-iraq-and-haiti-expose-failure-militarized-neoliberalism.
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B. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
♦ Joe Emersberger: Ecuadorean Villagers May Still Triumph Over Chevron (2018 Apr 05) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/04/05/ecuadorean-villagers-may-still-triumph-over-chevron/.
♦ Carol Dansereau: Climate and the Infernal Blue Wave: Straight Talk About Saving Humanity (2018 Nov 13) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/13/climate-and-the-infernal-blue-wave-straight-talk-about-saving-humanity/.
♦ Manuel Perez-Rocha & Jen Moore: Mining Companies Use Excessive Legal Powers to Gamble with Latin American Lives (2019 May 10) @ https://portside.org/2019-05-27/mining-companies-use-excessive-legal-powers-gamble-latin-american-lives.
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C1. HUMAN RIGHTS – GENDER OPPRESSIONS.
♦ Stacie Murphy: Midnight Rider – The Hyde Amendment (2017 Mar) @ http://www.populationconnection.org/article/hyde-amendment/.
♦ Molly Redden: Inside the Murky World of DIY Abortions (2017 Mar) @ http://www.populationconnection.org/article/diy-abortions/.
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C2. HUMAN RIGHTS – RACIAL OPPRESSIONS.
♦ Miko Peled (video interview in 3 parts runs about 62 minutes): The General’s Son: From Privileged Zionist to Activist for Palestinian Rights (2016 Dec 12) @ https://therealnews.com/stories/mpeled1104raipt1 (part 1 with links to parts 2 & 3).
♦ Kevin Jennings: Yes, Your Ancestors Probably Did Come Her Legally – Because ‘Illegal’ Immigration is Less Than a Century Old – No Visas Were Required Until 1924 (2018 Jan 14) @ https://portside.org/2018-01-18/yes-your-ancestors-probably-did-come-here-legally-because-illegal-immigration-less.
♦ Ginger Adams Otis: N.Y. Teamsters Form ‘Sanctuary Union’ to Fight ICE Agents (2018 Feb 10) @ https://portside.org/2018-02-15/ny-teamsters-form-sanctuary-union-fight-ice-agents.
♦ Carol Dansereau: Whose Moral Stain? Hold Democrats Accountable on Immigration Too (2018 Oct 02) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/10/02/whose-moral-stain-hold-democrats-accountable-on-immigration-too/.
♦ Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby: Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers – and the Border Patrol Played a Role (2019 Jan 03) @ https://portside.org/2019-01-10/washington-trained-guatemalas-mass-murderers-and-border-patrol-played-role.
♦ Greg Grandin: How Not to Build a “Great, Great Wall”: A Timeline of Border Fortification (2019 Jan 13) https://portside.org/2019-01-28/how-not-build-great-great-wall-timeline-border-fortification.
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C3. HUMAN RIGHTS – SECTARIAN RELIGIOUS IMPOSITIONS & PERSECUTIONS.
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C4. HUMAN RIGHTS –POLITICAL PERSECUTIONS (e.g. torture).
♦ Barbara Myers: The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It (2015 Jun 01) @ https://www.thenation.com/article/secret-origins-cias-torture-program-and-forgotten-man-who-tried-expose-it/.
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D1. CIVIL LIBERTIES – POLITICAL REPRESSION.
♦ Murtaza Hussein: Fresno State Cancels a Middle East Studies Professorship Amid Alleged Right-Wing Pro-Israel Pressure (2017 Jun 05) @ https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/fresno-state-cancels-a-middle-east-studies-professorship-after-pressure-from-right-wing-pro-israel-group/.
♦ Glenn Greenwald & Ryan Grimm: U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Criminally Outlaw Support for Boycott Campaign Against Israel (2017 Jul 19) @ https://theintercept.com/2017/07/19/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-criminally-outlaw-support-for-boycott-campaign-against-israel/.
♦ Dévora González & Azadeh Shahshahani: Shut Down the School of the Americas / WHINSEC (2019 Nov 15) @ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/11/shut-down-school-of-the-americas-whinsec-ice-border-patrol.
♦ Alice Speri: The FBI Has a Long History of Treating Political Dissent as Terrorism (2019 Oct 22) @ https://portside.org/2019-11-04/fbi-has-long-history-treating-political-dissent-terrorism.
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D2. CIVIL LIBERTIES – CONSTRAINTS ON CAPITAL.
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E1. IMPERIALISM – INTERVENTIONS.
♦ Margaret Prescod: Jovenal Moise Awarded Haitian Presidency as Opposition Parties Allege Massive Election Fraud (2016 Jan 06) @ https://therealnews.com/stories/mprescod0105election.
♦ Juan Cole: Why Is Washington Supporting Fundamentalist Jihadis in Syria? (The Nation, 2016 May 16) @ https://www.thenation.com/article/why-is-washington-supporting-fundamentalist-jihadis-in-syria/.
♦ Thomas Deltombe: The Forgotten Cameroon War by Thomas Deltombe (2016 Dec 10) @ https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/12/cameroon-france-colonialism-war-resistance/.
♦ Martin Williams: America’s long history of meddling in other countries’ elections (2017 Nov 23) https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/americas-long-history-of-meddling-in-other-countries-elections.
♦ Dan Kovalik: The Empire Turns Its Sights on Nicaragua – Again (2018 Apr 25) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/04/25/the-empire-turns-its-sights-on-nicaragua-again/.
♦ Mark Tseng-Putterman: A Century of US Intervention Created the Immigration Crisis (2018 Jun 20) @ https://portside.org/2018-07-16/century-us-intervention-created-immigration-crisis.
♦ John Tarleton: It’s The Other Way Around – Central American Immigrants Aren’t Invading Us. We Invaded Them. (2018 Jul 02) @ https://portside.org/2018-07-05/its-other-way-around-central-american-immigrants-arent-invading-us-we-invaded-them.
♦ Celina Stien-Della Croce: Understanding the Conflict in Nicaragua: the Long Battle Against US Imperialism (2018 Jul 06) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/07/06/understanding-the-conflict-in-nicaragua-the-long-battle-against-us-imperialism/.
♦ Alexander Main: Is Latin America still the US’s ‘backyard’? (2018 Sep 17) @ http://links.org.au/latin-america-united-states-backyard.
♦ Roger Harris: The Troika of Tyranny: The Imperialist Project in Latin America and Its Epigones (2018 Nov 07) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/07/the-troika-of-tyranny-the-imperialist-project-in-latin-america-and-its-epigones/.
♦ Garry Leech: Business as Usual: Washington’s Regime Change Strategy in Venezuela (2018 Nov 23) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/23/business-as-usual-washingtons-regime-change-strategy-in-venezuela/.
♦ Laura Carlsen: How the Organization of American States Became an Agent of Regime Change (2019 Jan 25) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/01/25/how-the-organization-of-american-states-became-an-agent-of-regime-change/.
♦ Rod Such: How US Foreign Policy Spawned Terror and Trump (2019 May 20) @ https://portside.org/2019-06-03/how-us-foreign-policy-spawned-terror-and-trump.
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E2. IMPERIALISM – MILITARISM (wars, confrontations, arms race, etc.).
♦ John Pilger: The Coming War On China (2016 Dec 08) @ http://www.bcpeacelinks.net/2016/12/the-coming-war-on-china.html.
♦ Renfrey Clarke: Russia in the World (2017 Apr 03) @ http://links.org.au/russia-in-the-world.
♦ Mehdi Hasan: A 50-Year Occupation – Israel’s Six-Day War Started With a Lie (2017 Jun 05) @ https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/a-50-year-occupation-israels-six-day-war-started-with-a-lie/.
♦ Duncan McFarland: Xi, Trump and Rising China in the World (2017 Jul 26) @ https://portside.org/print/2017-07-29/xi-trump-and-rising-china-world.
♦ Evan Osnos (48 minute interview by Terry Gross): The Risk Of War With North Korea (2017 Sep 13) @ http://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444908/fresh-air. ??
♦ Jessica Corbett: Dems Help Pass Huge Military Budget (2018 May 24) @ https://portside.org/2018-05-26/dems-help-pass-huge-military-budget.
♦ Conn Hallinan: It’s Time for NATO to Go the Way of the Warsaw Pact (2018 Jul 27) @ https://portside.org/2018-07-27/its-time-nato-go-way-warsaw-pact .
♦ John LaForge: Illegal US Nuclear Weapons Handouts (2018 Sep 27) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/09/27/illegal-us-nuclear-weapons-handouts/.
♦ Danny Sjursen: The US military Prepares for Global Combat – While Still Trapped in a Middle Eastern Quagmire of its Own Creation (2018 Nov 20) @ https://portside.org/2018-11-20/us-military-prepares-global-combat-while-still-trapped-middle-eastern-quagmire-its-own .
♦ Carl Boggs: Russophobia and the Specter of War (2018 Dec 19) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/12/19/russophobia-and-the-specter-of-war/.
♦ James Carroll: Doomsday Redux: the Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Rolls Off the Nuclear Assembly Line (2019 Feb 14) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/02/14/doomsday-redux-the-most-dangerous-weapon-ever-rolls-off-the-nuclear-assembly-line/.
♦ William J Astore: The American Cult of Bombing and Endless War (2019 Jun 04) @ https://portside.org/2019-06-04/american-cult-bombing-and-endless-war.
♦ Prabir Purkayastha: The Current U.S. Approach to Nuclear Weapons Can Only Lead to Armageddon – Arms Control Provides the Only Path to Peace (2020 Jan 08) @ https://portside.org/2020-01-12/current-us-approach-nuclear-weapons-can-only-lead-armageddon-arms-control-provides-only.
♦ Rajan Menon: Hypersonic Weapons and National (In)security: Why Arms Races Never End (2019 Oct 01) @ https://portside.org/2019-10-28/hypersonicweapons-and-national-insecurity-why-arms-races-never-end .
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E3. IMPERIALISM – MEDIA DECEPTION.
♦ Glenn Greenwald (interview): Mainstream U.S. Media is Culpable for Disseminating Fake & Deceitful News on Russia (2017 Jan 05) @ https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/5/glenn_greenwald_mainstream_us_media_is.
♦ Scott Ritter: Wag the Dog – How Al Qaeda Played Donald Trump and the American Media (2017 Apr 09, re Syria) @ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/syria-chemical-attack-al-qaeda-played-donald-trump_us_58ea226fe4b058f0a02fca4d.
♦ Chris Floyd: The Quiet Whispers of our Masters (2017 Apr 08) @ http://www.chris-floyd.com/home/articles/the-quiet-whispers-of-our-masters-08042017.html.
♦ Jeff Klein: Amid Missiles and Bombs in Damascus (2018 Apr 27, re Syria) @ https://portside.org/2018-05-14/amid-missiles-and-bombs-damascus.
♦ Alan MacLeod: Media Delegitimize Venezuela Election (2018 May 23) @ https://portside.org/2018-05-26/media-delegitimize-venezuelan-elections.
♦ Lucas Koerner: NPR Shreds Ethics Handbook to Normalize Regime Change in Venezuela (2019 Aug 06) @ https://therealnews.com/columns/npr-shreds-ethics-handbook-to-normalize-regime-change-in-venezuela.
♦ Alan MacLeod: The Revolution Isn’t Being Televised (2019 Oct 26) @ https://fair.org/home/the-revolution-isnt-being-televised/.
♦ Francisco Dominguez: The Bolivian Coup: What the Mainstream Media Don’t Tell You (2019 Nov 11) @ https://portside.org/2019-11-12/bolivian-coup-what-mainstream-media-dont-tell-you.
♦ Peoples Dispatch: Morales’ MAS Defines Strategy for Elections and a Solution to the Political Crisis (2919 Dec 12) @ https://portside.org/2019-12-14/morales-mas-defines-strategy-elections-and-solution-political-crisis.
♦ George Koo: An Alternative View of Hong Kong Protests (2019 Oct 02) @ https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/opinion/an-alternative-view-of-hong-kong/.
♦ FightBack News: Hong Kong local election results: Remarkably unremarkable and counterrevolutionary to boot (2019 Dec 14) @ http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/14/hong-kong-local-election-results-remarkably-unremarkable-and-counter-revolutionary-boot.
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F1. POLITICAL EVALUATION – CAREER POLITICIANS.
♦ Howard Zinn: Don’t Despair about the Supreme Court (2005 Oct 21) @ https://portside.org/2018-10-11/howard-zinn-dont-despair-about-supreme-court. {Note, this article was written following the appointment of two rightwing Supreme Court Justices by then-President George W Bush. Rightwing Roberts replaced rightwing Rehnquist in 2005. Hardcore rightwing Alito was chosen to replace moderately right-leaning centrist O’Connor a little later in 2005. This left the court with: 3 liberals (Souter, Breyer, and Ginsburg): one centrist (Stevens); one very-occasionally centrist rightwing activist (Kennedy), and four solidly rightwing activists (Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, and Alito).}
♦ Roger Harris: Midterm Congressional Elections: You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had (2018 Aug 22) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/22/midterm-congressional-elections-you-cant-lose-what-you-aint-never-had/.
♦ Arun Gupta: A Tale of Two Tweets: Left Politicians’ Responses to McCain’s Death Show Promise and Peril of Electing Socialists to Office (2018 Aug 31) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/31/a-tale-of-two-tweets-left-politicians-responses-to-mccains-death-show-promise-and-peril-of-electing-socialists-to-office/.
♦ Nesrine Malik: Hillary Clinton’s Chilling Pragmatism (2018 Nov 23) @ https://portside.org/2018-11-23/hillary-clintons-chilling-pragmatism.
♦ Lee Fang: Billionaire Republican Donors Helped Elect Rising Centrist Democrats (2018 Nov 29) @ https://portside.org/2018-12-02/billionaire-republican-donors-helped-elect-rising-centrist-democrats.
♦ Mehdi Hasan: The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush (2018 Dec 01) @ https://portside.org/2018-12-01/ignored-legacy-george-hw-bush.
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F2. POLITICAL EVALUATION – REVOLUTIONARY METHODOLOGY.
♦ Pete Dolack: Sorting Through the Lies About Venezuela (2019 Jan 30) @ https://portside.org/2019-02-01/sorting-through-lies-about-venezuela.
♦ María Páez Victoria: Venezuela: Disturbing Echoes of History (2019 Jul 31) @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/venezuela-disturbing-echoes-of-history/.
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Editor: Charles Pierce Last updated: 2020 Mar 01.
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