So define 'Liberal' for me.
Body: You see to me 'Liberal' means socially progressive and non-discriminatory, someone who's in favor of economic equality and the Labor movement, someone who believes in democracy and accountability...
View ArticleAny way we can stop denigrating Ralph Nader as a scapegoat for the epic...
Body: [If Ralph Nader hadn't written 'Unsafe at any Speed,' thus becoming the most effective consumer advocate ever] "…there would have been no protracted recount spectacle and no Supreme Court...
View ArticleConfucianism
Body: Among the lesser known factoids of history is that there was actually a guy named Confucius and he wasn't trapped inside a Fortune Cookie factory.Now we could argue about specific principles (not...
View ArticleClass war
Body: As police gear up to employ drones and bombs against suspects in America without due process, we need to broaden our rage beyond race and realize they're there as a tool of the oppressors. And...
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Wings over Philadelphia
Body: “The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.”— NapoleonOur strength is inferior? I already hear the cries of “Blasphemy!” But if blasphemy it be, so be it.To put it most...
View ArticleReflections on tragedy
Body: I just read that three students from the University California at Berkeley were among the injured in the terror attack yesterday. One UC student is still missing. Students from around the world...
View ArticleYou Say You Want a Revolution
Body: Incomes declining or stagnant for the vast majority in “rich” countries"The impact [of declining earning power for large swaths of the population] could be more than purely economic if the...
View ArticleCall the Midwife
Body: Bursaries for student nurses will end in 2017, government confirms the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said the changes were unfair and risky, while the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) argued that...
View ArticleBill Neal on Neoliberalism: Karl Polanyi and the Coming U.S. Election
Body: I first noticed Bill Neal's writing many, many years ago. He always has some startling insights or turns of phrases that make his articles a welcome respite from the torrent of half-baked hash...
View ArticleThat Bernie sensation
Body: Let's at least acknowledge what an affront to a true revolutionary movement the "Sandernista" blip was. The "Sandinista" overthrew a US puppet. Their name honors Cesar Sandino, who fought the...
View ArticleThe Historical Context of Mercantilism, Republicanism, Liberalism and...
Body: ForewordDear Corrente readers:
View ArticleIs Sean Smith Responsible for the Deaths at Benghazi?
Body: The last time I talked to Sean, the night before the terrorist attack, he told me, "Mom, I am going to die." All security had been pulled from the embassy, he explained. Patricia Smith (mother...
View ArticleRalph Nader calls TPP "economic treason", but will he challenge Obama to a...
Body: From an interview that Ralph Nader gave David Feldman over a year ago:"the more you know about this (TPP), the more you realize why I call this economic treason, and I mean it...
View ArticleWhat is going on?
Body: We have known for more than a decade that our voting machines are insecure at best and fixed at worst. Now all of a sudden there is all this talk about the voting machines from Versialles. Is...
View ArticleUPDATED: Dr. Terry Wahls' protocol, which she used to greatly reverse her own...
Body: I've recently learned about the dramatic, positive results obtained by both Dr. Terry Wahls, as well as Dr. Steven Gundry. Their dietary recommendations, which I'll characterize as...
View ArticleLet's Make America Pure Again
Body: At Black Agenda Report, Pascal Robert believes in heightening the distinctions, because it makes it a lot simpler to understand what drives America without muddying it up with Democrat identity...
View ArticleObama has Plans for the TPP during the Lame Duck—Here's what you Need to Know
Body: President Obama is mobilizing a last-ditch effort to overcome opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and get it passed before leaving office.
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