C.J. Atkins
LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins
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World
Portuguese Communists chart a ‘patriotic politics of the left’
September 11, 2018Portugal stood up to capitalist austerity—and won.
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Opinion
Communists need not apply
August 17, 2018Rooting out employees who are members of the Communist Party was unconstitutional during the Cold War. It still is.
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U.S.
Democratic Party factional struggles on hold for midterm elections?
August 3, 2018At the Netroots Nation conference, left-center unity is being showcased, but tensions between the grassroots and the party “establishment” are still evident.
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News
Trump-Putin summit: The authoritarian nationalists meet in Helsinki
July 18, 2018There are serious class interests being pursued on an international scale and exclusively focusing on campaign collusion isn’t going to tell us what’s really going on.
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World
The new revolution in socialism: LGBTQ rights in Vietnam and Cuba
June 22, 2018Each of these two nations is perhaps moving closer to their aspirations where exploitation and oppression of any kind are relegated to the past.
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World
Despite Trump’s record, there are positives from the Korea summit
June 12, 2018Even broken clocks are right twice a day, and at least for now, Trump is telling the right time when it comes to Korea.
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World
What would count as “success” at the Trump-Kim summit?
June 11, 2018If some progress is achieved in Singapore tomorrow, it should indeed be welcomed. Holding your breath waiting for a dramatic breakthrough, however, might not be advisable.
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World
Ontario election: Cheap beer and tax cuts win it for Doug Ford
June 8, 2018In a performance that would have made his late brother Rob (the former Toronto mayor of cocaine fame) proud, Doug Ford sailed to power presenting himself as a “Man of the People.”
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