C.J. Atkins
LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins
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News
Macron vs Le Pen: French election pits neoliberal centrism against far-right
April 24, 2017A political earthquake jolted France on Sunday when neither of the two mainstream parties that have dominated politics for the last forty years survived the first round of the country’s presidential election.
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Politics
Late surge for the left in French presidential race
April 17, 2017If Mélenchon survives to face Marine Le Pen, French voters will be presented with a choice akin to Rosa Luxemburg’s famous option of “socialism or barbarism.”
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Opinion
Trump knows McCarthyism: His mentor helped create it
March 6, 2017There’s a witch-hunt on, apparently. And the unfairly targeted victim at the center of all the elaborate drama? The President of the United States.
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World
Socialist International, facing uncertain future, meets in Colombia
March 3, 2017If the venerated Socialist International is sliding further down the road of irrelevance, can its main rival, the Progressive Alliance, pick up the slack?
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Opinion
Enemies of the people? The assault on the free press
February 27, 2017President Trump is targeting the press. When you publish what the boss likes, you get special privileges. When you don’t, you get shut out.
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Politics
Why does Steve Bannon want to destroy the ‘administrative state’?
February 24, 2017Trump advisor Steve Bannon had a message for America: "It's going to get worse every day.”
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Books
International Publishers, pioneer radical press, gets online makeover
February 14, 2017For 93 years, International Publishers has published books to help workers understand – and change – the world.
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Politics
Right wing ideologue Bannon seizes security power during Muslim ban chaos
January 30, 2017With Trump seen as a policy novice driven by ego, there is a possibility that extreme nationalists like Steve Bannon will drive the government’s agenda.
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