John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Opinion
“I’ll sit out the 2016 elections”: really?
May 7, 2015Announcements by candidates running for president are coming fast and furious; the 2016 election campaign has begun.
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U.S.
Freddie Gray’s death lit another fuse, this time it’s Baltimore
April 28, 2015Freddie Gray's name tragically joins the seemingly endless list of young African American men brutally murdered at the hands of police.
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World
Cuba’s worker cooperatives: “We decide what to do here”
April 15, 2015The cooperatives democratically manage state property which has been loaned to them; this promotes economic incentives for the workers and decentralizes economic authority.
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World
Cuba restructures its socialism: steadily but without stopping or pausing
April 6, 2015About 30 miles west of this city, one of the largest construction projects since the start of the Cuban revolution in 1959 is taking shape.
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U.S.
Former Cuban Five prisoner seeks friendship with U.S.
March 13, 2015"Keep the solidarity movement going in the fight to lift the blockade. Please extend our deepest gratitude to all."
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World
American people key to normalization of U.S.-Cuba ties
March 11, 2015Those who care deeply about peace and friendship between peoples should be part of every key battle ahead.
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Opinion
A radical third party? I agree!
January 22, 2015"We need a labor-led third party in this country" is a refrain I hear more and more. It's a sentiment I agree with wholeheartedly!
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U.S.
Athletes join growing movement for racial justice
December 18, 2014"This issue as I see it - police killings as a symptom of the systematic and historical devaluing of black lives - seemed too big to ignore."
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