Sam Webb
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Opinion
Thoughts on Greece, Syriza and its left critics, Part 2
September 11, 2015While Greece is a tiny country and Syriza a new party of the left, their success in overcoming the current crisis would give fresh momentum to people in Europe and woldwide.
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Thoughts on Greek crisis and in defense of Syriza, Part 1
August 19, 2015The current crisis in Greece and the Eurozone is fluid and far from settled.
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Charleston, the Republican right, and the lessons of Martin Luther King
July 8, 2015Few people are claiming that there was anything random or mysterious about the brutal murder of nine innocent African American people in Charleston.
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King and his radical vision: a study for today
May 1, 2015In light of recent police killings, it's worthwhile to study how MLK drew the clergy and trade unions into the civil rights movement of their time.
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Chuy Garcia and the right to a city
March 27, 2015What was supposed to have been a waltz into a second term for Emanuel has turned into a fight for his political life with challenger and longtime progressive Latino leader Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.
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Obama and the politics of outrage
February 9, 2015Some of the commentary from the left on President's Obama's recent State of the Union address struck me as too negative, even cynical in a few instances.
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Reformers, radicals, and challenging Wall Street
January 26, 2015Gretchen Morgenson isn't a household name, and probably never will be. But on Wall Street, everybody knows her.
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Only tackling the root causes can end the cycle of violence
January 8, 2015Only a sharp turn to peace and non-violence stands a ghost's chance of extricating humankind from this awful and seemingly intractable situation.
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