Tony Pecinovsky
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky
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Books
A “people’s history” that is less than inspiring!
May 8, 2017Zinn’s People’s History is that it served to amplify the voice of the common person, not great leaders. Faulkner’s book goes in the other direction.
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Politics
Sen. McCaskill demonstrates the limits of neo-liberal centrism
April 27, 2017Claire McCaskill demonstrated the limitations of neo-liberal political centrism.
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Marx, psychiatry, and national liberation come together in Fanon bio
April 5, 2017To ‘New Leftists’, few authors and revolutionaries loom as large as Frantz Fanon. His most well-known book, The Wretched of the Earth, is a mainstay of left literature.
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Opinion
How do you fight propaganda? Taking on information silos and engaging reaction
February 14, 2017The dramatic growth of news outlets due to technology does NOT necessarily equate to a better grasp of reality, to a more informed and educated populace, free from racism or hate.
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Opinion
Soviet socialism, ‘real politik’ and the long ascendency of the right-wing
January 26, 2017One hundred years after the birth of the Soviet Union, the question of socialism rises once again to the front burner.
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Books
James and Esther Cooper Jackson, African American activists in a joint biography
December 12, 2016James and Esther Cooper Jackson were mainstays of the struggle for African American equality for decades. Sara Rzeszutek Haviland tells the story of their life together.
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Books
For Southern slave masters, preserving bondage was a global cause
December 2, 2016Matthew Karp’s book, This Vast Southern Empire, shows that the effort to preserve slavery was not just a national, but rather an international affair.
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Politics
Jason Kander poised to grab Missouri Senate seat
November 1, 2016Joe Biden told a campaign rally that electing Jason Kander is a top priority if Democrats are to regain control of the Senate.
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