John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Laquan McDonald killing exposes edifice of brutal oppression
December 3, 2015The veil is being lifted from an entire interdependent system of institutionalized racism and oppression and its ugly inner workings.
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GOP House anarchy: Will it impact the 2016 elections?
October 9, 2015Will this state of affairs have a bearing on the future of the Republican Party and outcome of the 2016 elections?
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Homicides and violence: Moral crisis for our nation
September 25, 2015The people's movement must make ending homicides and institutionalized racism a central aspect in the elections and beyond.
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The stench of fascism seeps into the 2016 elections
September 1, 2015Once one constitutional right is attacked no right is sacred; once one community is scapegoated, no one is safe; once violence is acceptable, our democracy is threatened.
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“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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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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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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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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