John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Envisioning a modern, democratic, peaceful, and green socialism
June 15, 2016The American people have been denied the right to discuss socialism in the public arena. Thanks to Bernie, that's changing.
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Vietnam navigates global competition, free trade in quest for development
May 4, 201630 years into a program of "renewal" of its socialist system, Vietnam faces a world dominated by free trade agreements, competition, and global capital.
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Left strategy in 2016 (Part 2): Building real political independence
April 27, 2016American politics is conducted in a two-party, winner-take-all system. We have to play the cards dealt as we fight to change the rules of the game.
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Left strategy in 2016 (Part 1): Grasping the key link of struggle
April 26, 2016Win or lose, American politics will never be the same again because radical new ideas have been discussed widely and new forces have energized the electoral arena.
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Immigrants in Texas: ICE detention center is “the dog pound”
March 10, 2016Yanira Lopez Lucas and her children are among the Central American refugees who have made the dangerous journey across the border to escape violence and turmoil.
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The Sanders campaign, political revolution, and the 2016 elections
February 25, 2016Political boundaries are being eclipsed and thinking reshaped. Seeds of change are being sown and foundations are being laid for deeper-going changes.
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World facing “new extremes” in the widening wealth gap
January 25, 2016Wealth inequality will grow, and with it greater instability, continued crisis, and deepening misery for the world's working people.
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Republican victory in 2016 would strengthen new “patrimonial oligarchy”
January 8, 2016The hateful and reactionary ideas of GOP candidates confront us with the danger we would face next November, were any one of them to be elected president.
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