John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Lessons for 2018 from the Ossoff campaign in Georgia
August 1, 2017The implications of the Ossoff race are clear for the 2018 elections: One size doesn’t fit all, and politics are in flux.
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Trump’s Scout speech likened by some to Hitler Youth rally
July 25, 2017Trump’s outrageous speech to 40,000 Boy Scouts at the BSA National Jamboree in West Virginia is being likened by some to a Hitler youth rally.
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Capitalism is destructive and unsustainable – It needs to be replaced
June 6, 2017Capitalism's many crises are reaching dangerous tipping points. They are rooted in a path of destructive and unsustainable development.
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Exposing Trump’s “high crimes and misdemeanors”
May 19, 2017Fully exposing Trump’s crimes will bog down the right-wing legislative agenda, boost democratic forces, and open the door to bigger victories in 2018 and 2020.
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Arkansas is planning an execution spree
March 22, 2017Arkansas is planning to execute eight death row inmates over a span of just 11 days in April. Why the rush? The state’s supply of execution drugs is expiring.
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Left-center unity needed to defeat Trump
March 9, 2017The all-people’s coalition is not based on organizing the left against the right. Unity of left and center, along with every other class and social force opposed to the right, is needed.
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Is Trump tearing up the U.S. Constitution?
February 8, 2017The moment he took the oath of office for president, the nation began hurtling toward a Constitutional crisis.
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Trump’s Russia connection and the threat to democracy
January 31, 2017It will take the combined majority of Americans and global mass action to defeat this new global right wing axis.
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