Norman Markowitz
LATEST ARTICLES BY Norman Markowitz
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Opinion
A second look at FDR’s “Second Bill of Rights”
June 4, 2015In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing to run for a fourth term, proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" for post World War II U.S.
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Opinion
Chris Christie’s hero
May 19, 2014In Christie's own words, one can see what he really stands for. His praise of Walker, the Koch-owned governor of Wisconsin, shows his true political colors.
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U.S.
“The Great Dictator” of New Jersey crosses a bridge too far
January 13, 2014No one who is knowledgeable about Jersey politics knows of a more reactionary, anti-labor, and personally abusive governor in the state's recent history.
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World
Croatian fascists and the attack on Bob Dylan
December 5, 2013There is an obvious desire to either celebrate or deny a barbarous past, to make sure that "the times they are not a-changin'."
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Opinion
Reza Aslan, FOX News, and Islamophobia
August 1, 2013I thought of Sartre's "Anti-Semite and Jew" when I heard about the recent FOX News television interview with Reza Aslan.
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U.S.
Across generations: Nation’s students continue progressive fight
July 29, 2013The United States Student Association held its 66th annual National Student Congress at the Hotel Heldrich July 19-24.
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Arts
“The Abolitionists”: must-see TV
January 16, 2013"The Abolitionists" should be seen by as many viewers as possible and shown widely in public schools.
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Opinion
Eric Hobsbawm, great Marxist historian who kept his cool
October 3, 2012I was saddened to hear of the death of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the great Marxist historians writing in the English language of my lifetime.
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