Was the Walker recall effort the wrong fight?

March 2, 2017/ Article

A few months after last year’s Wisconsin uprising at the state capitol, I stood in front of a packed Quaker meeting house overflowing with labor leaders, religious leaders and radical activists. They carried a wide range of feelings: a mood of failure because Governor Scott Walker had moved through his nefarious legislation, an excitement left over from daily waves of actions and protests, and a shared sense of shock and being

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Keep Your Eyes on the Prize: lessons in time of empire

March 2, 2017/ Article

More and more people see the United States as an empire in decline. It is over-stretching itself in Iraq and Afghanistan, increasing its trade debt astronomically, and unable to even pretend to take care of its own poor citizens after a hurricane. These conditions have created a teachable moment to help bring a new consciousness to the United States. There are two different approaches to how we do that. Imagine a

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