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Can Unfettered Markets Serve Love and Compassion?Saturday February 23, 2013 Now and again a story comes along that presents the chance to go beyond abstract arguments about ideas of political economy and see just how they work themselves out in actual lives. This is one of those stories. I find it interesting that the most devout libertarians see no contradiction in having a government remove an entire population of indigenous people from their legally titled land so that the libertarians can establish a model city of commerce unfettered by government interference. |
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The Presidential Debate: Quintessential Dominator Meets Quintessential RelatorSunday October 7, 2012 This is what I heard and read after the debates: “Thug meets Wimp. Thug wins. Man up, Wimp.” In that debate Romney and Obama acted out with almost comical extremism two competing ways that we can understand our world. |
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Mothers DaySunday May 13, 2012 I used to call it Slave Day. |
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What do electoral politics have to do with democracy?Friday May 4, 2012 People who disagreed would cite very close elections and say, “Look. Every vote counts.” I never doubted that. But what does every vote count for? |
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Sister Antonia and JoseMonday February 20, 2012 
In November, I got an email from an old classmate at Marycrest High School in Denver. She wrote:
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The Politics of Rage - 45 Years LaterSunday January 1, 2012 A few of us who were active in the years around 1967 will talk about what we were trying to do then and what we have learned since. What does a life committed to radical change look like? How do we act effectively today? What about the politics of rage and the turn to violence? |
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October 15, 2011Sunday October 16, 2011 This movement is a living thing, resilient, self-organizing, connected globally at the individual level. It is clear that we know what we are doing, and we do have a message. We have named the problem, and we are taking up our power to work on it. We have woken up. We have thrown off paralysis and hypnosis and gathered in public squares everywhere to tell the truth. |
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The Terrorism of WarMonday September 5, 2011 On September 1st, I sat on a panel of four former terrorists who had renounced violence. Each of us talked about acting out in ideology, rage, and alienation, and of coming to see clearly the deadly outcomes of our actions. |
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About Katherine PowerI didn’t set out to be a terrorist. As a student activist, I moved from protesting the war in Viet Nam to waging guerrilla war to overthrow the government…. |
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