Inequality as US Policy   

As the power of workers decreases, economic inequality grows, argues John Schmitt
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Capitalism: The New God   

Jill B designs the template for the new religion that actually runs the capitalist order.
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The Dilemmas of Mixed Identity by Herb Kohl   

Progressive Educator Herb Kohl addresses the personal dilemmas of passing on his own heritage to a grandchild who has many other sources of identity as well.
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U.S. Official Resigns Over Afghan War   

Finally someone on the inside of the militarist "domination paradigm" notices that there is a problem in that approach.
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Emotional Politics    

Dan Shanahan looks at American politics from Prague, and comes to some original insights.
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Making a Personal Environmental Commitment   

The following emerged from our work in supporting environemental sanity, and is shared in a spirit of humility, knowing how much we all have a long distance to go to be doing all that we could and should to save the planet from the destruction to which our current economic and political system contributes, and knowing that you can probably devise an even better statement of a personal environmental commitment that more fully fits your own situation, capacities, and limitations.
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Global Campaign for Carbon Reductions   

While there is lots of focus on the Oct. 24th campaign to raise global awareness, members of the Network of Spiritual Progressives and the Tikkun Community are urged to be involved beyond that--seeking to mobilize our government with rational plans that would accomplish a reduction of carbon to less than 350 parts per million, and to support a powerful global agreement at the Copenhagen negotiations in December that will seek to replace the Kyoto Accord which the US failed to ratify.

 

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Transform the Global Economy Now--or Face Climate Disaster   

The tragedy of a Congress and President who are dithering about serious climate change steps and instead considering measures that may even make things worse.

 

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A Palestinian Who Refuses to Give Up Hope   

Mazin Qumsiyeh does not speak for the NSP or Tikkun in his analysis below. Yet we believe it is very important to hear and understand the voices of those non-violent Palestinians whose frustration at the failure of Israel to end the Occupation is immense. While the media attention is on the Goldstone report about the past human rights violations of Israel in Gaza this past January, it is important to remember what is happening every day in the West Bank.
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