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John Buell

Neoliberalism
"Free" Markets and the Attack on Democracy

“Free” Markets and the Attack on Democracy

John Buell

The neoliberal deification of markets has many parents.

nuclear weapons
Nuclear Brinkmanship is Back:  Why We need a New Peace Movement

Nuclear Brinkmanship is Back: Why We need a New Peace Movement

John Buell

How do you convince current or potential adversaries that in the event of nuclear attack you will respond in kind?

nuclear weapons
Resetting the Nuclear Doomsday Clock

Resetting the Nuclear Doomsday Clock

John Buell

In addition to the mini-nukes to be loaded onto missiles on nuclear subs, Trump is also advocating a modernized anti missile defense system

workers
Labor Strikes, once Blunted by GOP and Corporations, are Back and Shaping Public Policy

Labor Strikes, once Blunted by GOP and Corporations, are Back and Shaping Public Policy

John Buell

The teachers strikes have been focused on demands that have a major impact on the quality of classroom instruction

Inequality
Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Right that Tax Justice is Key to our Democratic Prospect?

Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Right that Tax Justice is Key to our Democratic Prospect?

John Buell

US “much greater shares of national wealth and income going to the richest 1% than any other country.”

France
Why isn't anyone Asking *Why* the French Yellow Vest Protesters are Rallying?

Why isn’t anyone Asking *Why* the French Yellow Vest Protesters are Rallying?

John Buell

The tax on diesel followed a whole series of tax gifts to the most wealthy French citizens and businesses

Republican Party
Defeating the Fasc-Lican Party

Defeating the Fasc-Lican Party

John Buell

After the election I received a provocative letter from my friend and mentor Bill Connolly, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins and author of Aspirational Fascism: The Struggle for Multifaceted Democracy under Trumpism. Bill has had a long and distinguished career in academia—and in activism. As a graduate student at Michigan he helped […]

Supreme Court
After Mitch McConnell's coup: Democratizing the Court, Democratizing America

After Mitch McConnell’s coup: Democratizing the Court, Democratizing America

John Buell

The Supreme Court is a major force adding to systematic injustice

women
Men’s Bodies and the Politics of Abortion

Men’s Bodies and the Politics of Abortion

John Buell

(Informed Comment) – Regardless of one’s evaluation of his overall performance, Judge Brett Kavanaugh merits an A for his ability to sidestep or evade questions on any controversial issue. I get the impression that he spent hours practicing non-answer answers to a familiar battery of anticipated questions. Whether these evasions will continue to work in […]

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