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Homeland Security, Unmarked Vans, and the Arrest of Protesters:  Shadows of Pinochet?

Homeland Security, Unmarked Vans, and the Arrest of Protesters: Shadows of Pinochet?

Posted by By William Barber July 30, 2020Posted inPolitics, Social Issues
Homeland Security: exactly what does that mean? In the aftermath of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York, Americans made a Faustian bargain; accepting a reduction…
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Can Joe Biden be our Roosevelt?

Posted by By William Barber July 22, 2020Posted inEconomics, Politics
The economic collapse of the 1930's created the opportunity for revolutionary change in the American economic system. Sixty years of Oligarchic Capitalism had finally resulted in the Stock Market Crash…
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Unemployment, the Deficit, and Tax Policy: Part II

Posted by By William Barber July 15, 2020Posted inBudget, Deficits, Economics, Taxes
In my previous post I discussed the economic impact of the pandemic and the government's response to date. Increased Federal government spending, through borrowing, has so far prevented economic collapse.…
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The COVID-19 Pandemic, Unemployment, the Deficit, and Tax Policy: Part I

Posted by By William Barber July 8, 2020Posted inBudget, Deficits, Economics, Taxes
The economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic have been severe. The unemployment rate in the United States rose to 14,7% in April, the highest level in the country since the…
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ON CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS

Posted by By William Barber July 2, 2020Posted inSocial Issues2 Comments
A long overdue reckoning is now occurring concerning the appropriateness of having monuments to individuals who fought on the side of the Confederacy and naming military bases after them. Supporters…
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