Tag Archives: Harry Targ

Harry Targ : Expanding the ‘Iraq Syndrome’

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Democratic Underground. Cooperation over conflict: We need to expand the ‘Iraq Syndrome’ As we reflect on the 10-year anniversary of the launching of the Iraq War, the madmen inside the beltway are talking about increasing U.S. military involvement … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Human Sustainability and the Living Wage

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from This Magazine The jobs/income problem:How do we sustain human life? Given the vision that animates the progressive majority and the need to build broad coalitions, rebuilding living wage campaigns could be an important part of its organizing future. … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 2

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Paul Sweezy and Paul Baran, shown photographed in Cuba, wrote about a new era of monopoly capitalism.  Image from Fotopages. Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 2 Revisionists argued that while security, ideologies, personalities of elites, and even human nature had … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 1

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Historian William Appleman Wiliams circa 1986. Image from Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections / Daily Barameter / The Nation.Celebrate the ‘Historical Revisionists’ / 1 William Appleman Williams’ classic text, The Tragedy of American Diplomacy, broke new ground in the … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Advancing a Progressive Coalition

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Obama inauguration: mobilizing the progressive coalition. Photo by Win McNamee / Getty ImagesAdvancing a progressive coalition In his second inaugural address, the President clearly articulated a progressive agenda for the next four years that we on the left should organize … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Dr. King and the Civil Rights-Labor Alliance

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy lead a march by sanitation workers in Memphis, March 28, 1968. Photo by Sam Melhorn / AP.Martin Luther King and the civil rights and labor alliance King knew that black … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : ‘The Untold History of the United States’

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s not untold…The ‘Untold History of the United States‘ Stone and Kuznick’s 10-part series is a brilliant and entertaining narrative of the United States’ role in the world since the onset of World War II. By Harry Targ | The … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : In Times Like These

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

“In Times Like These” performed by Arlo Guthrie.In times like these:Give peace a chance By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 19, 2012 In times like these when night surrounds meAnd I am weary and my heart is … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : The Two Faces of the 2012 Elections

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Tea Party favorite Mike Pence is the new governor of Indiana. Photo by Darron Cummings / AP.Electoral contradictions:The progressive majority andthe reactionary state governments Challenges to a progressive future do not come just from Washington, Wall Street, or the Pentagon. … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : Class, Gender, and Division in Capitalism

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from race class and gender.Similarities and differences: The political economy of capitalism Creating divisions among male and female workers and workers of different races and ethnic backgrounds has often weakened workers’ struggles to achieve economic justice. By Harry Targ … Continue reading →

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ELECTION 2012 / Harry Targ : ‘Vote Today, Organize Tomorrow’

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Favianna Rodriguez / favianna.com.Assessing the election: ‘Vote today, organize tomorrow’ In the months ahead, progressive forces need to reexamine the history of social change in America, conceptualizing movement possibilities everywhere… By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | … Continue reading →

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Harry Targ : The Real Romney Foreign Policy

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up? Image from Foreign Policy.Unleashing the military:The real Romney foreign policy Military spending would grow in a Romney administration, especially because of ties to the neocons and a hawkish Congress which promotes military … Continue reading →

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