The Dynamics of the Archaic

Since the Ronald Reagan years, there is objective collusion in U.S. politics between religious archaism and market fundamentalism. How did this dynamic come to be and what makes it so powerful?

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It Can Never Happen Here

An Egyptian woman displaying the logo of the April 6th movement. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Reuters)

Achieving a revolution often seems hopeless for people living under oppressive regimes. Drawing key lessons from his own experience, Srdja Popovic shows that this can be done by everyone, everywhere.

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The Almighty Pillars of Power

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., after delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963.

“Whether you want to get the villagers on your side against a bloodthirsty dictator or force McDonald’s to add healthy options to the dollar menu, you have to know which pillars you need to jostle.” (Srdja Popovic)

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Democracy’s Perversion

The United States is used to equating being “the greatest power in the world” and a democracy. But which is it? How and why a constitutionally limited government would turn into a superpower?

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The Demons of Violence

Nonviolence sculpture by Carl Frederick Reuterswärd.(MHM55)

“My biggest objection to violence stems from the fact that it simply doesn’t work, or doesn’t work nearly as well as nonviolent resistance.” (Srdja Popovic)

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