What kind of nonsense is that? That war is basically the “dark side” of one’s imagination [48:39]? What is this, a Star Wars film?
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[03-08-1987] Thomas Sankara: The revolution cannot triumph without the emancipation of women
The revolution cannot triumph without the emancipation of women
The specific character of women’s oppression
Woman’s fate is bound up with that of the exploited male. This is a fact. However, this solidarity, arising from the exploitation that both men and women suffer and that binds them together historically, must not cause us to lose sight of the specific reality of the woman’s situation. The conditions of her life are determined by more than economic factors, and they show that she is a victim of a specific oppression. The specific character of this oppression cannot be explained away by setting up an equal sign or by falling into easy and childish simplifications.
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[10-02-1983] Thomas Sankara: The Political Orientation Speech
The Military Recruiting Crisis: Even Veterans Don’t Want Their Families to Join
Pentagon scrambles to retain the main pipeline for new service members as disillusioned families steer young people away
The Military Recruiting Crisis: Even Veterans Don’t Want Their Families to Join
Tax Flight Is a Myth
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Dispelling the Myth of Tax-Induced Capital Flight
A study by the American Sociological Association in 2016 found that while massive top rate tax hikes might cause some millionaires to move from their high-tax state to a low-tax state, the amount of them doing so for this reason was negligible. Millionaires moved for tax purposes around 2.2% of the time. Indeed, in any event the rate of inter-state migration generally was lower for millionaires, at 2.4%, than it was for the general population, at 2.9%.
Letters From Moscow Across the Class Divide
Impact of Sanctions, Homelessness, and Sports Fanaticism
Letters From Moscow Across the Class Divide
H/T: The New Dark Age
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 