Ron Jacobs's Blog, page 56

Andrew Jackson and the American Psyche

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/23/andrew-jackson-and-the-american-psyche/

Nazis and Racists I Should Have Punched

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/14/nazis-and-racists-i-should-have-punched/

A Century of Socialism

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/06/09/a-century-of-socialism/

The Deep State is the State

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/26/the-deep-state-is-the-state/

Killing the Monsenor

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/19/killing-the-monsenor/

McMaster’s Civilized War for Civilization

Just because a general has a new way to fight a war doesn’t mean that war should be fought. The war in Afghanistan is not being incorrectly waged. Instead, it is the war and occupation of Afghanistan that is wrong.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/12/mcmasters-civilized-war-for-civilization/

Housing for People, Not for Profit

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/05/08/housing-for-people-not-for-profit/

Interview: US War Industry Profits from a Long War in Syria

http://www.muslimpress.com/Section-opinion-72/107815-us-war-industry-profits-enormously-from-long-war-in-syria

Hate Speech as Free Speech, How Does That Work Exactly?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/28/hate-speech-as-free-speech-how-does-that-work-exactly/

One Hundred Years That Shook the World

It’s as if John Reed, author of the classic piece of revolutionary journalism, Ten Days That Shook the World, woke from a decades-long sleep to tell the story of 1917 once again.  Although there is less personal detail, the sweep of Miéville’s story is equal to Reed’s in its breadth while matching it in passion.  It is Reed’s contention that the masses of workers, peasants and soldiers were at the front of the revolution.  One hundred years later, Miéville’s telling agrees.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/27/one-hundred-years-that-shook-the-world/