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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

Harvard University Press Blog : On Tagore, As A Way Of Not Letting Go

via harvardpress.typepad.com A beautiful, moving essay!

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Almost Marx on The Great Will and ‘The curse of free money’

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-curse-of-free-money/2011/04/12/AFjdaqYD_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions Here is The Great Will (TGW) working a more oblique angle on the Austerity argument which is the latest propaganda offensive being repeated by the former acolytes of The Free Market Ideology.  He locates himself outside of the … Continue reading →

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What they really mean by “American exceptionalism” – Barack Obama News

via salon.com

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Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89 by Rodric Braithwaite – review | Books | The Guardian

“Nothing remotely consistent” in US foreign policy from 1948 until 1991?? You jest!! It was remarkably consistent even if not best directed. It had one objective and that objective is clearly stated in the article above: “What is most important … Continue reading →

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President Obama to Paul Ryan/Ayn Rand: “IN YOUR FACE!” – Ron Robinson – Open Salon

Ron Robinson Add as Favorite Send message RSS Birthday June 14 Bio My field is social brain science/cognitive science and my research focuses on social, political, and media related issues and problems and how they effect and are effected by … Continue reading →

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Obama Budget Speech – Video and Analysis of Obama Budget Speech 2011 – Esquire

via esquire.com Listen to the Obama speech and then read this commentary which, I think, is beautifully argued, then make up your own mind.

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Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction | The Nation

via thenation.com Here is a book review by a brilliant literary stylist and economic thinker, Joshua Clover. Read for yourself ,as he addresses each of the issues raised by the authors of the books under review and marvel at his … Continue reading →

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Niall Ferguson: ‘The left love being provoked by me … they think I’m a reactionary imperialist scumbag’ | Books | The Guardian

via guardian.co.uk Here in the Guardian is an interview with the Pretty Boy Reactionary. He is a tough little scrapper and proud of provoking us old style lefties with his Historical defense of Empire. But an Empire tarted up like … Continue reading →

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Bill Boyarsky: Obama Jilts the Jobless – Bill Boyarsky’s Columns – Truthdig

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