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The Economist Shocked that Globalized Neoliberalism has Created Global Misery.

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Nov 22, 2016 23:57

Rampant Capitalism Emboldens Global Basket of Deplorables to Hate Each Other.All around the world, nationalists are gaining ground. Why ( Read more... )

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How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind

calinewarkwc69 wrote in ontd_political Nov 11, 2016 08:26

I'm going to explain the Donald Trump phenomenon in three movies. And then some text.There's this universal shorthand that epic adventure movies use to tell the good guys from the bad. The good guys are simple folk from the countryside... while the bad guys are decadent assholes who live in the city and wear stupid clothes ( Read more... )

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Not all the Standing Rock Sioux are protesting the pipeline

1bigbeatlesfan wrote in ontd_political Oct 31, 2016 03:25

Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota (CNN)
Ask around and you'll hear stories of pipeline protesters who've traveled great distances. They've come from Japan, Russia and Germany. Australia, Israel and Serbia. And, of course, there are the allies, not exclusively Native American or indigenous, who've flocked here from all corners of the US.

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What's Wrong with Cancer Alley? Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Anatomy of Trumpism

roseembolism wrote in ontd_political Aug 23, 2016 10:29

What's the Matter with Cancer Alley? Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Anatomy of Trumpism

By Sean McCann

AUGUST 22, 2016THIS MIGHT BE the saddest story you’ll read all year. If not, Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land will certainly be among the most timely of books in this moment of seeming near political apocalypse. Hochschild is ( Read more... )

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roseembolism wrote in ontd_political Aug 22, 2016 21:56

The Hillary Haters

Few figures in American political life have inspired such deep and decades-long contempt. But why?

By Michelle Goldberg

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old but prepare for... colored pencil shortages?

blackjedii wrote in ontd_political May 03, 2016 22:20

Adult colouring book craze prompts global pencil shortage

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Greenpeace show their love for the earth by irrevocably marring it

checkerdandy wrote in ontd_political Dec 13, 2014 11:48

Greenpeace has apologised for any "moral offence" it has caused, after a publicity stunt on the ancient Nazca lines in Peru.Activists from the organisation placed a banner next to a figure of a hummingbird, carved more than 1,500 years ago ( Read more... )

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"The dress that shocked the Arab world" and what it says about a growing cultural divide

strannik01 wrote in ontd_political Nov 20, 2014 21:28

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Well, here it is. The New Culture War of the 21st Century. Damn You All.

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Oct 16, 2014 19:50

The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate

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Director of WhiteWashed Akira Remake Says Something Eurocentric/Racist About Japanese Cinema

astridmyrna wrote in ontd_political Feb 10, 2014 23:01

In interviews with entertainment news websites Collider and ComingSoon, director Jaume Collet-Serra, who was previously in talks to work on Warner Brothers' stalled live-action Akira film project, mentioned that he's still working on the film, and that he hopes it will be his next one ( Read more... )

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