Author Archive
Joel Bleifuss
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Javier Sicilia: Leading His Caravan to Washington
After his son was murdered, a Mexican poet took the helm of a new movement challenging the War on Drugs. MORE
Features · May 17, 2012
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Let’s Intervene in Elections
If the Left wants to be relevant, it must remember the ballot box. MORE
Views · May 5, 2012
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Occupy’s Meme Warrior
Adbusters' Kalle Lasn on Occupy and a resurgent Left. MORE
Features · May 2, 2012
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The Banality of Corporate Evil
Claiming they can't be held liable for human rights abuses, corporations reach a new height of hypocrisy. MORE
Views · March 17, 2012
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When It Comes to Iran, U.S. Should Make History, Not Bombs
Washington must prevent, rather than join, a war over Iranian nuclear capabilities. MORE
Views · February 14, 2012
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It’s More Than a War of Words
If Democrats can't inspire progressives to vote this year, Barack Obama will be a one-term president. MORE
Views · January 18, 2012
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A ‘Care Socialist’ Speaks Out
An economist debunks the "austerity story." MORE
Features · November 13, 2011
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Our Time Is Now
The Occupy Wall Street protests present a rare and urgent opportunity to put our uncompromised ideals into action. MORE
Views · October 18, 2011
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Corporations Are Not People
A movement builds to fight corporate rule and amend the Constitution. MORE
Features · September 19, 2011
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Countering Corporate Rule
In These Times exists to suggest alternatives to corporate rule—but we need your help to continue. MORE
Views · September 8, 2011
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Cancer Calling, Again
On May 20, CNN's talking doc, Sanjay Gupta, wrote on CNN.com, "Just about every time I use a MORE
Views · June 7, 2011
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Help Expose Secret Corporate Campaign Contributions
Do you wonder who is investing money in Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) campaigns? Do you want to know which politicians are receiving campaign funding from nefarious corporate "citizens" like Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil,... MORE
The ITT List · April 29, 2011
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Fox Populi
Frances Fox Piven on how to grow the movement, and Glenn Beck-inspired death threats. MORE
Features · March 25, 2011
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Let’s Share the Sacrifice
In state capitols across the country, Republican elected officials are launching major offensives against government employees and their MORE
Views · March 15, 2011
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The Editor Who Kissed Ass
On January 30, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller published a self-serving essay in The New York Times MORE
Views · February 10, 2011
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We’ve Got a Job to Do
In August 2009, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told leaders of MoveOn.org that they were "fucking MORE
Views · January 27, 2011
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Debating ‘The Change We Seek’
The 2010 midterm election results make one point abundantly clear: The Democrats are doing something wrong. Yes, midterm losses MORE
Views · November 16, 2010
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Battling Corporate Krakens
Frank Norris' novel The Octopus tells the story of the struggle between farmers of the San Joaquin Valley MORE
Views · October 26, 2010
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Learning From the Right
Ten years ago, too many progressives hitched their wagon to Ralph Nader's quixotic star. Vote for me, said MORE
Views · September 21, 2010
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Stand Up for Elizabeth Warren
The sacking of Shirley Sherrod is emblematic of the mess the Democrats and President Barack Obama have gotten MORE
Views · August 17, 2010
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In an Afghan Hole? Dig Deeper
Gen. Stanley McChrystal's trash talking and his subsequent sacking by President Barack Obama is a sign: America's foreign MORE
Views · July 12, 2010
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ITT Community Business
During the three days after the May 2010 issue of In These Times went to press, I signed more MORE
Views · May 6, 2010
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Obama’s ‘Ben Tre Logic
Has nothing changed since we were preparing to invade Iraq eight years ago? Yes, we have a new MORE
Views · December 15, 2009
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Block ’Em, Sock ’Em
Across the country progressive groups are mobilizing to support legislative initiatives, but to what effect? On the climate MORE
Views · July 9, 2009
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Buy Back Our Government
Porn rentals, duck islands and moat-cleaning are among the frivolities British members of Parliament have charged to their MORE
Views · June 11, 2009
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A Specter is Haunting Dems
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) had every reason to free himself from the wing nuts that bind the rusty MORE
Views · May 12, 2009
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Bailout Bandits
In these days of "bank stablization plans" (bailouts for fat cats) and "overseas contingency operations" (wars), Americans who MORE
Views · April 16, 2009
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Building Utopia
A new documentary profiles the rise and fall of a Depression-era utopian experiment in the Bronx. MORE
Culture · April 13, 2009
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To Boycott Israel…or Not?
Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East. MORE
Features · March 30, 2009
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The Audacity of Reform
For some pundits, President Barack Obama's spectacular fundraising success during the 2008 general election has removed campaign finance reform MORE
Views · March 4, 2009
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The Interactive Presidency
President-elect Barack Obama owns the names, e-mail addresses and gigabytes of other data on 13 million Americans who signed MORE
Views · January 13, 2009
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We Have Much to Celebrate
Next year, President Barack Obama and the solidly Democratic Congress can pass legislation that provides universal healthcare, establishes MORE
Views · November 20, 2008
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Demons Out!
The neocons who sold Americans the Iraq War are working hand in hand with the Christian Right to MORE
Views · October 14, 2008
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United We Fail
This election year, the bandwagon to fix the healthcare system barrels along. On board is a motley crew MORE
Views · September 16, 2008
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Letter from Joel Bleifuss: Drop charges against Amy Goodman and two producers of “Democracy No
September 2, 2008 Dear friends, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! was arrested yesterday, along with two of the show’s producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. The producers were arrested for simply doing their... MORE
The ITT List · September 2, 2008
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Keep the Heat on Obama
In 1992, when Bill Clinton won the Democratic nomination, Washington progressives -- the leaders of unions, think tanks and MORE
Views · August 19, 2008
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EPA on Trial
For more than six years, Hugh Kaufman has been battling the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), his employer for 37 MORE
Act Locally · July 14, 2008
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Bush’s Selective Mourning
The Fourth of July is the time for patriotic hoohah by national poobahs. So, Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush MORE
Views · July 3, 2008
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Piling it High
The sewage sludge industry meets the light of day MORE
Features · May 21, 2008
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Political Vice Squad
In October 2001, when Congress passed the Patriot Act -- and again when it reauthorized it in 2006 -- the MORE
Views · April 22, 2008
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Red-Boating Obama
Sen. Barack Obama is many things to the right-wing noise machine: a crypto-Muslim, a drug-addled hoodlum, a snob MORE
Views · March 11, 2008
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Political Climate Change
Paul Krugman, president of the Hillary Clinton fan club, writes in his New York Times column that if MORE
Views · February 19, 2008
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Pollsters and Puppets
For Sen. Hillary Clinton, Iowa and New Hampshire are chapters of a story that began at 10 G Street MORE
Views · January 15, 2008
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The New Children’s Crusade
Vets like Vincent J. Emanuele and other Iraq Veterans Against the War inherit the reins from the Vietnam era peacenicks before them MORE
Features · July 13, 2007
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Thicker Than Oil
Iraq Veterans Against the War take the baton from their Vietnam-era counterparts MORE
Views · June 12, 2007
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The Fraudulence of Voter Fraud
The Bush administration purged U.S. attorneys for failing to prosecute crimes that didn't occur MORE
Features · April 18, 2007
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Thank You Mr. Vonnegut
With the April 11 death of Senior Editor Kurt Vonnegut, In These Times lost a dear friend. And the MORE
Views · April 13, 2007
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Global Warming: Dim Bulbs, Bright Lights
People who want to save the Earth from the ravages of global warming face a perennial problem: How MORE
Features · April 13, 2007
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A Politically Correct Lexicon
Your 'how-to' guide to avoid offending anyone MORE
Features · February 21, 2007
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Thirty More Years
Back in 1976, when James Weinstein decided to move to Chicago to start In These Times, his inspiration was MORE
Views · February 6, 2007
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