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DemocratsMay 23, 2019
Why Are Leading Democrats Supporting Trump on Venezuela?
They assure us they’re not for war. But they are supporting strangulation through sanctions, which has led to thousands of deaths.
Jeff Faux
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Election 2020April 2, 2019
Trump Is Laying a Trap for Democrats on Immigration
He’ll use fear of crime and “open borders” to woo voters in 2020. Democrats need to go on the offensive.
Jeff Faux
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Nuclear Arms and ProliferationMarch 6, 2018
Why Are US Troops Still in South Korea, Anyway?
Our garrison is no longer needed to defend the South—and it poses a continuing threat to the North.
Jeff Faux
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Latin AmericaOctober 18, 2017
How US Foreign Policy Helped Create the Immigration Crisis
Neoliberal strictures, support for oligarchs, and the War on Drugs have impoverished millions and destabilized Latin America.
Jeff Faux
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Foreign PolicyJune 13, 2016
Why Is Iran Our Enemy?
It’s a repressive theocracy, but Tehran is no threat to the United States and is a staunch opponent of jihadi groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda.
Jeff Faux
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US Wars and Military ActionJanuary 14, 2016
Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria?
Five years after the Arab Spring began, four experts debate a pressing question that remains unsettled on the left.
Jeff Faux, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, Phyllis Bennis and Sherle R. Schwenninger
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Books and IdeasApril 18, 2014
Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism
Not only does capitalist growth not reduce inequality; it increases it.
Jeff Faux
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GlobalizationJuly 15, 2009
So Far From God, So Close to Wall St.
Mexico’s troubles illustrate the destructive effects of NAFTA’s neoliberal economics.
Jeff Faux
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BankingMay 13, 2009
The More Things Change
Wall Street’s pervasive influence on Obama’s change agenda props up banks, while the real economy continues to suffer.
Jeff Faux
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EconomyMarch 27, 2008
Is This the Big One?
The blowback of housing deflation on our overleveraged financial markets has seriously constricted the flow of credit–the lifeblood of the world’s largest debtor economy.
Jeff Faux