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Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 6th, 2011 5:36 am by HL
Whose ‘Solidarity’?
“Solidarity forever, Solidarity forever, Solidarity fore-e-ver, for the union makes us strong.” —- Neoliberals find the word “solidarity” distasteful. I’m not fond of it myself. Doesn’t solidarity collapse easily into groupthink? Shouldn’t being free mean thinking independently? Before you answer…
PsyOps, Afghanistan, and Al Franken
With all the controversy stirred by Michael Hastings’ Rolling Stone article about the role of Army psychological operations units in hosting congressmembers (i.e. trying to manipulate them) I noticed Sen. Al Franken among the “targets.” This prompts me to recount…