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3 days ago | 
putnamcountycourier.com | Lawrence Wittner
Despite much lofty rhetoric portraying the United States as a democracy (in which the people rule), this nation, in fact, has often resembled a plutocracy (in which the wealthy rule). The confusion owes a great deal to the fact that the United...
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6 days ago | 
warisacrime.org | Lawrence Wittner
Despite much lofty rhetoric portraying the United States as a democracy (in which the people rule), this nation, in fact, has often resembled a plutocracy (in which the wealthy rule). The confusion owes a great deal to the fact that the United States, at its founding, was somewhat more democratic than its contemporaries.
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1 week ago | 
laprogressive.com | Lawrence Wittner |Rob Maurer
We are witnessing a new counter-revolution to reduce public access to the vote, intimidate opponents, and return the U.S. government to its earlier role as a guardian of political, economic, and social privilege. Despite much lofty rhetoric portraying the United States as a democracy (in which the people rule), this nation, in fact, has often resembled a plutocracy (in which the wealthy rule).
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2 weeks ago | 
globalsolutions.org | Lawrence Wittner
Amid growing international chaos, it should come as no surprise that nuclear dangers are increasing. The latest indication is a rising interest among U.S. allies in enhancing their nuclear weapons capability. For many decades, remarkably few of them had been willing to build nuclear weapons―a result of popular opposition to nuclear weapons and nuclear war, progress on nuclear arms control and disarmament, and a belief that they remained secure under the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
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2 weeks ago | 
putnamcountycourier.com | Lawrence Wittner
Amid growing international chaos, it should come as no surprise that nuclear dangers are increasing. The latest indication is a rising interest among U.S. allies in enhancing their nuclear weapons capability. For many decades, remarkably few of the...
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2 weeks ago | 
counterpunch.org | Lawrence Wittner
Amid growing international chaos, it should come as no surprise that nuclear dangers are increasing. The latest indication is a rising interest among U.S. allies in enhancing their nuclear weapons capability. For many decades, remarkably few of them had been willing to build nuclear weapons―a result of popular opposition to nuclear weapons and nuclear war, progress on nuclear arms control and disarmament, and a belief that they remained secure under the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
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4 weeks ago | 
globalsolutions.org | Lawrence Wittner
Rebecca A. Shoot is an international lawyer and democracy and governance practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in the non-governmental, inter-governmental, and private sectors supporting human rights, democratic processes, and the rule of law on five continents.
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1 month ago | 
laprogressive.com | Lawrence Wittner |Rob Maurer
Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump are out of line with the views of many national leaders that see the reckless pursuit of narrow national interests as a recipe for disaster. Putin, Netanyahu, and Trump are out of line with the views of many national leaders that see the reckless pursuit of narrow national interests as a recipe for disaster.
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1 month ago | 
athensmessenger.com | Lawrence Wittner
Although the nations of the world have pledged to respect a system of international law and global responsibility, the recent behavior of several countries provides a sharp challenge to this arrangement. kAmu@C @G6C E9C66 J62CD[ E96 #FDD:2? 8@G6C?>6?E 92D 4@?5F4E65 2 3CFE2= >:=:E2CJ :?G2D:@?[ @44FA2E:@?[ 2?5 2??6I2E:@? @7 &<C2:?6 — E96 =2C86DE 2?5 >@DE 56G2DE2E:?8 >:=:E2CJ @A6C2E:@? :?
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1 month ago | 
counterpunch.org | Lawrence Wittner
Although the nations of the world have pledged to respect a system of international law and global responsibility, the recent behavior of several countries provides a sharp challenge to this arrangement. For over three years, the Russian government has conducted a brutal military invasion, occupation, and annexation of Ukraine―the largest and most devastating military operation in Europe since World War II.
