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Young: Review of Richard Seymour, American Insurgents: A Brief History of American Anti-Imperialism (Chicago: Haymarket, 2012)
Znet Article, May, 26 2012
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Richard Seymour’s new book highlights the rich history of anti-imperialist activism in the United States, offering important lessons for present-day organizing.
Young: The Rise of the Tea Party
Znet Article, December, 26 2011
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Review of Anthony DiMaggio's The Rise of the Tea Party: Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama (New York: Monthly Review Press, 2011)
Young: 167 Million People Support Occupy Wall Street
Znet Article, October, 15 2011
Kevin Young
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Recent US public opinion polls on the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests suggest a high level of public sympathy for the movement
Young: "Kumbaya" and Bullets
Znet Article, October, 07 2011
Kevin Young
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The mainstream debate over the just-passed "free-trade" agreements conveys a simple message: some people matter, most people don't.
Young: Deficit Myths
Znet Article, July, 25 2011
Kevin Young
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The six most prevalent lies about budget deficits and economic recovery
Young: Shock Doctrine: New York
Znet Article, April, 01 2011
Kevin Young
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The wealthiest segment of society is exploiting state fiscal crises in order to reduce funding for social services like education and to undermine workers’ little remaining political power. I have three goals here: to illustrate the applicability ...
Young: Two, Three, Many Colombias
Znet Article, January, 13 2011
Kevin Young
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The Obama administration’s effusive praise for Plan Colombia reveals much about its broader vision for Latin America.
Young: Latinobarometro 2010: Latin American Public Opinion
Znet Article, December, 07 2010
Kevin Young
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US foes are among the more democratic regimes in Latin America, according to their people, while US allies fare much worse.
Young: War Preparedness 101
Znet Article, November, 22 2010
Kevin Young
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David Swanson’s new book refutes all the arguments used to justify wars, and is highly recommended for both general audiences and experienced activists.
Young: Army Enlistment Drops, Again
Znet Article, October, 20 2010
Kevin Young
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Staggering unemployment has failed to resuscitate a desperate US military---meaning that intensified counter-recruitment efforts can have an even more powerful effect.
Young: "They’re Running the Economy Into the Ground"
Znet Article, September, 03 2010
Kevin Young
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U.S. corporate media have taken aim at Latin American economic policies that diverge from Washington’s neoliberal prescriptions—despite those prescriptions’ contribution to the financial crisis.
Young: Good Left, Bad Left
Znet Article, July, 17 2010
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Faced with a tide of protest in Latin America against the US and US-allied leaders, the US government has tried to limit its loss of control over the hemisphere. One strategy for doing so has involved promoting what it considers the "good," respo...
Young: Honduras, Iran, and the Propaganda Model
Znet Article, July, 05 2010
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Government repression in Iran and Honduras in the summer of 2009 was at least roughly comparable. Consistent and honest news media could thus be expected to devote at least roughly comparable levels of attention and indignation to the two cases. I...
Young: Review of Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Znet Article, January, 04 2010
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A review of Rebecca Solnit's amazing new book on human behavior in the aftermath of disasters
Young: Listening to the Radicals: US History's Lessons on Compromise and the 'Politically Impossible'
Znet Article, September, 10 2009
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Some thoughts on the role of radicalism and political compromise in US history, inspired by the ongoing debate over health care reform
Young: Obama and Latin America
Znet Article, July, 26 2009
Kevin Young
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Far from embodying any dramatic changes, President Obama’s foreign policy has thus far tended toward continuity or worse in most major areas.
Young: Review of Ha-Joon Chang, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
Znet Article, June, 09 2009
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A review of Ha-Joon Chang´s book Bad Samaritans
Young: US Policy and Democracy in Latin America: The Latinobarómetro Poll
Znet Article, May, 26 2009
Kevin Young
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A summary and analysis of the most recent Latinobarometro poll of Latin American public opinion, focusing on citizens' satisfaction with the state of their democracies. The 2008 poll, released this past November, shows that US friends in the regio...
Young: Testing the Propaganda Model
Znet Article, December, 19 2008
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A comparison of US press coverage of Venezuela and Colombia over the past decade, focusing on two sets of parallel political actions taken by the Venezuelan and Colombian governments.
Young: Targeting Civilians: The Path to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Znet Article, August, 08 2008
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A look at the military tactic of targeting civilians in times of war, and the justifications frequently offered for it
Young: The Atomic Bombs: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Reexamines the Japanese Surrender
Znet Article, August, 06 2008
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A comparison of the widely-accepted version of the Truman administration's use of 2 atomic bombs against Japan in 1945 with historical facts
Young: The Achievements of War Propaganda: Selling Military Intervention to a Reluctant Public
Znet Article, June, 07 2008
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Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Democratic politicians must support policies of war and militarism if they wish to maintain popularity, the people of the United States do not like war. Therefore extensive and systematic propaganda is nece...
Young: The Effects of the US Occupation
Znet Article, January, 10 2008
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A primary stated justification for continuing the US-led military occupation of Iraq is that a withdrawal of Western forces would result in a “bloodbath.” Without the responsible, benevolent oversight of the US-led forces, the rhetoric goes, Islam...
Young: Iraqi Public Opinion
Znet Article, January, 09 2008
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No nation that claims to value democracy for the world’s people can maintain a military occupation against the will of the occupied population.
