I think in many ways, the Spanish Civil War was the first battle of World War II.
ADAM HOCHSCHILDI think in many ways, the Spanish Civil War was the first battle of World War II.
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Zachary Macaulay, who once traveled on a slave ship across the Atlantic, taking notes.
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And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor
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The late Nadine Gordimer in South Africa, for example, had a wonderful ability to get her country’s injustices and contradictions down on paper.
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And tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others’ lives.
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Growing inequality is a huge problem, and of course is intimately connected to xenophobia and racism.
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I can certainly sympathize with writers who don’t want to put themselves or their loved ones at risk.
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You’ve got politicians in power or vying for power who are taking tactics and elements of their appeal from the playbook of fascism.
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Ronald Reagan perfected the subtler version long ago by talking about “welfare mothers” – a code phrase for people of colour.
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You know, by 1936, Hitler was already talking very loudly about his desire to expand to the east.
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All of us living in today’s world are facing an enormous crisis – arguably the greatest that humanity has ever faced
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Skinner goes everywhere, from border crossings to brothels to bargaining sessions with dealers in human beings
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If your real wages are declining, your job is at risk, you fear your children will be worse off than you are
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And American soldiers were the victims of these things in Spain, American volunteers. So this war was really a testing ground for Hitler.
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In the form of man-made global warming; one can’t be neutral at such a moment. It’s like claiming to be neutral if you’re living in Germany in 1933.
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I’m after a snake and please God I’ll scotch it.
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