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How Ronald Reagan Broke the Air Traffic Controllers Union--And Why That Fight Still Matters

Jefferson Cowie, Dissent Magazine. March 25, 2012.

The PATCO strike has become the pivotal event in almost everyone’s understanding of the massive realignment of class power in the United States in the last few decades.

The Truth About the Conservative Mind: Why Reactionaries from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin Have Fought Real Liberty

Corey Robin, The Chronicle of Higher Education. January 29, 2012.

Conservatism is a reaction to democratic movements, like OWS, that challenge the authority of elites.

SWAT Teams, Flash-Bang Grenades, Shooting the Family Pet: The Shocking Outcomes of Police Militarization in the War on Drugs

Norm Stamper, AlterNet. November 11, 2011.

There are more than 50,000 police paramilitary raids in the US each year – more than 130 every day. Virtually all are for prosecution of drug warrants.

Shocking New Report: Safest Place To Be a Black Man Is in Prison

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. July 29, 2011.

A new study says the "big house" is the safest place to be a black man.

Michele Bachmann's Aide Hides $10 Million Secret

Robert Parry, Consortium News. July 10, 2011.

Veteran political strategist Ed Rollins brought a burst of positive media coverage to Bachmann's campaign, but he continues to hide a dark secret.

Why Do People Believe Stupid Stuff, Even When They're Confronted With the Truth?

David McRaney, AlterNet. June 26, 2011.

The "backfire effect" helps explain how strange, ancient and kooky beliefs resist science, reason and reportage.

Why Our Books, Movies and Music Are the Catalysts of Politics

Danny Goldberg, Down With Tyranny!. March 18, 2011.

Many culturally induced nerve endings, hidden from the view of polls and focus groups, help determine political currents.

How Reagan Brought the World to the Brink of Nuclear Destruction

Tad Daley, AlterNet. February 7, 2011.

Reagan nearly started a nuclear war. It was everyday citizens, protesting the insanity of nuclear brinkmanship, who stopped him.

10 Things Conservatives Don't Want You to Know About Reagan

Alex Seitz-Wald, ThinkProgress. February 6, 2011.

The image of Reagan as a conservative superhero is myth, created to unite the various factions of the right behind a common leader.

The Tax That Turned Reagan From a Labor-Loving FDR Dem to the Father of Backlash Conservatism

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. February 1, 2011.

In the middle decades of the 20th century, the steeply graduated progressive income tax meant that the super-rich saw their share of the nation’s income drop precipitously.

Reagan Turning 100: Fawning Media Ignore His Disastrous 'War on Drugs'

Tony Newman, AlterNet. January 24, 2011.

Ronald Reagan's harsh drug policies not only exploded the prison population, he also blocked programs that could have prevented hundreds of thousands of AIDS deaths.

10 Ways Right-Wingers Will Try to Wreck Any Economic Recovery

Isaiah J. Poole, Blog for Our Future. December 27, 2010.

To keep conservatives from enacting policies that will kill a nascent economic recovery, progressives will have to organize against these top 10 economy killers.

The Great American Stick-Up: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street

Robert Scheer, Nation Books. October 27, 2010.

For Wall Street, the holy grail was not cash handouts but a deconstruction of the complex public-private partnership ushered in by Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

6 Shocking Ways Conservatives Helped Cause the Economic Destruction of America

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future. June 20, 2010.

The anti-government, pro-corporate-rule Reagan Revolution screwed a lot of things up for regular people and for the country.

Democrats Help Bring Reagan Back From the Dead

David Sirota, AlterNet. January 25, 2010.

Democrats' pandering to corporate interests lets the GOP win easy points with Reagan's tired anti-government ideology.

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Conservative "Purity Test" Too Right Wing for Ronald Reagan

John Nichols, The Nation. November 25, 2009.

Rigid conservatives in the RNC want to establish a purity test for the party's candidates. Guess what? Reagan the conservative hero would have failed most of the criteria.

Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did

Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 20, 2009.

Reagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.

How Right-Wing Cult Leader Sun Myung Moon Bought Washington

Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. November 13, 2009.

With money, media and promotion of a conservative political agenda, a self-styled Messiah and convicted felon became a frequent guest at the White House.

What Can the Morass of the 1970s Tell Us About the Current Economic Crisis?

Alejandro Reuss, Dollars and Sense. November 10, 2009.

Whether the gears of a capitalist economy mesh or not depends on the institutional framework in which capitalist companies operate.

Insane Neocon to Ron Reagan: Your Father Would Be Ashamed

Insane Neocon to Ron Reagan: Your Father Would Be Ashamed

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 23, 2009.

Frank Gaffney missed the sanity train long ago.

Video: GOP Hypocrisy on Obama's School Speech

Video: GOP Hypocrisy on Obama's School Speech

Jed Lewison, Daily Kos. September 8, 2009.

Already, infamous for cramming conservative agendas down the throats of America's youth, some GOP blowhards are crying foul on Obama.

Politico Pushes Misinformation About Obama's Poll Numbers

Politico Pushes Misinformation About Obama's Poll Numbers

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. September 2, 2009.

Politico's Ben Smith leaves out important context in his Obama's-bad-poll-number item.

Sarah Palin's Latest Crazy Move: Are Republicans a Danger to the Republic?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. July 6, 2009.

Remember, this is the woman Republicans wanted to put a heart beat away from the Presidency. When did the GOP become so irresponsible?

Was Ronald Reagan an Even Worse President Than George W. Bush?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 5, 2009.

The starting point for many of the catastrophes confronting the United States today can be traced to Reagan's presidency.

GOP Civil War: Palin Supporters Attack Mitt Romney

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 5, 2009.

Some YouTube savvy Palin supporters didn't like Mitt's latest jab at the Alaskan governor.

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