Imagine sitting on a beach. The tide is out. Things look static. You’ve set up your chair, beach towel, maybe you’ve even constructed a little sand castle. The tides come in slowly at first, then without warning a big wave comes rushing toward you, swamping you and your belongings. We think we’ve learned from history. We […]
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Tyranny Engulfs Europe: Neo-liberalism in Greece and Spain
When I was a child, friends and I would waste time on the railroad tracks behind my house. The funny thing about industrial trains is that you’d think the massive hulk of steal and engine would be audible from a mile away and yet we continued to find ourselves surprised at how silently it approached. […]