by Julien Osborne | Apr 28, 2022 | Suffolk University
Not long ago, I familiarized myself with the work of the late political theorist and philosopher Mark Fisher. His most well-known and significant work, Capitalist Realism, is a valuable read, first and foremost to gain a proper understanding of its central, eponymous...
by Andrew Whitt | Mar 4, 2020 | Suffolk University
The Bernie Sanders rally was on February 29th in the Boston Common. I saw a wave of progressive democratic socialist showing up by the hundreds and thousands. The total show was around 8,000 and the Sanders campaign was slated a 10,000 person permit. The question is...
by Rachel Dinh Lopez | May 7, 2019 | Sacramento State University
Long before the rule of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, the democracy that began with President Betancourt began to erode. During this time the country enjoyed the rewards of an economically booming and nationalizing oil market. However, with Venezuela’s...
by Jackson Schumacher | Mar 10, 2018 | Ohio State University
I arrived at the city council chambers as the zoning and planning meeting was getting to head. Spirited debates over the choice to re-zone area A09-17-42 from low density residential to low density commercial erupted through the room. Citizens electrified the room...
by Sandra Sugata | Feb 15, 2018 | Columbia University
In a referendum that came on the heels of Lenin Moreno’s presidential victory, an overwhelming majority of Ecuadorian voters hammered the final nail in Rafael Correa’s proverbial political coffin. Quick count results showed, by a 2-to-1 margin, that voters approved...
