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19090 Articles by: T Rivers
T Rivers is a pseudonymous journalist who covers East and Central Africa.
Hillary Clinton Is Running for President
In case you haven’t noticed …
Austerity With a Vacant Face
Capital’s third favorite party sounds a lot like its first.
Voting Under Socialism
It’ll be more meaningful — but hopefully won’t involve endless meetings.
Why We Publish
Having history on our side isn’t enough. We need your support.
The Ruling-Class Circus
The absurdity of this election has shown how badly we need a working-class politics of justice and solidarity.
Until Hope Appears
A statement against the arrest of HDP leaders and activists by the Turkish regime.
The Real Vladimir Lenin
Ninety-nine years after the Russian Revolution, let’s free Lenin from distortions of all types.
The Art of Spin
How Hillary Clinton backers deployed faux feminism and privilege politics to divert attention from her destructive policies.
Donald Trump Is America
Trump should be a wake-up call — a frightening enough harbinger that the American dream is a dead end, leading only to failure, frustration, and thoughts of revenge.
The Death of Ricky Ray Rector
How the execution of a mentally ill black man delivered Bill Clinton into the Oval Office.
Donald Trump Is Buckley’s Rightful Heir
The only thing that separates Donald Trump and the genteel conservatives who reject him is a few degrees of vulgarity.
Building the House of Breitbart
How Breitbart News rose on the darkest of money to hijack the conservative media — and how liberals helped them do it.
How Centrists Failed Immigrants
On immigration, the road to the noxious nativism of Donald Trump was paved by centrist Democrats and moderate Republicans.
Against the Libertarian Party
A vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for placing property rights over democratic rights.
We Need Each Other
How austerity and the Chicago Teachers Union have fostered a culture of solidarity between parents and educators.
Erasing Empire
Today’s understanding of the British Empire has been shaped by state secrecy and the destruction of historical records.
Nothing to Lose
In 1985, Mexican-American women led 1,700 of their coworkers on strike against one of California’s biggest canning companies.
Inside “the Jungle”
France’s recently razed “Jungle” refugee camp illustrates the human toll of Europe’s anti-refugee policies.
“Our Flag Is Education”
A youth leader’s powerful testimony on Brazil’s student movement, which is defending public education through over 1,000 school occupations.