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Home Articles Recent Articles Magazine Current Issue Back Issues Subscribe Subscriber Access Subscribe Donate Archives Search Authors About JOIN LIST Privacy Policy Books T-shirts podcasts FAQs July 28, 2020 Brian Trautman Portland’s ‘Wall of Moms’: A Nonviolent Resistance Campaign with Historical Precedent Byrd McDaniel – Paul M. Renfro Disability is Shaping the 2020 Presidential Race—But Not in the Way That It Should Richard D. Wolff Many Terms That Are Frequently Used to Describe Capitalism Simply Don’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny John Feffer Feds Attack! Trump’s Paramilitaries Invade American Cities Marshall Auerback Even If Biden Wins in a Blowout, the Economy Still Isn’t Coming Back Vincent Emanuele Winning Requires Vision, Strategy, and Numbers Jeff Cohen Democratic Leaders Have Blocked Real Healthcare Reform for Decades. Time to Give ‘Em Hell. 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Organized by Bev Barnum, a Mexican-American woman, and dressed in yellow shirts and protective gear, the moms began putting their bodies on the line to safeguard protesters against aggressive law enforcement. They have been singing, dancing, locking arms, bringing flowers, and holding signs, one of which read “Moms getting into good trouble,” paying tribute to recently deceased civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis. More Disability is Shaping the 2020 Presidential Race—But Not in the Way That It Should by Byrd McDaniel – Paul M. Renfro If you take Donald Trump’s word for it, he’s “all there,” while his presumed Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, may not be. According to Trump, doctors at Walter Reed Medical Center found the president’s performance on a recent cognitive exam “unbelievable,” given the extent to which Trump “aced the test.” Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox News that the test refutes claims from “the radical left” concerning the president’s diminished mental state. “I proved I was all there,” he exclaimed, while also insisting that Biden “should take the same exact test, a very standard test.” More Many Terms That Are Frequently Used to Describe Capitalism Simply Don’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny by Richard D. Wolff Capitalism is not, as its defenders like to claim, defined by “free” or “private” enterprises. Likewise, “free” or “unregulated” markets do not define capitalism. Politics and ideology drive its defenders to choose those definitions over clearly better, different definitions. The causes and consequences of conflicts over definition are part of today’s mounting battles over capitalism. 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