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This Blog is eclectic, political and personal. The content of the posts reflect my political and philosophical orientation – developed over a lifetime of radical/revolutionary struggle against dehumanized capitalism and in search of peace and social justice.
The posts are for the most part taken from sources outside the mainstream media. From time to time I post my own opinions. I have also posted several of my own past writings, published and unpublished, on a wide variety of topics.
The Blog is organized as follows: below my painting (“Mujer Liberada”) the posts are organized under “Categories.” Under “Current Posts” you will find first my current original pieces (“Roger’s Original Essays”); this is followed by different areas in which I have posted articles from a wide variety of sources beginning in August of 2008. After that are different categories of my own “Archived Writing.”
If you came to the Blog via a search for an article on a particular subject, I welcome your comment and I invite you to browse in other areas.
I hope you find what I have posted or written to be interesting, informative, and – above all – transformative.
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Obama conquers the new south
North Carolina has been a red state since 1976; Obama is turning it blue
The spark for the civil rights movement happened 48 years ago in Greensboro, North Carolina. The state has voted red since 1976 – and it was red until mid-September. Pepe Escobar, reporting from Greensboro and financial center Charlotte, tells how Senator Barack Obama’s campaign has energized voters from a broad spectrum, including blacks, female voters and independents, suburban and exurban, to the point that the state is now turning blue.
On the street in North Carolina this week Pepe Escobar spoke to one man who said, “Everybody’s excited about Obama,” a statement that really exemplifies the mood in N.C.
The Republican Party “Southern Strategy” is not working anymore. This is the new New South, 16 years after Bill Clinton. Obama – a liberal black senator from Chicago – is on the road to carry other southern states, from Virginia to Florida.
Escobar comments, “This is a second silent American revolution,” a sentiment echoed by a local early voter, “Everybody’s hurting, we want change.”
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Hi,
Your social-political critique is quite interesting, keep it up.
Bravo Roger! I’ve read some of your blogs and am not surprised to find that you are still fighting the good fight. Keep up the good work. If you’re in Toronto let’s meet up!