Bruce Levine
How Can Anti-Authoritarian Critical Thinkers Rise Above Their Pessimism and Fight?
Critical thinking anti-authoritarians see the enormity of the military-industrial complex, the energy-industrial complex, and the financial-industrial complex. They see the overwhelming power of the U.S. ruling class. They see many Americans unaware of the true sources of their oppression or with little knowledge of the strategies and tactics necessary to overcome it. They see American […]
American Political Passivity, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Building a Base: Talk at the Military-Industrial Complex at 50 Conference
I want to begin by explaining how a clinical psychologist ends up giving the final talk at a conference on the military-industrial complex. Actually, for many years now, I’ve been writing and speaking about—and fighting against—another industrial complex, the pharmaceutical-industrial complex, specifically the psycho-pharmaceutical-industrial complex. All these industrial complexes are painful similar in their revolving […]
The “Military Industrial Complex at 50” Conference: American Political Passivity, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Building a Movement Base
Talk at the “Military Industrial Complex at 50” Conference, Charlottesville, VA
American Political Passivity, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Building a Base
The Battle for Brooklyn: The Abuse of Eminent Domain
Do we really accept that Big Money—through intimidation, bribery, or some other coercion—can shove us out of our homes and obliterate our communities? Eminent domain is the government’s right to seize private property, usually with compensation, for the public good. We live in a nation, however, in which the elite—not ordinary Americans—have the power to […]
Battle for Brooklyn and Eminent Domain Abuse
Do we really accept that Big Money—through intimidation, bribery, or some other coercion—can shove us out of our homes and obliterate our communities? Eminent domain is the government’s right to seize private property, usually with compensation, for the public good. We live in a nation, however, in which the elite—not ordinary Americans—have the power to […]
3 Things That Must Happen for Us To Rise Up and Defeat the Corporatocracy
Most Americans oppose rule by the corporatocracy but don’t have the tools to fight back. Here are three things we need to create a real people’s movement. Transforming the United States into something closer to a democracy requires: 1) knowledge of how we are getting screwed; 2) pragmatic tactics, strategies, and solutions; and 3) the […]
3 Requirements—Including 2 Oft Ignored—for the Defeat of the Corporate Elite
Transforming the United States into something closer to a democracy requires: (1) knowledge of how we are getting screwed; (2) pragmatic tactics, strategies, and solutions; and (3) the “energy to do battle.” The majority of Americans oppose the corporatocracy (rule by giant corporations, the extremely wealthy elite, and corporate-collaborator government officials), however, many of us […]
Confronting the Military-Industrial-Complex: The MIC at 50
The majority of Americans oppose the U.S. government’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and believe that defense spending is the area that must be cut to reduce the federal deficit. However, many of us feel powerless to stop the ever-increasing bombings, invasions, and occupations of nations which pose no threat to us. Most of us […]
Stopping Senseless Wars and Wasteful Military Spending: “MIC at 50: The Military Industrial Complex at 50” Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia
The majority of Americans oppose the U.S. government’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and believe that defense spending is the area that must be cut to reduce the federal deficit. However, many of us feel powerless to stop the ever-increasing bombings, invasions, and occupations of nations which pose no threat to us. Most of us […]
