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Venezuela - How the Bolivarian Revolution Hurts the Poor
When poor, desperate and uneducated peasants or slum dwellers fall for authoritarian populists like Hugo Chavez, it’s a tragedy, because they have to pay a terrible price for it. But when Wester… more →
The Human Rights Revolution Platform
Venezuela - How the Bolivarian Revolution Hurts the Poor
michaeloholmes wrote 1 week ago: When poor, desperate and uneducated peasants or slum dwellers fall for authoritarian populists like … more →
Afghanistan - Change We Can Believe In?
michaeloholmes wrote 4 weeks ago: After decades of suffering under brutal Soviet occupation and no less brutal Taliban rule, the peopl … more →
Progress and Setbacks: The Development of Central and Eastern Europe since the End of Communism
michaeloholmes wrote 1 month ago: There are so many myths and legends surrounding the collapse of communist totalitarianism, the nonvi … more →
George Orwell: Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Fascist and Anti-Stalinist
michaeloholmes wrote 3 months ago: Listen to two great and independent minds, Christopher Hitchens and Russ Roberts, talk about why Orw … more →
Can the Whole World Become Democratic?
michaeloholmes wrote 3 months ago: Watch Larry Diamond, co-director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies and founding co-e … more →
Suicide Bombers - Why do they hate us?
michaeloholmes wrote 3 months ago: Watch political scientist Robert Pape, author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terror … more →
What's the Future of Iran?
michaeloholmes wrote 4 months ago: I don’t know, nobody does. But Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is convinced that he is pretty close to … more →
Iran's Color Revolution
michaeloholmes wrote 5 months ago: I am glad the Washington Post is so clear on this: This Is For Real “What’s happening on … more →
The Rebirth of Democracy in Iran?
michaeloholmes wrote 5 months ago: An Iranian student tries to put into words how this latest freedom movement started: New York Times: … more →
Audio and Video from City From Below conference
bloominginspace wrote 5 months ago: Audio and video recordings of presentations from the recent City From Below conference that happened … more →
There Is A Way To Lift People Out Of Poverty...
michaeloholmes wrote 5 months ago: …and there is only one way: you let them do it themselves! Watch Peruvian economist Hernando d … more →
How We Can Make Our World A Much, Much Better Place
michaeloholmes wrote 5 months ago: Watch economist Alex Tabarrok explain at the TED Talks why he believes that “the best is yet t … more →
Immoral and Ineffective: The International War on Drugs
michaeloholmes wrote 5 months ago: Watch Ted Galen Carpenter and Ian Vásquez of the Cato Institute explain why we should end the intern … more →
How Did The West Get Rich?
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michaeloholmes wrote 6 months ago: Watch economist William Bernstein talk at Google Talks about his fascinating and fact-filled book Th … more →
The GDR - Big Brother Is Watching You
michaeloholmes wrote 6 months ago: One of the most frightening and sadening realities in today’s Germany is how many people justi … more →
Former Palestinian Terrorist Speaks Out Against Antisemitism and Extremism
michaeloholmes wrote 6 months ago: Walid Shoebat became a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization as a young man, commited ac … more →
Human Rights and Economic Development
michaeloholmes wrote 7 months ago: When most Westerners speak of human rights they usually mean political and civil rights like free sp … more →
How Conservative Economics Create A Liberal Culture
michaeloholmes wrote 7 months ago: Listen to Brink Lindsey talk about his book The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America … more →
Irshad Manji Voices Doubts About Afghanistan Mission
michaeloholmes wrote 7 months ago: Feminist Muslim Irshad Manji supported the military intervention in Afghanistan from the beginning … more →
