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Why Obama is Responsible for the Debacle of his Presidency

November 3, 2014 • by Eli Zaretsky
Recognizing that there is a deep personal or individual aspect to Obama’s failure to seize the opportunity offered him in 2008 is a prerequisite for moving on. Without that recognition, we will remain trapped in the faux-progressive sludge of the Obama era, which tells us how hard it is to ...
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The Women Did It?

A reply to Eli Zaretsky

February 10, 2014 • by Ann Snitow and Victoria Hattam

We are living through dark times. Many lament the decline of a vibrant Left in American politics; why the right has been ascendant for the past quarter century is a matter worth extensive exploration. Zaretsky’s “Rethinking the Split Between Feminists and the Left,” however, both underestimates the deep roots ...

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