Last Thursday’s historic British referendum to exit the European Union will set the tone for how democratic societies can successfully calibrate the widening gap between progress and poverty. This is the first time the post-modern world has the ability to substantially redefine how international institutions can work to better reflect identity and notions of sovereignty …
Continue reading The Fault Lines: Brexit, Globalization and Trump Nation
Money is identity and money is the glue to globalization. Nations divide as they fight over the goods. Today, the U.S faces political divide due to a battle over the framework of national identity. We see social cohesion breaking down as people fight over the ownership of national character. Shall we view the 2016 presidential …
Continue reading American (Un)Civil Society and the Next President
It has gotten this bad. A contested convention or a third party run? Whatever it may be, it is hard to shake the feeling that the fluidity of democracy is too much for the politicians to handle. Grassroots voters have proven too easy to manipulate (a la Trump) and now the established political class is …
Continue reading Mitt Romney, Donald Trump and the New Populism: Checkmate, Game Changer.
The Presidential Election of 2016 has been quite a spectacle. If we can look past the theatrical antics, what you will really see is a country entering a very serious phase in its young lifespan. Its identity in the form of both micro (the American people) and macro (projection of power) underpins the current political …
Continue reading American Presidential Politics in Disarray: Greedy Capitalists and Evil Commies
When watching the Republican Presidential debates, one may think the party has been blessed with a healthy selection of candidates. With so many people running in the race for the White House the quality of candidates must be quite good. This makes sense only if you have been blind to what has been happening in …
- The retreat of communism has not meant the collapse of Marxism. The interplay between concrete political structures and the adoption of various methods to bring Marxist theory to life has blurred the line between the reality of flawed human-made bureaucracy and the true essence of Marxist thought in a conceptualized framework. With the continuation …
Continue reading Has the Retreat of Communism Meant the Collapse of Marxism?
On June 26, 2015 the United States Supreme Court made history with its landmark ruling to uphold marriage equality for gay couples. It is now unconstitutional for any of the 50 states to deny a marriage license to the LGBT community. This is not the first time the courts have adjudicated civil rights to minorities …
Continue reading Do your values infringe on my civil rights?
Our journey into the 21st Century has been marked by events such as terrorism, financial meltdown, and war. Amidst all this turmoil, traditional power structures are being challenged by the onslaught of violence taking place across the globe. The United States is in the beginning stage of a major shift in its ability to assert …
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