Category Archives: Europe

Trump: The Most Radical of All

Posted on June 30, 2024 by Arlen Grossman

The excellent writer Anne Applebaum of The Atlantic wrote an interesting article about the recent parliamentary elections in Europe, and what they really meant. Trump Is Not America’s Le Pen–He’s worse, By Anne Applebaum, June 11. This excerpt from that article … Continue reading →

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The Laughing Stock of the World

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Arlen Grossman

(Michael Moore recounts how a once-proud advancing nation is moving downward too quickly. Why do we not care about our poor and working class citizens? Our priorities are apparently helping the wealthy. Many countries make a point of helping their … Continue reading →

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How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the ‘1 percent’

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

by George Lakey/ Waging Nonviolence/ Jan. 25, 2012 A march in Ådalen, Sweden, in 1931. While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: The Expanding Serfdom

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“The European Union, just like everything else, is merely another scheme to concentrate wealth in a few hands at the expense of European citizens, who are destined, like Americans, to be the serfs of the 21st century.” Paul Craig Roberts … Continue reading →

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