The Common Good

This illusion-shattering piece discusses Aristotle, the US left, postmodernism and everything in between, based on interviews conducted in 1996 and 1997. Includes a list of 160 progressive organizations worth supporting.

Another illusion-shattering masterpiece from the man the "New York Times" calls

The common good: that dangerous radical Aristotle
equality
libraries
freedom. On the home front: the myth of hard times
corporate welfare
crime - suites vs streets
the media
more money,fewer voters
is corporate power invincible? Around the world: is globalization inevitable?
the myth of Third World debt
Mexico, Cuba and Guatemala
Brazil, ArgentineandChile
the Mideast
East Timor
India
international organizations. The US left (andimitations thereof): are left and rightmeaningful terms?
the narcissism of small differences
postmodernism
excommunicated by the illuminate. What you can do: signs of progress (and not)
resistance
the magic answer
manufacturing dissent.