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Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker

Occupy Wall Street and the Challenge of the “New”

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The occupation of Zuccotti Park (now, renamed Liberty Square) in New York City is an inspiring political action. As a symbolic act, it has focused attention on the geographic center of the financial industry that bears responsibility for the current financial crisis. It has drawn in thousands of Americans who have suffered as a result…

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The Treason of Intellectual Radicalism and the Collapse of Leftist Politics

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Radical politics in contemporary western democracies finds itself in a state of crisis. When viewed from the vantage point of social change, a progressive transformation of the social order, political radicalism is found wanting. This would seem to go against the grain of perceived wisdom. As an academic enterprise, radical theory has blossomed. Figures such…

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