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Tag Archives: Pope Benedict XVI
Religion, Revolution and Counter-Revolution
Ratzinger didn’t show any mercy when he closed down schools of liberation theologians fighting for the rights of the oppressed and the downtrodden. Continue reading
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Tagged Anabaptists, Angela Merkel, Catholic Church, Diggers, English revolution, Hitler Youth, Joseph Ratzinger, Levellers, Liberation Theology, Nicaraguan Revolution, Nun Justice Project, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Roy Bourgeois, Taiping Rebellion, Vatican
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Readers’ Views, July-August 2012, Part 1
From the July-August 2012 issue of News & Letters: Readers’ Views, July-August 2012, Part 1 REVOLUTION, COUNTER-REVOLUTION AND NEED FOR PHILOSOPHY In the Draft of Marxist-Humanist Perspectives for 2012-2013, published in the last issue, while the global analysis is good, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Abahlali baseMjondolo, Alexei Gusev, Arab spring, Bheki Buthelezi, C.L.R. James, China, climate change, Cornelius Castoriadis, democracy, dialectic of negativity, fascism, Ferdinand Lundberg, fetishism of commodities, Frantz Fanon, freely associated labor, Fukushima, global warming, Guy Debord, István Mészáros, Karl Marx, law of value, Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992, Margaret Farley, Middle East, movement from practice, Murray Bookchin, New York City, Occupy Detroit, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Paris France May 1968 near-revolution, Pope Benedict XVI, Raya Dunayeskaya, revolution, Russian protests, Situationist International, structural economic crisis of capitalism, subject, Syria, Tahrir Squares, Unemployed People's Movement, Vatican, Vladimir Putin
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Condoms & corruption
From the Jan.-Feb. 2011 issue of News & Letters: Woman as Reason Condoms & corruption by Terry Moon The Pope made quite a splash a few months ago with his comments in Peter Seewald’s book Light of the World, where he grudgingly … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, AIDS, birth control, Catholic Church, Condom, feminism, gender, HIV, Male prostitution, PEPFAR, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, woman as reason, women's liberation
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World in View: The Pope and religious intolerance
From the Nov.-Dec. 2010 issue of News & Letters: World in View: The Pope and religious intolerance Thousands turned out in London to protest the state visit of Pope Benedict in September. Turnout was increased by the disgust so many … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, feminism, Iran, lgbt, Maryam Namazie, Peter Tatchell, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Richard Dawkins, Vatican City
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