The primary purpose of the Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights. is to educate people, especially young people, about democracy and human rights.
The History of Capitalism is the History of Exploitation. In the early modern period, capitalism and oppressive power structures like racism, sexism, ableism, and classism (just to list a few) formed ...Read More
The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights has put out its first podcast – Exit Capitalism, Stage Left, run by me, Manda Riggle, the new educator for the institute. This podcast e...Read More
You’re interested in learning more about socialism and its history, but you aren’t sure where to begin. There’s just so much information out there, and some of it, particularly where...Read More
“Under the crust of that portion of Earth called the United States of America—”from California . . . to the Gulf Stream waters”—are interred the bones, villages, fields, and sacred o...Read More
Last month, I had the tremendous privilege to join my wife on a trip to the Philippines to visit family members living in Cebu City, located in the Central Visayas region of the archipelago. It wouldn...Read More
Under a capitalist economic system, profit reigns supreme. The economic well-being of the people necessarily plays second fiddle to profit. Progressive reforms to the system – reforms that will deli...Read More
To say that climate change now poses an existential threat is no understatement. It’s not hyperbole and it’s not alarmist. Why? While there is some complexity in the details, it’s rather simple ...Read More
Music and left-wing politics have always been good bedfellows. So Elvis Guevara- Mixing Pop and Politics seeks to spread the political messages of good tunes. It is designed to be primarily low tra...Read More
Need a daily inspirational quote to get you through this cold heartless capitalist world? Then check out Daily Bread For The Radical Soul, it might just be what you need....Read More