Tom Gallagher is a writer and activist living in San Francisco. He is the author of Sub: My Years Underground in America’s Schools and The Primary Route: How the 99 Percent Takes On the Military Industrial Complex. He is a past member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Tom Gallagher
Articles
Can Democracy Survive Capitalism?
Tom Gallagher reviews Robert Kuttner's "Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?"
A Chameleonic Career
A new book on California’s youngest and oldest governor.
Reform Under the Fire of Radicalism
A new book about five icons of the 20th-century American left.
One Fait Accompli After Another: Mikhail Gorbachev on the New Russia
Tom Gallagher appreciates “The New Russia,” a political autobiography by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Reclaiming McGovern: A Legacy on the Left
Tom Gallagher reviews Thomas J. Knock’s “The Rise of a Priarie Statesman.”
Bern, Baby, Bern
Bernie Sanders delegate Tom Gallagher takes an inside look at his candidate’s campaign manifesto.
Teaching in a Tough School
Ed Boland’s year of teaching in a tough school in New York City.
Koch World
Jane Mayer’s "Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" is almost too good for its own good.
A “Just and Liberal” Vision of War
Grandin wants us to think about "the outsized role" Kissinger "had in creating the world we live in today, which accepts endless war as a matter of course."
War and Girlhood
“The war in Zagreb began over a pack of cigarettes.”
Rethinking the Geopolitics of Energy
Jones sees the current situation as an "order without parallel in human history."
Michael Hastings Skewers Them From the Grave (with a Scoop of Gawker)
Point of view will always be there consciously or unconsciously — but if it’s there unconsciously, it gets feral and doesn’t serve your work.
Capital Comes Knocking at the Schoolhouse Door
Is the United States’ public education crisis an example of a society in crisis overall?
The Demilitarized Soldier: Andrew Bacevich, American Foreign Policy and Breach of Trust
A demilitarized soldier brings some honesty to a foreign policy addicted to war. Special art/multimedia needs:
Those Still Going on About Ralph Nader Electing Bush in 2000 Should Desist
If Ralph Nader owes us an apology for making Bush president, does John Kerry owe us one too?
Around the World: Jeremy Scahill’s “Dirty Wars,” Latin America’s Alfredo Jaar, and Istanbul’s Museum of Innocence
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