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The article focuses on San Francisco's, California, political landscape, particularly an anti-progressive movement fueled by ultra-wealthy individuals. Topics include the rise of groups like Grow SF and TogetherSF, their push for centralized power, and how these efforts reshape political dynamics; the portrayal of the city's issues, like crime and homelessness, in national narratives; and the impact of wealthy donors pushing for "common sense" solutions that prioritize wealth and control.

The article looks at the attitude of radical Republican youth in the U.S. in 2021. The New Rightists believe that a substantive concept of the good can be placed at the gap left by classical liberalism. Also noted is the tendency of several young Republicans to disdain the Republican Party more compared with their contempt against the liberal left. It explains the role of the pervasive sense of the progressive control of power in the pessimistic attitude of young conservatives.

The article explores the continuous debate over the majority rule in elections and voting rights in the U.S. Topics discussed include the role of inertia and slavery in the voting rights debate in U.S. history, benefit of viewing the history of U.S. democracy as divided according to cycles of reconstructions, and the importance of the result of the voting rights struggle in terms of the political power of the winning party.

The article discusses the abuse, harassment and assault of employees in the workplace by people by men with power, within the context of the #MeToo movement and the sexual assault allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein. It comments on a work environment that allows for sexual assault, including in regard to creating something similar to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in the post-apartheid era as a solution.

The article presents multiple lists about powerful but least famous individuals and organizations in Washington, D.C. including U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, U.s. presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, and author and journalist Fareed Zakaria.

Discusses the concept of declinism and its impact on the political and economic power of the U.S. Composition of the declinists with a small but growing cadre of intellectuals who are wielding considerable political influence; Policy implications of declinism such that the U.S. should curtail its strategic commitments and restore its fiscal equilibrium through military savings; Comparison between conservative and liberal declinism.

Focuses on powers of the U.S. President to start a war. Provisions of the War-Powers bill related to presidential rights; Prime responsibility of the U.S. President regarding foreign relations; Claim of the principal author of the War-Powers bill, Senator Jacob K. Javits, that legislation of this kind might have prevented the incremental involvement that led to full-scale war in Indochina; Information on actions taken by former Presidents.

The article offers discussions of U.S. events as of March 27, 1971. The power of the U.S. Presidency and the implications for a democracy are discussed. The Supreme Court has ruled that selective conscientious objection to the Indochina war does not make someone exempt from military service. W.A. (Tony) Boyle, president of the union United Mine Workers of America, has been charged with giving campaign contributions directly to political candidates.

Explains that progressive labor unions in the United States are forming grand coalitions with activists from groups representing consumers, women, environmentalists, minorities, and rural citizens, in an effort to remedy the labor movement's declining political power. Hope of building a grassroots progressive movement strong enough to make or break candidates and legislation; 1979 round of coalition building began with the 1976 presidential election with the birth of the Labor Coalition from the cooperation of nine liberal unions.

The article focuses on the rising power in Soviet Union. The magnitude and frequency of international war in the past century has been the consequence of excessively rapid changes in power relationships. Expressing this in larger terms, one might say that the West, engaged in the repeated struggle to maintain the status quo against challengers, had American power in reserve. The West, having to defend itself with all its forces, no longer has any national powers in reserve. While the manpower and the economic apparatus are being devoted primarily to the maintenance of a high standard of living, the Russian manpower and economic apparatus are being devoted primarily to upsetting the balance of power.

Argues that Adlai Stevenson's acceptance of the ambassadorship to the United Nations and his unwillingness to relinquish it reveal most poignantly the desperation of his pursuit of power. Nature of a man's greatness; Ways to achieve power; Comparison between the greatness of Stevenson and former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln; Relevance of the difference between Lincoln and Stevenson for the latter's failure to gain political power; Criticism on the political ambitions of Stevenson.

The article explores political issues concerning U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Topics discussed include the potential implications of the defeat of Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections for the Republican Party, factors which tend to influence the refusal of Trump to concede following the elections, and the political power and leadership demonstrated by Trump acknowledged by Republican voters.

Chris Van Hollen came to Washington to make a difference. In the general election, he toppled Connie Morella, a 16-year Republican incumbent, becoming one of just two Democrats nationally to defeat a sitting House Republican. Riding an elevator in a House office building recently, Van Hollen used the advantage of his forced confinement to flip open the binder and study a memo when a fellow representative stepped on. Earlier in the month, Van Hollen discovered a provision, buried within a gigantic Pentagon budget bill, that would strip decades-old civil service protections from up to 700,000 Defense Department workers, thousands of whom live in his district. So he wasted little time offering an amendment to strip the provision from the larger defense bill. On Thursday, the day of the House vote on the defense bill, Chris Van Hollen learns that the Rules Committee, in a vote held late the previous night, has rejected his amendment. Today, Democrats say they are languishing under the most despotic majority the modern House has seen. They find themselves a completely subjugated, powerless minority--routinely barred from offering bills and amendments, shut out of committee deliberations, even denied such basic dignities as private meeting space. House Republicans exercise their absolute power in ways ranging from the grand to the trivial. Most significant is their stranglehold on the legislative process. In committees, Democratic amendments are unwelcome, even those from senior Democrats brimming with expertise.

Explores the philosophical dispute about the function of dramatic art and the nature of human identity. Ideas of playwright August Wilson on non-traditional casting in theatrical productions and the place of African American artists in U.S. theater; Examination on the notion that theater should be used an avenue to political and cultural power through which a disadvantaged class can dramatize its past injustices; Difference in the views of ancient Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle on the proper role of theater in human society.

Presents a suggestion for Americans to think about the place of Russia and the United States in the post-cold war world at the turn of the millennium. American victory in the cold war; Russia's position as a great power determined to defend its prerogatives; Russia's use of its United Nations Security Council veto to block sanctions against the Serbs in the Balkan region; Military confrontation between Russia and Chechnyan rebels; Commentaries from left- and right-wing political observers.

Focuses on the absence of a crisis of credibility in Italy, the laboratory of of post-1989 Western democracy. View that Italy's position during the cold war is an extreme case; Criticisms on the Italian governments in the post war period; Importance of the state on power of the ruling parties. Need for an understanding of how the Christian Democratic regime worked.

Discusses political conditions in South Africa under President F.W. de Klerk. Decision of de Klerk to break with apartheid; Failure of the African National Congress (ANC) to negotiate for a role in the government; Plans of ANC for public demonstrations to force de Klerk to accept ordinary democracy rather than power-sharing; Concessions made by de Klerk's administration to the ANC at the expense of the Inkatha movement; Inability of the ANC to develop a coherent strategy to become the dominant party in government; Wastage of resources trying to topple military leader Brigadier Oupa Gqozo in Bisho.

Examines opposing viewpoints among Sovietologists regarding what took place in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917. Author's view that what took place was a reversion to the Russian past; Emergence under Vladimir Lenin and Vladimir Stalin of a neo-czarist order that called itself socialist; Nationalization of resources; Autocratic and absolute character of Soviet power; Declared goal of perestroika; State principle of serfdom; Creation of an aristocracy of rank; Resemblance to the repressive regime of Nicholas I in the 1830s and 1840s; Comparison between what happened in the 1980s and the reform efforts and perestroika efforts of the reforming czar in the 1860s and 1870s.

The article evaluates President George Bush's foreign policy towards China. President Bush decided to re-establish high-level contacts with the Chinese leadership by sending Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger and national security adviser Brent Scowcroft to Beijing. It is said that U.S. intervention can make a major difference in the future of China and the possibility of making such a difference is important enough to justify accepting substantial political damage at home. In addition, China holds primacy in Asia and has the potential to be a world superpower. However, such characteristics of the New China approach has been opposed on grounds that China's power potential is small, and the limitation American influence to China.

Reports on the declaration made by the Soviet Union to end the cold war. Possibility of the end of the cold war in Western terms; Transformation of the political system of the country; Prediction that as the cold war draws to an end, the world will evolve into a multipolar system with five centers of power.

Focuses on the social conditions in Lebanon during the days of anarchy and near civil war. Report that several ceasefires have been arranged, but the fighting continues; Report that Lebanese Premier Rashid Karami is desperately seeking outside Arab advice and aid in ending the chaos; State of the economy in the region; Division of power between Christians and Moslem as the reason for the conflict; Report that Lebanon's sectarian balancing act creates a weak central government and its army is automatically paralyzed in the current crisis because the Moslem will not accept the use of a Christian-led force to put down the fighting; Role of the Palestinians in the conflict; View that should Lebanon collapse into full scale civil war it is unlikely that its immediate neighbors--Syria and Israel--would stand idly by.

Explains that special assistants to public officers and politicians in the United States possess power and prestige that emanate from their proximity to, access to, and influence upon their boss. Highly sought after occupation; Rhodes scholars, law review editors, Supreme Court clerks, and the best young people by the standards of the meritocracy; American tradition of a mentor-and-protege system of upward mobility; Stenographer as the 19th-century equivalent of the special assistant.

Focuses on U.S. President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy which has suffered from an inability to translate good ideas into effective polices. Lack of a definition of goals concerning East-West relations; Need for the United States' policy to contain Soviet ambitions by a preventive approach instead of merely reacting to Soviet moves; Continuation to search for arms limitations; Carter administration's emphasis on global issues such as human rights which reflects the shift away from the politics of great power equilibrium, an approach that has caused serious problems in the Soviet-American relations.

Focuses on the establishment of foreign policy in the U.S. Factors that lead to the consistency of foreign policy; Concentrations of private power which have governed the country since the Civil War; Assessment of U.S. relations with communist governments and movements; Need to establish political order for interdependence, which assumes the existence of a multiplicity of self-sufficient, impenetrable sovereign nation-states.

Focuses on the issue of German industries being the hinge of an effective German settlement to destroy the fascist forces in Germany in the post World War II scenario. Questions being raised over the manner in which the German industries will be run; Prospects of a power struggle over the control of Germany; Fears that German industrial strength might become a weapon for its masters; Criticism of the idea of reducing the industry potential of Germany by both the reactionaries and the liberals; Suggestion that the solution should be such as to bring about political decentralization while leaving the economic centralization in place; Views that the real solution lies not in vindictive settlement but decisive settlement; Choices before the Allied forces in dealing with the German industrial strength, curbing it , mutilating it or transforming the control.

Focuses on the issue of the structure of power. Problem faced by the U.S. concerns power and organization of power around technology as operated under capitalism; Appearance of the Industrial Revolution simultaneously with political democracy distracted men's attention from unfinished task of building democracy; Emergence of the reciprocal relation between state power and economic power, due to the spread of industrialization; Growth of the web of the inter-industry organization of the business power.

Comments on various political and socio-economic issues concerning the U.S. Impact of economic depression on the business performance of various companies in the country; Opposition of several bankers to the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Criticisms on the performance of various political leaders; Accusation of Governor Culbert L. Olson by conservative elements of favoring the Minneapolis truck strikers in his use of the state forces.

The article presents information about the Chinese Red Army, that celebrates its thirtieth anniversary and preparations are under way in Peking for celebrating the occasion. It is worth pointing out, incidentally, that throughout these long years of revolutionary war, as today, the leaders of the Chinese Red Army have never strayed from their claim that they represented the cause of peace and that those who resisted their armed might were the warmongers in mind in any consideration, the Taiwan area, Vietnam, Burma, Assam and this points up a fact which must be kept constantly the top leaders in the government are still predominantly military men. They have been quick to realize that a unified China, seeking to establish its position as a world power, demands an entirely different type of military power than the exclusively land armies made up of comrades, guerrillas, and former Nationalist and warlord troops which enabled them to seize power. They plan their civilian administration in terms of battles and campaigns in which the slightest deviation from orders is tantamount to treason.

Presents a paradox of an ideal American state, which in itself is a state governed by an aggressive and embodied concept of anarchic will. Statistics shouting their message of insanity, neurosis, torpor, disillusion tiding upon this land of gold in which everything is for sale and nothing delivered; Philosophy underlying practical tradition of the U.S. which in itself is a rationale of the break of the Christian whole; Mishmash of various cultures that constitute the culture of the U.S.; Accentuation on the role of scepter as a symbol of power as Americans believe in the philosophy of might is right.

Focuses on the progressive voters, who have occupied an anomalous position in American politics in recent times with mention to the 1928 Presidential election. Information on the history of progressivism and third party; View that as contrasted with capitalism on the one hand and with Socialism or communism on the other, progressives are not obliged to identify the welfare of their ideal with the fortunes of one political party; View that both candidates, Al Smith and Herbert Hoover are unprogressive in their political concepts and bring with them the promise of movement which may make for social progress; Report that a progressive's eventual choice should depend in part upon the personal programs of the two candidates and in part upon the risks which they are willing to take in order to give effect to their party leadership; View that the future of progressivism as a formative influence in the life of the country depends less upon the successful capture of political power than upon the energy devoted to the improvement of existing economic and social processes.

Investigates the plans made by political organization Tammany to gain political prowess in New York City. Events in the nineteen twenties and thirties that could have led to the dissolution of the organization; Analysis of the political scene in the City with emphasis on influence of Tammany on the city; Account of activities of the political organization in recent past as steps towards political power; Awakening of women Democrats to gain votes; Positioning of the old fashioned Tammanyites in order to capture public offices.

Focuses on the political strategy adopted by the government of Argentina under General Juan D. Peron. Aim to dominate a people and also sell them an ideology called Peronism; Celebration in the Plaza de Mayo on October 17, 1946--the "Day of the Shirtless One"; Election of Peron as President; Success in gaining centralization of political power and controlling Argentine labor. INSETS: Peron v. the Press;The Gospel According to Peron.

Analyzes the relations between U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and the intellectual community and examines the role of truth and power in the separation of the intellectual from the politician. Actions taken by the president to establish closer ties with the intellectual community; Distinctions and connections between intellectuals and politicians; Ways by which the intellectual can respond to the potential interconnectedness between the intellectual and the political world; Basic philosophic defect that determines the president's attitude toward the intellectuals.

Applauds the development of African American political power in Lowndes County, Alabama by establishing the Lowndes County Freedom Organization political party through grassroots organizing and mobilization. Social conditions of African Americans; Role of the Black Panther in organizing the party; Obstacles to integrating Democrats with African Americans in Lowndes.

Provides information on the efforts of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the U.S. during the 1960s. History of the student movement; Major problems facing the people of the Near West Side of Cleveland, the subject of the group's first Economic Research and Action Project that focused on poor communities; Political orientation of SDS; Uses of power questioned by SDS president Paul Potter during the April 17, 1965 March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam.

Focuses on the political and socio-economic issues concerning the U.S. Details on the military success of the Allies in its tendency to shorten the war against Germany; Means of obtaining the balance between political power through moral unity; Techniques in counteracting German penetrations in Russia.

Focuses on negotiating opportunities offered by the government of National Liberation Front of Vietnam at Paris, France. Protection of the South Vietnamese against political reprisal; Report on U.S. President Richard Nixon's repeated protestations of concern for the safety and welfare of American troops and prisoners; Distinction between agreements and their execution; Withdrawal of all American and foreign allied troops from Vietnam; Interdependence between agreements reached on military matters and the question of political power in South Vietnam.

The article discusses Karl Rove, a one-time adviser to former U.S. President George W. Bush. A commentator on the Fox News television channel and a contributor to the newspaper "Wall Street Journal," Rove is a highly influential figure in the Republican Party. However, the author notes that the exact nature of Rove's power is not obvious. In his view the political advocacy group Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (GPS) and the political action committee American Crossroads, both of which Rove is involved in, are the true source of Rove's influence.

The article discusses questions that have been raised regarding the changes that are occurring in the amount of international power possessed by the U.S. The author feels that the U.S. is becoming an imperfect government and should be considered one of the most prominent governments in the world. Comparisons are given between the involvement that the U.S. has with the rest of the world in 2010, to the position that Great Britain had in the world economy in the 1850s. The involvement that the U.S. military has with the rest of the world is mentioned.

The article features oligarch Rupert Murdoch and the influence and power of his media empire. Other topics include how Murdoch's media outlets campaigned against the carbon tax in Australia in 2014, how his newspaper "Sun" promoted the Brexit campaign in Great Britain, and how his U.S. cable news network Fox News pushed coronavirus vaccine skepticism in the country.

In the article, the author discusses the peaceful transition of power in the U.S. that is culminated during presidential inaugurations. Also cited are the inaugurations of presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump as examples, the claim by Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski that peaceful transitions are the source of American exceptionalism, and the danger posed by Trump to the sacred transition of power.

Reports on the education of Afghans during a period of prolonged warfare and political repression. Military symbolism contained within Afghan textbooks; Experiences of a bookseller persecuted by several Afghan regimes; Influence of theses books and education on views of people about outside forces as the United States and terrorist Osama bin Laden; Comments of an Afghanistan citizen on how his country is known by other people in world; Report on Shah, a majority group Kabulis who insist that foreign powers must impose both peace and a negotiated settlement here; Experience and sufferings of people of Afghanistan due to terrorism and U.S. attacks.

Explains that United States President George W. Bush's inaugural speech emphasizes bipartisanship, a determination to end an adversarial culture in Washington, D.C., and an aim to restore comity between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Bipartisanship as a proxy for other qualities in the political culture of the capital; Moderation, civility, and compromise associated with public virtue; Distinction between how the Democrats define bipartisanship and how the Republicans view it.

The article presents the author's comments about New York City and Washington, D.C. The author says that the pursuit of power is the main passion in Washington, D.C. He says that New York City is a financial city. He says that the political gossip in Washington D.C. is very interesting. According to him, New York City is the national center for the arts in the U.S.

Focuses on the issue related to the income tax paid by the upper class in the U.S. Difference of the wealthy with rich corporations in terms of filing public financial reports; Tax returns of real estate developer Mortimer B. Zuckerman; Information on the losses reported on real estate partnership tax returns; Statement that the U.S. Treasury Department and the congressional tax-writing committees should direct their technical staff to analyze the federal tax returns of all the members of the Forbes 400.

Explains that the United States faces threat from the Western countries that are declared nuclear powers, developing countries that have de facto nuclear weapons, and countries on the brink of nuclear capacity. Nuclear weapons are the international currency of power; World has relied on the 1963 Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1968 Treaty on Nuclear Nonproliferation, and the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency to control the spread of nuclear weapons.