Thomas Paine and Modern Liberalism Part 1 | The New School

Part 1 - A New Era for Politics: Thomas Paine and Modern Liberalism
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A new era for politics is struck; a new method of thinking has arisen. So proclaimed Thomas Paine in 1776, making the case for American independence. But Paine did not stop there. For the next forty-some years until his death in 1809, he continued to sound the call for change on both sides of the Atlantic: the eradication of hereditary government and privilege; enfranchisement for the common man; abolition of slavery; freedom from organized religion; a preliminary blueprint for Social Security; an end to barbaric punishments; and, not least, an end to unnecessary wars. Fast forward two hundred years, from We have it in our power to begin the world over again to Yes we can: it is hardly surprising that Paines emphasis on change continues to reverberate in our nation -- and that Barack Obama himself would tap into this spirit by citing lines from Paines first American Crisis paper in his inaugural speech. Yet, even with change on the national agenda, we are still left with that which Paine identified as the curious phenomenon of a nation looking one way, and a government the other—the one forward and the other backward." The issues of poverty, inequality, torture and faith-determined legislation (to name only a few) remain as vexed as ever.

10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.: Welcome by Frances Chiu, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, The New School.

Lecture on "The Exclusion of Paine from the Canon of Founding Fathers" by Susan Jacoby (Program Director of the Center for Inquiry and author of Freethinkers and Age of American Unreason).

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[MrRevko]

Great song, "Tom Paine, Come Home." Thanks for this post.

[ramatirthadasa]

age of reasons is the one you should start w.girl

[ragenut2112]

it 'twas not

[memama2]

@ragenut2112 = i will do so! = but was that your liberal ~thumb~ workin on my comment? = lol!

[memama2]

also go to web page "Western Jounalism" and in their right hand corner of articles list - read: "The Mystery Of Barack Obama" ....... where they also show the badly FAKED UP Selective Service Card Obamas puppeters did not think would get a second look = ~whoops

[memama2]

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[ragenut2112]

watch Power of Nightmares on googlevideo. It's in 3 one-hour parts.

[memama2]

Sorry "school" if you want credibility ? Then it stating "freedom from organized religion" = makes you a CULT stifiling the FREEDOM you want to TAKE FROM OTHERS! (ps Tom Paine is GONE but the CON GOES ON!) ~quote: from ANONYMOUS about L.Ron Hubbard & $cientology

[memama2]

Watch YouTube video: Obama Caught AGAIN!