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Jim Driscoll

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Progressive NGOs Will Enable Trump: A Warning—And A Way Out

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By Jim Driscoll
| ZNetwork
For over forty years, I have worked inside what critics call the “NGO-industrial complex.” In 1982, as a Vietnam combat veteran, I quit teaching organizational psychology at MIT’s Sloan School of Management to work full-time for peace and justice. Since then, I have helped lead and build social change efforts across the country. That experience has made me a critic of the NGO model—not because NGOs are useless, but because of how they are structured.
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Local opinion: Shut It down? Tucson can lead this May Day

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By Jim Driscoll
| Arizona Daily Star Verified
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: If you’re anything like me, you may have felt a little embarrassed at protests when people chant “Shut it down!” It can sound over the top—uncomfortable, even unrealistic. But history, research — and Tucson’s own experience — suggest otherwise. Across the world—from South Korea to Serbia to the Philippines—when elected leaders attempt to consolidate power, the most effective response has not been speeches or elections alone.
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Local opinion: Tucson should remember the lessons of Vietnam and Iran

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By Jim Driscoll
| Arizona Daily Star Verified
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: In 1979, as a young professor commuting to my job at MIT, I noticed a bumper sticker on the pickup truck in front of me: “Nuke the Ayatollah!” As an anti-war combat veteran of Vietnam, I winced. People in the U.S. should be wary when calls for war return so easily. From Vietnam to Iran, the United States has repeatedly intervened in other countries in attempts to reshape governments we dislike—often with consequences that last for decades.
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