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Theodore Johnson
I am currently living in Duluth, MN, USA, my home for the past 8 years on and off. My partner and love Angela and I just welcomed our first child, Berlin, to the world. I attended and graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2006 with a B.A. in history with an emphasis on the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean 'world' and German Studies. After gaining my degree I moved to Buenos Aires Argentina where I lived and worked for the year of 2007. Ostensibly I went to Buenos Aires to teach English and work on my Spanish, but ended up becoming involved with the MST party (Movimiento Socialista Trabajadores) and experienced a social and political awakening. It was during my time there that I was first introduced to the works and ideas of Trotsky and Lenin and that I experienced and witnessed the a wave of popular empowerment sweeping through the region. It was also where I got my first taste of community organization and militant agitation. I returned to the US a very different person from when I left, as if I was seeing the world through new eyes. I have spent the past three years engaging in studies in a range of disciplines and topics from history, political economy, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, language and religion. The past couple years has been incredible as it has seen Angela come into my life and the growth of our new family. They are my world.
The following is a recent "Local View" piece that was published recently on the opinion page of my local paper, the Duluth…
Recent events in both Iraq and Afghanistan are showing signs that the US’s ongoing wars are NOT coming to an end as…
The string of 3 coordinated suicide blasts on March 3rd in Baquba, Diyala province that left at least 30 people dead was an…
al-Jazeera English reports: The United States has called on Latin American nations to recognise the new government of Honduras after restoring aid to the nation some…
I was talking with a family member about the current health care debate and accompanying reform that is working its way through…
The emergence of Brasil as the leading regional power in Latin America is becoming ever more apparent. This emergence has many consequences,…
I have already written about the broader implications of the ‘Complementation Agreement for Defense and Security Cooperation and Technical Assistance between the…
I was reading an article recently by Paul Street about Obama’s first year in office and came across an astute observation. Street…