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A Case for Direct Action

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Dr. Laurie M. Johnson discussing themes from her new book, subtitled A Longer View On Our Culture Wars, focusing on solving political disputes. This session dealt with direct action vs. the charity model.

Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy (Review)

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Claire Provost and Matt Kennard are investigative journalists, and together they have produced a wide-ranging account of how governments, NGO’s and global corporations collude to extract wealth from taxpayers, workers and the poorest of the poor. The overall lesson of this book is that corporate governance has replaced liberal democratic government in the developed world, and in the developing world, colonial overlordship has given way to international corporate power. 

TMA Check-In for Patrons, January 23

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On Thursday, January 23 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, Laurie will host an hour for a check-in with patrons and supporters. She will discuss what’s coming up at TMA, especially a special guest speaker for February, Prof. Fred Neuhauser! His talk will be at noon Central Time, Saturday, Feb. 22, and will be hosted by TMA’s Jakob Hanschu.

Season 3, Episode 26: Fruitfulness or Effectiveness, A Conversation with Harry Murray

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Spencer and Laurie interview Catholic Worker and Sociology professor Harry Murray, who is also doing the “Harry Murray Sessions” for the Maurin Academy. The next Harry Murray session, this one on Nikolai Berdyaev’s personalism and Christian existentialism, will be on December 16, 2024. To find out more about this and other classes from the Maurin Academy, visit our website at: https://pmaurin.org/2024/11/13/fall-2024-speaker-series-announcements-from-the-maurin-academy/

Season 3, Ep. 25: The Gap in God’s Country (On Laurie’s new book, ft. Special Guest Caleb Owens)

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Spencer and special guest Caleb Owens interview Laurie Johnson about her newly published book, The Gap in God’s Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars. For more information about this book and where to buy it, as well as information about a series of talks she’ll give on themes from the book, check out: https://pmaurin.org/2024/11/02/the-gap-in-gods-country-themes-discussion-with-laurie-johnson-coming-up/

What we are Reading this Fall

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Some New World Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age By: Peter Harrison Capital Hates Everyone Fascism or Revolution By: Maurizio Lazzarato The Worlds of Public Health Anthropological Excursions 1st Edition By: Didier Fassin Silent Coup How Corporations Overthrew Democracy By: Claire Provost, Matt Kennard The Need for Roots By: Simone Weil On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy A Theological Vision … Read more