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Opening
the borders is a realistic policy proposal, but we need to view it as inseparable
from the broader progressive agenda.
By
David L. Wilson, Truthout
April 13, 2019
Two
recent articles — by Farhad
Manjoo in The New York Times and Khury
Petersen-Smith in Foreign Policy In Focus — make the case that
U.S. progressives need to embrace open borders as a policy. Petersen-Smith adds
that they should support it “without apology.”
It
would certainly seem natural for leftists to support the right to migrate.
After all, the socialist movement’s historic slogan has been “Workers
of all lands unite,” and its anthem is “The
Internationale.” But in the past few years, a number of people on the
left
have
come out against the concept.[…]
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