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Jim Shultz

The Strange Case of Manuel Rocha the US Ambassador Accused of Being a Cuban Spy

Did a U.S. Ambassador in Bolivia, allegedly working as a clandestine Cuban agent, cleverly intervene in the country’s presidential vote two…

4 min readDec 5, 2023

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The Strange Case of Manuel Rocha the US Ambassador Accused of Being a Cuban Spy

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Jim Shultz

Remembering Michael Pertschuk

How do you say goodbye and thank you to someone who gave you so much? Michael Pertschuk, a lifelong crusader for just causes, died this…

3 min readNov 19, 2022

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Remembering Michael Pertschuk

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Jim Shultz

Trump’s Claims of Fraud are a Money Shakedown to Pay His Lawyers

As with most things Donald Trump, if his actions seem confusing, follow the money.

3 min readNov 10, 2020

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Trump’s Claims of Fraud are a Money Shakedown to Pay His Lawyers

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Jim Shultz

How Elections Turns Violent: I’ve Seen It Up Close

My teenage daughter tells me that her Tik Tok feed is full of images of stores in Washington DC boarding up their windows. Over the…

5 min readNov 2, 2020

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How Elections Turns Violent: I’ve Seen It Up Close

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Jim Shultz

Living in a Science Fiction Movie: Covid-19’s Preview of Climate Change

The Covid Pandemic is both a tragedy of its own and a useful preview to that other crisis — global climate change.

14 min readSep 21, 2020

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Living in a Science Fiction Movie: Covid-19’s Preview of Climate Change

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Jim Shultz

How I Gave Joe Biden the Idea of Running for President, 46 Years Ago

Joe Biden first sought the White House more in 1988 as a young Senator, and sought it again in 2008 as an old one, neither time coming…

5 min readAug 20, 2020

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How I Gave Joe Biden the Idea of Running for President, 46 Years Ago

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Jim Shultz

Silent Genocide in Bolivia

By Raúl Zibechi, published in DesInformemonos

4 min readJul 7, 2020

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Silent Genocide in Bolivia

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Jim Shultz

Selling Single Payer Health Care to Voters: Last Time it Didn’t End Well

From a strategy point of view, the ‘Medicare for All’ movement is betting on the following:

5 min readJan 8, 2020

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Selling Single Payer Health Care to Voters: Last Time it Didn’t End Well

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Jim Shultz

2020: The Two Part Recipe of Human Suicide

The Two Part Recipe of Human Suicide

5 min readJan 5, 2020

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2020: The Two Part Recipe of Human Suicide

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Jim Shultz

Bolivia: Is this How Civil War Begins?

First I want you to understand what Cochabamba is like, when it’s not a war zone. It’s midday during the week and in the old colonial city…

4 min readNov 20, 2019

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Bolivia: Is this How Civil War Begins?

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Jim Shultz

Jim Shultz

A political activist for more than 40 years, founder and executive director of the Democracy Center. Back in the US after 19 years in Bolivia. A dad, a grandpa.

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