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Marcus Goodman Raskin (April 30, 1934 – December 24, 2017) was an American progressive social critic, political activist, author, and philosopher. He was the co-founder, with Richard Barnet, of the progressive think tank the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.
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Dec 28, 2017 · Marcus Raskin, who channeled his discontent as a young aide in the Kennedy administration into helping to found the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank that became an...
Dec 29, 2017 · Marcus Raskin, an American philosopher and social critic who co-founded the Institute for Policy Studies, died on December 24 in his Washington, DC home. He was 83 years old. He was a son of Russian Jewish immigrants, a former government consultant, a pianist, and a liberal activist who shaped liberal thought and exposed the Pentagon Papers.
Dec 26, 2017 · Marcus Raskin, an author and advocate who helped shape left-leaning thought for decades as a founder of one of Washington’s most prominent liberal think tanks, the Institute for Policy Studies...
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Dec 26, 2017 · Marcus Raskin was a progressive intellectual and activist who co-founded IPS in 1963 and wrote books on social reconstruction, disarmament, and democracy. He died in 2017 at age 83 and is remembered for his contributions to the movements for peace and justice.
Dec 26, 2017 · Raskin was a prominent intellectual and activist who co-founded the Institute for Policy Studies and wrote books on foreign policy, civil rights and the national security state. He was a target of Nixon's enemies list and a co-defendant in the Boston Five trial during the Vietnam War.
Jan 15, 2018 · January 15, 2018. Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul. He was a man at ease in his own skin, though not in the world, which he constantly sought to change for the better. The Nation....
