who has power?

The Left pretends to have not had traction in the past several decades, thus promoting the “rapid churning out of articles from ‘the (international relations) field’ should raise appropriate questions about how, why and for whom that research is being conducted”  The following is the result of the Leftist cries for more power (or to remain in power) As it stands, this is where the Left gets its power, by strong considerations that are at issue as “not just whom but also what we consider as worthy of scholarly and policy attention, and how inclusive we are of alternative methodologies” This is the type of practice that is happening now between the university and the government. For those who recognize colonizing policy-makers, there should be an “appreciating (of) the power—both practical and ideational—generated by collective social action, whose impact cannot (and should not) be individualized to one or a few visible and often romanticized protagonists (leaders in US policy making)” . . . “reading into the silences of the archives should encourage greater attention to non-hegemonic record-keeping, story-telling and witnessing beyond elitist and prohibitive barriers—from oral histories to poetry, art and independent publishing on paper and online” (quote found in Marshall and Gani, my emphasis added) Because of the layers of Western language that cover language toward liberating those effected by colonizing practices there is a focus on traditions that have not made it into the workings of policymaking. These traditions are oral and poetic (art as well). The generation of power has been by the Left for decades.