May Day is International Workers’ Day, and ILWU Local 10 will be leading a march in recognition of this day in San Francisco. This is the second year that Local 10 led […]
“Every day” Corruption is not Corruption
In 2011, the CEO of Star Scientific, Jonnie Williams Jr., bought W. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell a $6,000 Rolex watch, took McDonnell’s wife on a $20,000 shopping spree, and paid $15,000 to cater […]
“Every Arab must get a bullet in the head”
What is so significant about this video is not the last line spoken by one of the Israeli racists: “Every Arab must get a bullet in the head.” No, what is so […]
Nazis in Israel
David Sheen on the rise of fascism in Israel. A group of Israeli youth cheer on a play in which some actors portray Nazis beating up Jews. Pro War Israeli demonstrators take […]
Anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
On this day, April 19, 1943, there was one of the most heroic uprisings in human history – the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It deserves to be remembered every year, not only to […]
History-in-the-making: Republicrat Division of Labor Crumbling
We are witnessing a historic change in the US political order. In general, Corporate America, or the US capitalist class, has ruled “from the middle”. This has meant they prevented any proposal for any […]
Sanders’ Foreign Policy Advisor
In one of the recent debates, Sanders criticized Hillary Clinton for her association with the war criminal and mass murderer, Henry Kissinger. Rightfully so, because as they say, “judge a person […]
Glen Ford explains lead-in-water crisis, privatization of water, and gentrification
We don’t usually just repost videos of others, but this one is worth watching.
President Trump/Sanders, Congress, and the US Constitution
They wrote the US Constitution for contingencies exactly like this. On the one hand, there is Bernie Sanders. Free higher public education? End “Citizens United” to “take the money out of politics”? Change […]
Book Review: “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War”
(“Burning Country” by Robin Yasmin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami provides a vital description of the events surrounding the ongoiong Syrian revolution. Written from a ground-level point of view, it provides a glimpse of what […]