“At Our Own Peril: DoD Risk Assessment in a Post-Primacy World.” That is the title of a study published by the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. It is an update of […]
“At Our Own Peril”
Bernie Sanders Keeping Hope Alive
Bernie Sanders said all the right things on CNN last night. He talked about Medicare for all. He criticized Trump’s plans to sabotage the ACA…. and he praised his “colleague” John McCain. […]
Social Democracy or Capitalist Realities?
“Picking and winning smaller fights, one by one, until we have the organizational infrastructure required to beat their money.” That is how one member of DSA (accurately) described the political strategy of […]
Report from Germany: SPD leader supports far right
Report from a comrade in Germany: Dear reader, Today I’d like to inform you about an interesting as well as disturbing fact. After the G-20 protest in Hamburg, the german justice minister […]
Banned from DSA: Discussion on building a working class party
Today, the leadership of DSA banned a discussion on building a working class political party. As explained in this video, I was to make a presentation to the delegates to the upcoming […]
Local Elections: Four Activist Candidates
In politics, crisis also means opportunity, so the crisis that exists within the working class, also means an opportunity. Millions of workers are casting about for an alternative to the Democrats. Many […]
Trump Administration Coming Unravelled
As a veteran Washington politician is said to have once told a newbie, “if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” That may describe the position Trump is in, as […]
US Health Care: “Single Payer” or Socialized Medicine?
When California’s “single payer” health care bill fizzled and died like a dud fire cracker, its rank and file supporters might have been surprised. Not so for Karen Bernal, though. Chair of […]
British Capitalist Class, Corbyn and Momentum: Update from Britain
by Roger Silverman from London, UK After an election called in the hope of strengthening their mandate, it is the Tories who find themselves humiliated, entangled in a “coalition of chaos” with […]
More drivel from the carpenters union leadership
Just got the newest rag of the Northern California Council of Carpenters (the word “Union” is mysteriously absent). Some more thinking from those brilliant minds. On page 3 is the usual drivel […]