A fascinating – and hopeful – report from a friend in East Germany: Dear readers, As a left-winger you have probably already thought about what you would do differently if you could […]
A socialist building manager talks
Statement of Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists on Coronavirus
Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Inhumanity of Capitalism. What Can Socialists Do? Statement by Alliance of MENA Socialists Mar 14, 2020 We need to change the dominant discourse from one focused on fear of […]
Coronavirus, “M4A” and socialized medicine
I remember back in the 1980s sometime when a campaign for health care reform was first getting underway. At that time, the slogan was for “socialized medicine”. I remember we were meeting […]
The real threat of”Coronavirus”, world hunger and world politics
Note: This post seriously underestimated the threat of coronavirus. It was influenced by the warnings in the past about Swine Flu, Aviary Flu, and others – none of which really became […]
leaflet: What next for Sanders campaign?
I handed out this leaflet at the East Bay DSA meeting. There was some interest.
What next after “Super Tuesday”?
Bernie Sanders strategy has been based on an appeal to younger voters and the belief that he could get increased turnout of that age group. While there has been some reason all […]
Tribute to Lal Khan
The untimely death of Lal Khan (Tanvir Gondal, as I knew him) has struck a bitter blow, not only to the ongoing struggle and future hopes of the working class in Pakistan […]
HHS whistleblower, denialism and the crisis of US capitalism
In mid February, a worker at the federal Health and Human Services (HHS) agency filed a whistleblower complaint that HHS had bungled the response to the Covid 19 (AKA coronavirus). That complaint […]
The brilliant geniuses who lead the Carpenters Union
More from the brilliant geniuses who are leading the Carpenters Union. The February issue of The Carpenter magazine just arrived from the Northern California Regional Council of Carpenters. I know. It just […]