by John Reimann Every year around this time of year I think about my mother. Had she lived, she would have been 95 this Christmas Eve. Her death (from breast cancer) […]
A Woman Ahead of Her time: My Mother, Miriam Wolf Wasserman
The Cult of the Individual
I was asked on Facebook why there is no general revolt as a result of the government shutdown. Why does the majority appear unconcerned with the fact that the poorest are the […]
Video – Occupy Oakland: An Insider’s View
Recently a documentary came out about Occupy Oakland, whose second birthday is approaching. As somebody who was intimately involved in Occupy, especially in its early and most radical period, I took a […]
I Remember the March on Washington
by John Reimann My parents took me to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I was 17 at the time and the memories will be with me for my […]
Why I’ll Never Make a Good Business Person
Here’s one of a number of reasons why I hate capitalism: Recently I had a roofing contractor put a new roof on my house. I tried to relate to the contractor (a […]
Murder in Oakland
Living in Oakland, it’s hard to believe that killing a fellow human being is so unnatural to the human species. After all, since 2011, 21 children have been killed here, five of […]
“91,000 Damn Degrees”
“It is 91,000 damn degrees.” That’s how the monologue on Youtube starts by a woman who’s complaining about a heat wave she’s suffering through. She goes on like that for for two […]
End of US Capitalism’s Hegemony
It’s now officially over. Even the Wall St. Journal admits it. And who would have thought that the official end would come about over something like being unable to extradite an alleged […]
Bee disappearance and implications for human health
by John Reimann Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought This is what I always suspected. That the collapse of beehive colonies was not due to one […]
“Fruitvale Station” – Welcome to America
Oscar Grant I went to see “Fruitvale Station” last night – the film about the murder of young Oscar Grant by the public transit police in the San Francisco Bay area. Overall, […]