It is still far, far to early to draw any conclusions, but the results of yesterday’s New Hampshire (NH) primary leave open the question of where Bernie Sanders really stands in the […]
New Hampshire primary: Some tentative thoughts and questions
Disgust and horror in Washington
As the end of the impeachment trial limped to a close, Donald Trump rode triumphantly into congress and disgust turned to horror and real fear. Especially when looking at the polls. Impeachment […]
Does impeachment matter?
The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is the focus of media attention. But does it really matter? Should workers and socialists more or less ignore the whole impeachment proceedings? That is the […]
Impeachment matters: Lies, hypocrisy and the mustache in the room
The lies and hypocrisy were so thick it felt like Sydney, Australia blanketed by smoke from the wildfires there. You had Ken Starr stand up there with his kindly and pompous smile […]
Jesse Jackson, Bernie Sanders and DSA
By Mike Howells In 1988 “independent” socialist Bernie Sanders and the DSA both endorsed 1988 presidential candidate Jesse Jackson and his presidential Rainbow Coalition campaign. That an African American and well known […]
Boris Johnson and the “demise of the nation state”
And so, another reactionary demagogue joins the ranks as Boris Johnson becomes head of state in Britain. He joins Donald Trump, Narendra Modi (India), Scott Morrison (Australia), Viktor Orban (Hungary), Jair Bolsonaro […]
British election results
Roger Silverman comments from London on yesterday’s British election results This is no time for glib slogans. This is a serious defeat; a disaster. It clears the way for the most […]
DSA should hold People’s Impeachment Hearings
DSA should hold public “People’s Impeachment Hearings” across America. What good will it do to phone bank for Bernie Sanders if the ultimate outcome of these hearings is that Trump is strengthened […]
Impeachment hearings: One of three key events in Trump presidency
There have been all sorts of key moments in the Trump administration, but three stand out as true sign posts of the Trump method. Trump inauguration The first was on the very […]
Impeachment: A window into the crisis of the US capitalist class
Former US ambassador to Ukraine and a career diplomat Marie Yovanovitch put her finger dead on the issue: On the one hand there lay what Trump loyalist Gordan Sondland represented: “he was […]