While the corporate-controlled media focused on the higher level election results (such as the victory of the Tea Partier Mat Bevin for governor of Kentucky), some important local votes were also held. […]
Cliff Willmeng for Lafayette, CO, City Council
Cliff Willmeng – working class fighter, environmental and anti-fracking activist, and socialist – is running for city council in Lafayette, Colorado. Here he explains why he’s running and what he hopes to […]
Democratic Presidential “Debate”: No Solution Here
The Democratic and Republican primaries offer two different visions of how Corporate America – the US capitalist class – sees a way forward; how they see resolving their problems. Their main problems are […]
A Bitter Pill to Swallow…
Somebody posted a rant that ends up supporting Bernie Sanders. It starts by talking about sweating for a living and barely being able to pay the bills. It ends: When Bernie Sanders […]
Corporate America Takes Fright
Trust the good old Wall St. Journal to make matters clear. They are truly concerned about the smashing victory of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the British Labour Party. In today’s editorial, […]
Jeremy Corbyn and the rising tide against Corporate World
I listened to the victory speech of Jeremy Corbyn this morning. Corbyn is, of course, the left wing candidate that came out of nowhere to win the leadership of the British Labour […]
Who is the Real Bernie Sanders?
Thousands of people – mainly young (and overwhelmingly white) have been enthusiastically turning out to hear Bernie Sanders speak forcefully on such things as income inequality, national health care insurance and free […]
Donald Trumpenstein
“Is Donald Trump a fascist?” the “Newsweek” headline asked. They answered: “Since World War II, the ideology he represents has usually lived in dark corners, and we don’t even have a name […]
US Presidential Race Gets Interesting
The US Presidential race is starting to get a little interesting. On the Republican side, we have the racist buffoon demagogue, Donald Trump, leading the pack with close to 25% support among Republican voters. […]
Congratulations to Mara and Marissa
Congratulations, Marissa Johnson and Mara Jacqueline Willaford. You accomplished what you set out to do. Maybe it wasn’t pretty. Maybe it wasn’t perfect. But we see that Sanders is now talking about “institutional racism,” he’s talking […]