Ronald Reagan was called the teflon president because his embarrassing miscues and falsehoods seemed to roll off him like burned food does off of teflon. Trump makes Reagan a piker […]
Trump impeachment: What lies behind it and what lies ahead
Report on British Labour Party Conference
By Roger Silverman, delegate It shouldn’t surprise many of us to learn that the recent Labour Party conference was nothing remotely like the press and media reports. For them, it was a […]
Trump’s unbalanced and erratic foreign policy and the firing of John Bolton
Question: What do you get when you combine infantile, narcissistic ego mania with an unbalanced and erratic foreign policy? Answer: The firing of John Bolton. Trump fired his third National Security Advisor, […]
Brexit: A sinister version of Alice in Wonderland
by Roger Silverman in London Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice might have said. Britain staggers towards its third general election in four years, under an unelected Prime Minister who has won not […]
Assembly Bill 5 and capitalist propaganda
I subscribe to the SF Chronicle. When it comes, first I read the comics and “Dear Abby.” Then I turn to the news. Sometimes I learn something new. Sometimes I relearn something […]
Labor Day 2019 in Oakland CA vs. 21st century capitalist realities
On the day that labor holds its traditional marches, rallies and picnics, the name and a little background of the latest mass shooter was revealed. This was the shooter in Odessa Texas, […]
Book Review: “Why did chavismo fail?”
What in the world is happening in Venezuela? Is it exhibit #1 of the failure of socialism, as Trump would have people believe? Is it a case of a proud people standing […]
Sell outs in the carpenters union
The most recent edition of the rag published by the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council (NCCRC) has news of the promotion of two staffers: Jay Bradshaw to Executive Director of the 46 […]
Foxnews poll reveals mood in the United States
Trump isn’t looking so good, but Biden, Warren and Sanders are. Who’s looking best to most Americans? Barack Obama! That’s the results of a recent Foxnews opinion poll conducted in mid-August (8/11-13), […]
India, Kashmir and the global crisis of capitalism
“What India has done in Kashmir over the last 30 years is unforgivable. An estimated 70,000 people, civilians, militants and security forces have been killed in the conflict. Thousands have been “disappeared,” and tens […]