Trump’s White House lawyers opened up their defense of Trump on Saturday. It was a classic example of how a skilled lawyer can combine a series of isolated events, statements and […]
Impeachment matters: Trump’s lawyers sink to the occasion
Impeachment matters: The Democrats wrap up their case
The debate around Trump’s impeachment can be confusing. It can seem that both sides are simply distorting things equally. But that’s also true about human-caused (actually, capitalist-caused) global warming. A skilled lawyer […]
Impeachment matters: First 2 days of Senate impeachment trial
“Ukraine” means “borderland”, and that it is. It’s a border – or a gateway – from Russia to Western Europe as well as to Asia. As such, it has major strategic importance […]
Worker rights in the USA: The law and the reality
I was sent a message from a Mohamed Abdi, General Secretary of the Somali Public Trade Union, asking what is the situation with labor rights in the United States. Here is my […]
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 […]
Martin Luther King jr. and “the fierce urgency of now”
“Go back with the Fierce Urgency of NOW to talk with your Locals and International unions about all workers joining together – To End this Shutdown with a General Strike.” Sara Nelson, […]
US and Iran: Open war now seems unlikely
On the evening of the Iranian missile attack on military installations in Iraq that housed US troops, this writer wrote on Facebook: “…. I don’t think that either Trump nor Khameini/Rouhani want […]
